Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September 1826 on leaving the city. Caillié was...
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have for over a century; variants include 'Temboctou' (used by explorer René Caillié) and 'Tombouktou', but they are seldom seen. Variant spellings exist...
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they directed after exploring the area. These include French explorer René Caillié, who explored the highlands of Guinea at Fouta Djallon, near the source...
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other written information on the Great Mosque until the French explorer René Caillié visited Djenné in 1828, years after it had been allowed to fall into...
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local Muslims who were fearful of European intervention. The Frenchman René Caillié arrived in 1828 travelling alone, disguised as a Muslim; he was able...
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second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. 1828 – René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, following Major Gordon...
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Laing's journal; however, there has never been any evidence for this. René Caillié reached Timbuktu two years after Laing and by returning alive was able...
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pp. 262–277 (available online at: Persee.fr) (in French) 17th century René Caillié Journal d'un voyage à Temboctou et à Jenné, dans l'Afrique centrale,...
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defeated by Alpha-Mamoudou Kaba.[citation needed]. The French explorer René Caillié spent a month in Kankan in 1827 during his journey from Boké, in present-day...
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roots") that practiced medicine to cure specific ailments. French explorer René Caillié, the first European to travel to Timbuktu and return alive, described...
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