KEMPER,STEVE

A LABYRINTH OF KINGDOMS : 10,000 miles through Islamic Africa

New York, W.W. Norton & Co. 2012, First Edition. (ISBN: 039307966X) Hardcover, 8vo. Book, cloth, pp. xi, 415 : illustrations, map endpapers, maps , CONTENTS: Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The palace of demons -- To Ai¨r -- 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. "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.". Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 11255616

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: 039307966x Barth, Heinrich, -- 1821-1865 -- Travel -- Africa. , Barth, Heinrich, -- 1821-1865. Explorers , History Biography & Autobiography

Kemper, Steve

A Labyrinth of Kingdoms _ 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa

New York, Norton, 2012. Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. black and brown papered boards, copper lettering, dust jacket, 415 pp dj lightly worn on the edges owner's name written on the half title page Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good/good.

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Book number: 91851

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Islam, Africa