The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold

The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold

Paperback (26 Dec 2006)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A story set against the backdrop of the European exploration of Africa, this is the remarkable true story of Major Alexander Gordon Laing and the race to discover Timbuktu during the early part of the nineteenth century, an era when the African continent was still largely uncharted.

Book information

ISBN: 9780060560652
Publisher: Ecco
Imprint: Ecco
Pub date:
DEWEY: 966.23
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 302g
Height: 202mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 22mm