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René-Auguste Caillié (1799-1838) got the honor of being the first European (at least in modern times) to visit Timbuktu and return alive. Timbuktu, the name evokes exotic images, in the early nineteenth century even more than now. Europeans had heared about the city through writers like Leo Africanus and Ibn Battuta, telling of a rich, golden city, across the Sahara on the Niger river. But Timbuktu was also a forbidden city, laying in an area where being a christian might well be enough to get one killed. Mungo Park had passed the city in 1805, during his descent of the Niger, and Alexander Laing had visited it crossing the desert from Tripoli, but both had died before returning to the coast. A Frenchman called René-Auguste Caillié took up the challenge.

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Caillié, René - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0809807.html

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French explorer in Africa. He was the first European to visit Timbuktu and return. The son of poor French peasants, he was obsessed with the idea of seeing Timbuktu. After 11 years of preparation, he reached the desert city, disguised as a Muslim trader, and remained there two weeks.

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Caillie, Rene. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Caillie.html

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French explorer in Africa. He was the first European to visit Timbuktu and return. The son of poor French peasants, he was obsessed with the idea of seeing Timbuktu. After 11 years of preparation, he reached the desert city, disguised as a Muslim trader, and remained there two weeks.

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Êàéå Îãþñò Ðåíå (Êîèëüå) - Russian
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(1799 èëè 1800-1838) — ôðàíöóçñêèé ïóòåøåñòâåííèê. Âïåðâûå â èñòîðèè åâðîïåéñêèõ ïóòåøåñòâèé íîâîãî âðåìåíè ïåðåñåê Çàïàäíóþ Ñàõàðó, èññëåäîâàë âîñòî÷íóþ îêðàèíó ïåñ÷àíîé ïóñòûíè Ýëü-Äæóô, ïëàòî Ýëü-Ýãëàá, Ýðã-Èãèäè, îàçèñû Àðàâàí, Òàóäåííè, Òàôèëàëåò. Ïåðâûì ñîîáùèë Åâðîïå äîñòîâåðíûå ñâåäåíèÿ î Òîìáóêòó — òîðãîâîì ãîðîäå íà Íèãåðå, «êîðîëåâå ïóñòûíè», êàê åãî íàçûâàëè â Åâðîïå.

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1Up Info - Caillié, René (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/C/Caillie.html

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1799–1838, French explorer in Africa. He was the first European to visit Timbuktu and return. The son of poor French peasants, he was obsessed with the idea of seeing Timbuktu. After 11 years of preparation, he reached the desert city, disguised as a Muslim trader, and remained there two weeks.

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