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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kemper, Steve.     Subjects     Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865 -- Travel -- Africa.     Explorers -- Africa, Central -- Biography.     Explorers -- Africa, North -- Biography.     Explorers -- Germany -- Biography.     Adventure and adventurers.     Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.     Africa, Central -- Description and travel.     Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration.     Africa, North -- Description and travel.     Islamic countries -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kemper, Steve.       by title:      A labyrinth of kingd...       by call number:      916.70423 B284k     Search the Web     Kemper, Steve.     Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865 -- Travel -- Africa.     Explorers -- Africa, Central -- Biography.     Explorers -- Africa, North -- Biography.     Explorers -- Germany -- Biography.     Adventure and adventurers.     Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.     Africa, Central -- Description and travel.     Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration.     Africa, North -- Description and travel.     Islamic countries -- Description and travel.       MARC Display

A labyrinth of kingdoms : 10,000 miles through Islamic Africa / Steve Kemper. by Kemper, Steve. W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. Call #: 916.70423 B284k Subjects Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865 -- Travel -- Africa.   Explorers -- Africa, Central -- Biography.   Explorers -- Africa, North -- Biography.   Explorers -- Germany -- Biography.   Adventure and adventurers.   Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration.   Africa, Central -- Description and travel.   Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration.   Africa, North -- Description and travel.   Islamic countries -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9780393079661 (hc.) 039307966X (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xi, 415 p. [8] p. o f plates : ill., maps, ports. : 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (391-396) and index. 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. Summary:  Describes the 1849 journey by Heinrich Barth into the unexplored Islamic regions of North and Central Africa, detailing the discoveries he made as he traveled 10,000 miles over five years, lost most of his companions, and finally arrived at Timbuktu. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 916.70423 B284k Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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