Timbouctou, voyage au Maroc au Sahara et au Soudan, Tome 1 (de 2)

A travel narrative recounts an overland journey across Morocco, along both sides of the Atlas, followed by a desert crossing to Timbuktu and onward to the Senegal, combining route descriptions, landscape and ethnographic observation. The account interweaves practical travel notes—itineraries, instruments used for bearings and altitudes, encounters, and logistical difficulties—with studies of local political, social, and economic conditions. Chapters describe towns, fortifications, customs, clothing, and daily life; the desert section records caravan routes, hazards, and gaps in mapping. Appendices consider trans-Saharan transport, historical population questions, and the volume is illustrated with photographs and engraved views.