Timbuctoo the mysterious (Registro nro. 119329)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dubois, Félix, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1862-1945 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Tombouctou la mystérieuse. English |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Timbuctoo the mysterious |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-05-05 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Timbuctoo the mysterious" by Félix Dubois is a travelogue and cultural-historical study written in the late 19th century. It follows the author’s journey through the western Sudan along the Niger to Timbuctoo, mixing first-hand travel narrative with geography, ethnography, and reflections on trade and empire. The focus is the river’s world—its landscapes, riverine peoples, caravan towns, and the fabled city’s commercial reach—viewed through a distinctly French colonial lens.<br/><br/>The opening of the book takes the reader from Paris to Senegal and up-country to the Niger, contrasting European transport with the rough African road and the “life of the bush.” Dubois describes steamers to Kayes, a short railway and a temporary track to Dioubaba, and a caravan staffed by a servant, an inept cook, a taciturn groom, and porters—punctuated by a comic episode of a white horse turned scarlet by a dyed blanket. He evokes camp nights, village encounters, and the heavy logistics of supplying distant forts, then arrives at Bammaku to a sweeping first view of the Niger. The narrative shifts onto the river: the Bosos boatmen and their legends, long days of paddling and poling, generous exchanges with fishing villages, and the author’s leaky, thatched “yacht.” Scenes accumulate—women bathing on the banks, children saluting, herds and wildlife, ospreys and other birds, hippos and alligators, and landscapes ranging from forested reaches to the sea-like expanse of Lake Debo and, in flood, a “sea of grass.” Dubois then explains the valley’s fertility by comparing the Niger to the Nile, outlines the river’s sources and sacred headwaters, and maps the great floodplain with its three natural “deltas” and chains of lakes that make the region a granary. Finally, he sketches towns and colonial outposts: Bammaku’s fort and tree‑lined streets, the perilous rapids of Sotouba, a river shipyard at Koulikoro, cotton centers like Nyamina and Sansanding, the fortified city of Segu, the new postal and telegraph links, and the model rule of Mademba, a Senegalese-educated chief. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: William Heinemann, 1897 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Sudan (Region) -- Description and travel |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Curiosities and wonders -- Mali -- Tombouctou |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Tombouctou (Mali) |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | White, Diana |
| Fuller form of name | (Translator), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1868-1950 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/timbuctoomysteri00dubouoft">https://archive.org/details/timbuctoomysteri00dubouoft</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78611">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78611</a> |
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