Bibliograph

A labyrinth of kingdoms, 10,000 miles through Islamic Africa, Steve Kemper

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A labyrinth of kingdoms, 10,000 miles through Islamic Africa, Steve Kemper

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-396) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrationsfacsimiles

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A labyrinth of kingdoms

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

755705006

Responsibility statement

Steve Kemper

Sub title

10,000 miles through Islamic Africa

Summary

Describes the mid-19th-century journeys of Heinrich Barth into the unexplored Islamic regions of North and Central Africa, detailing the discoveries he made as he traveled 10,000 miles over five years, lost most of his companions, and finally arrived at Timbuktu

Table Of Contents

Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The Palace of the Demons -- To Aïr -- Plundered -- Days and nights in Tintellust -- Desert port -- Separate ways -- "The celebrated emporium of Negroland" -- An ending -- The kingdom of Bornu -- A mystery solved -- "The horde of the Welad Sliman" -- Razzia -- Captive in Bagirmi -- Letters from home -- Resurrection and death -- Westward -- The prospect of the Niger -- "Obstructed by nature and infested by man" -- Golden city -- In Timbuktu -- Stuck -- Released, more or less -- Rumors and consequences -- Getting out -- Problems at home -- Last journeys

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