...he continues his journey to Timbuktu by…

January 1828 CE

...he continues his journey to Timbuktu by water.

The Scot Gordon Laing had arrived in September 1826 but had been killed shortly after by local Muslims who were fearful of European discovery and intervention. (Only three other Europeans will reach the city before 1890: Heinrich Barth in 1853 and the German Oskar Lenz with the Spanish Cristobal Benítez in 1880.)

After spending two weeks (April 20 to May 4) in Timbuktu, Caillié joins a caravan for its three-month crossing of the Sahara to Morocco. (He is to reach Fez on August 12, and from Tangier will return to France.)

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Timbuktu > Tombouctou Tombouctou Mali View →

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René Caillié View →

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Morocco, 'Alawi (Filali) Sultanate of View → France, constitutional monarchy of View →

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Exploration of Africa, Later European View →

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