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Timbuctoo

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An important city of the Western Soudan, situated at the edge of the Sahara, 8 m. N. of the Upper Niger, at the centre of five caravan routes which lead to all parts of North Africa; carries on a large transit trade, exchanging European goods for native produce; was occupied by the French in 1894.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Timbuctoo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/timbuctoo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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