An Account of Timbuctoo, and Housa, territories in the Interior of Africa  with notes , critical and explanatory [Shabeeny]. To which is added letters descriptive of travels through west and south Bar

£800 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The Middle Hill copy with pressmark. A primary source for the period. Jackson was for a number of years British Resident at Mogodor (present-day Essouaira), and this and the adjacent coastlands are described in some detail. It is also significant for the information the author was able to obtain about Timbuktu, at this time still unvisited by Europeans. Shabeeny was a native of Tetuan he went to Timbuctoo aged fourteen. and spent a total of ten years living there.

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