The explorer René Caillié, returning in August…
September 1828 CE
The explorer René Caillié, returning in August to a hero's welcome in France, claims the prize of ten thousand francs offered by the Société de Géographie to the first traveler who should gain exact information of Timbuktu, to be compared with that given by Mungo Park.
He also receives the order of the Legion of Honor, a pension, and other distinctions.