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Author Kryza, Frank T.

Title The race for Timbuktu : in search of Africa's city of gold / Frank T. Kryza.

Publication Info. New York : Ecco, [2006]
©2006

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 Bloomfield at the Atrium  966.23 KRY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  966.23 KRY    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  966.23 K949    Check Shelf
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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  966.23 KRYZA    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xxv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-308) and index.
Contents A Scotsman at Tripoli -- The African association -- A wedding in the English garden -- White man's grave -- The "African traveler" -- The tripoli route -- Hugh Clapperton -- The journey to Bornu -- Undiscovered empires -- The race begins -- Over the rim of the world -- Clapperton catches up -- The ivory miniature -- The widow Zuma -- Treachery in the Tanezrouft -- Troubles for Captain Clapperton -- The city of legend -- The long silence -- The lost papers -- The mystery solved.
Subject Tombouctou (Mali) -- History -- 19th century.
Laing, Alexander Gordon.
Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration.
Explorers -- Africa, West -- Biography.
Travelers -- Africa, West -- Biography.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN 0060560649
Standard No. 9780060560645
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