| Description |
1 online resource (455 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue; Introduction; Sudan: the place for adventure,trade and science; The White Nile and Khartoum; Preparations for the journey; To the Bahr el-Ghazal; Beyond the Bahr el-Ghazal; The reversal of fortune; A pause in Cairo; After Cairo; Epilogue; Appendices; The White Nile excursion of the Tinne party; Khartoum in the summer of 1862; Khartoum; Sudan; Letters A. Tinne from Khartoum and Berber; Tidings from Cairo; Petermann's maps of 1865 and 1869; Explanatory notes to the consulted sources; Acknowledgements; Source Notes; Catalogue; Introduction to the ethnographic collections |
| Summary |
This compelling, richly illustrated work recounts the African journeys of the intrepid Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1835-1869). Heiress to a huge fortune -she was at the time the richest woman in the country - and bored with the royal court intrigues in The Hague, Tinne left for Egypt and Sudan accompanied by her mother Henriette Tinne-Van Capellen, ultimately settling in Khartoum. On her expedition in 1862-64, Tinne was joined by the German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin: the whole party set out for the as yet uncharted Bahr-el-Ghazal, hoping to explore that region and ascertain how far west. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tinne, Alexandrine (Alexandrine Petronella Francina), 1835-1869. |
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Heuglin, M.Th. von (Martin Theodor), 1824-1876. |
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Sudan -- Discovery and exploration.
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Sudan. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789089643520 |
| ISBN |
9789048514908 (electronic book) |
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9048514908 (electronic book) |
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9789089643520 |
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9089643524 |
| Standard No. |
9786613334480 |
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