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A labyrinth of kingdoms : 10,000 miles through Islamic Africa / Steve Kemper.
Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 415 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780393079661 :
- 039307966X :
- Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865 -- Travel -- Africa
- Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- German
- Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- British
- Africa, Central -- Description and travel
- Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration -- German
- Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration -- British
- Africa, North -- Description and travel
- Explorers -- Africa, Central -- Biography
- Explorers -- Africa, North -- Biography
- Explorers -- Germany -- Biography
- DT351.B277 K46 2012
Contents:
Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The palace of 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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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DT 351 .B277 K46 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5070530 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-396) and index.
Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The palace of 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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