[PDF.45dd] The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu

The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu

[PDF.xx29] The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu

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 | #1445494 in Books |  2005-01-01 |  2004-12-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.20 x1.36 x5.92l, | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Exploration of Africa in the late 18th and early 19th century|By Utah Blaine|It may be surprising to some (it was certainly surprising to me) that less was known about the interior of Africa at the turn of the 18th century than was known about the New World or the South Pacific. The coast around Africa had been heavily explored (and exploited) by Europeans, but virtually nothi|From Publishers Weekly|Journalist and travel writer Sattin (The Pharaoh's Shadow, etc.) pens a remarkable history of the African Association, the world's first geographical society. Formed in London in 1788 by wealthy patrons who believed that Africa needed to b