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The history of the African Association, the world’s first geographical society, dedicated to the exploration of the interior of a continent known only through legend and vague report.



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‘Enthralling. One of the most fascinating accounts of exploration that I’ve read in a long time.’ Jim Blackburn, Wanderlust

‘In “The Gates of Africa”, Anthony Sattin has excelled himself’.’ Conde Nast Traveller

‘Absorbing, highly readable and in places ironically humorous, a well-rounded and definitive study.’ Martin Booth, Sunday Times

‘An extraordinary panorama of adventure, scholarship, intellectual enterprise and ideological conviction, enlivened by frequent splashes of eccentricity and beautifully written throughout.’ Jan Morris

The Gates of Africa Death Discovery and the Search for Timbuktu

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 10/4/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780007122349, 978-0007122349
      ISBN10: 0007122349
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The history of the African Association, the world’s first geographical society, dedicated to the exploration of the interior of a continent known only through legend and vague report.



      Trade Review

      ‘Enthralling. One of the most fascinating accounts of exploration that I’ve read in a long time.’ Jim Blackburn, Wanderlust

      ‘In “The Gates of Africa”, Anthony Sattin has excelled himself’.’ Conde Nast Traveller

      ‘Absorbing, highly readable and in places ironically humorous, a well-rounded and definitive study.’ Martin Booth, Sunday Times

      ‘An extraordinary panorama of adventure, scholarship, intellectual enterprise and ideological conviction, enlivened by frequent splashes of eccentricity and beautifully written throughout.’ Jan Morris

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