Exploration of mysterious Timbuktu and Niger Valley
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Exploration of mysterious Timbuktu and Niger Valley
Original title :Tombouctou La Mystérieuse 1897
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DUBOIS, Félix. Timbuktu the Mysterious. Ernest Flammarion, Edition of Le Figaro, Paris, 1897. In-8°. Half-vellum binding with split joints and blunt corners. 420 pages, interior well preserved. Numerous illustrations integrated into text and full-page, based on photographs by the author and M.J. Drilhon, Commissioner of the Navy, including plans and maps. Contents: From Paris to Niger - The Niger Valley…
DUBOIS, Félix. Timbuktu the Mysterious. Ernest Flammarion, Edition of Le Figaro, Paris, 1897. In-8°. Half-vellum binding with split joints and blunt corners. 420 pages, interior well preserved. Numerous illustrations integrated into text and full-page, based on photographs by the author and M.J. Drilhon, Commissioner of the Navy, including plans and maps. Contents: From Paris to Niger - The Niger Valley - Cities of Niger - Djenné and its founders - The Songhai Empire - The Moroccan invasion - Djenné past and present - Journey from Djenné to Timbuktu - Timbuktu through the centuries - Commerce and daily life - The Sankore University - Politics and literature - Europe and Timbuktu - The French conquest.
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