The Gates Of Africa - Death, Discovey and the Search for Timbuktu (Hardcover)

London, 1788: a group of British gentlemen---geographers, scholars, politicians, humanitarians, and traders---decide it is time to solve the mysteries of Africa's unknown interior regions. Inspired by the Enlightenment quest for knowledge, they consider it a slur on the age that the interior of Africa still remains a mystery, that maps of the dark continent are populated with mythical beasts, imaginary landmarks, and fabled empires. As well, they hoped that more accurate knowledge of Africa would aid in the abolition of the slave trade.

Hardcover. English. Harper Collins. 2003. ISBN: 9780007122332. 320 pp. Good with dw. Book No: 2505732