Labyrinth of Kingdoms 10000 Miles Through Islamic Africa

Name: Labyrinth of Kingdoms 10000 Miles Through Islamic Africa
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ISBN: 9780393079661

ISBN-10: 039307966X

ISBN-13: 9780393079661

Edition: 2012

Authors: Steve Kemper

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In 1849 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition intounexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one hiscompanions died, but he carried on alone, eventually reaching the fabled cityof gold, Timbuktu. His five-and-a-half-year, 10,000-mile adventure ranks amongthe greatest journeys in the annals of exploration, and his discoveries areconsidered indispensable by modern scholars of Africa.Yet because of shiftingpolitics, European preconceptions about Africa, and his own thorny personality,Barth has been almost forgotten. The general public has never heard of him, hisepic journey, or his still-pertinent observations about Africa and Islam; andhis monumental five-volume…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/25/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Steve Kemper is the author of Code Name Ginger. His work has appeared in many national publications, including Smithsonian and National Geographic. He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.



Prologue


Map of the Expedition's Routes, 1850-55



Preparations



Invitation to Africa



At the Edge of the Desert



First Steps



Stalled in Murzuk



The Palace of the Demons



To Air



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


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index