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Travels through central Africa to Timbuctoo : and across the great desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828

Title
Travels through central Africa to Timbuctoo : and across the great desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828 / by Réné Caillié ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].
Author
Caillié, René, 1799-1838.
Publication
London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1830.

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v. 2TextUse in library Sc Rare 916.6-C (Caillié, R. Travels through Central Africa ...) v. 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
v. 1TextUse in library Sc Rare 916.6-C (Sc Rare 916.6-C (Caillié, R. Travels through Central Africa ...) v. 1Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Additional Authors
  • Schulze, Gottlieb (Printer)
  • Jomard, M. (Edme-François), 1777-1862
  • Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Firm), publisher.
Description
2 v. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Alternative Title
Travels to Timbuctoo
Subject
  • Africa, Northwest > Description and travel
  • Tombouctou (Mali) > Description and travel
  • Sudan (Region) > Description and travel
  • Sahara > Description and travel
Note
  • "London: Printed by G. Schulze, 13, Poland Street."--printer statement, verso of title page in v. 1, verso of half-title page in v. 2, and colophons in v. 1 and v. 2.
  • With a half-title page in v. 2, which has a list of plates and printer statement on the verso.
  • Translation of Journal d'un voyage à Temboctou et à Jenné, dans l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Vol. 1: viii, 475, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: xiv, [2], 501, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates (2 folded).
  • "Geographical remarks and inquiries concerning the travels of M. Caillié in central Africa, by M. Jomard"--p. v. 2, p. [225]-501.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare 916.6-C (Caillié, R. Travels through Central Africa ...)
LCCN
05008626
OCLC
  • 5468532
  • NYPGR5468532-B
Author
Caillié, René, 1799-1838.
Title
Travels through central Africa to Timbuctoo : and across the great desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828 / by Réné Caillié ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].
Imprint
London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1830.
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1924
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 916.6-C (accession nos. B429066, B593710) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Copy in Sc Rare 916.6-C imperfect: only one panel remains of second map in v. 2; lacking rest of map. NN
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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Firm), publisher.
Schulze, Gottlieb (Printer), printer.
Jomard, M. (Edme-François), 1777-1862, cartographer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 916.6-C (Caillié, R. Travels through Central Africa ...)
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