Sattin, Anthony.

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

London, Harper Perennial, 2003. 12.7 cm x 19.6 cm. XVII, 382 pages. 28 illustrations and 13 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding and bookblock is frim and solid.

Includes, for example, the following: Exploration’s Grandfather / A Friend to Mankind / The Moors’ Tales / The Gambia Route / Pity the White Man / The Göttingen Connection / Juset ben Abdallah / Shaykh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah / The Fountains of the Sun / Epilogue / Notes / Bibliography / Index etc.

Anthony Sattin FRGS is a British journalist and broadcaster and the author of several highly acclaimed books of history and travel.

• Keywords: Africa · Expedition · Exploration · Explorations · Explorers · Geographers · Geography · History · Niger · River Shannon · Travel · Travel and Adventure · Travel Writing
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007122349
• Inventory Number: 120282AB

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