The race for Timbuktu : in search of Africa's city of gold / Frank T. Kryza
Object Details
- Author
- Kryza, Frank T
- Subject
- Laing, Alexander Gordon
- 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 Tanexrouft -- Troubles for Captain Clapperton -- The city of legend -- The long silence -- The lost papers -- The mystery solved
- 2006
- C2006
- 19th century
- Type
- Biography
- Physical description
- xxv, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
- Place
- Africa, West
- Great Britain
- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Explorers
- Travelers
- History
- Discovery and exploration
- Record ID
- siris_sil_792687
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
