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...

have for over a century; variants include 'Temboctou' (used by explorer René Caillié) and 'Tombouktou', but they are seldom seen. Variant spellings exist...

they directed after exploring the area. These include French explorer René Caillié, who explored the highlands of Guinea at Fouta Djallon, near the source...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

containing Callie Callie Furnace, a historic iron furnace in Virginia René Caillié (1799–1838), French explorer Calley, a surname "Callie" is the common...

local Muslims who were fearful of European intervention. The Frenchman René Caillié arrived in 1828 travelling alone, disguised as a Muslim; he was able...

year, sandbars lie close to the water surface. When the French explorer René Caillié made the journey to Mopti in a small boat in March 1828, he was "obliged...