René Caillié and the Quest for Timbuktu - Part 3

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the final part of our series, Caillié has reached Timbuktu - but what will he find? Will it be the city of gold as described by earlier visitors? And now that he had reached his destination - he needs to return home. That means a brutal trek across the Sahara in a caravan. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	all night long. Hello and welcome to the Explorers podcast. Today is the third and final
0:59.6	episode in our series on French explorer Renee Cayet.
1:03.0	Last time we left Cayet at the gates of Timbuktu.
1:06.0	He had crossed thousands of miles of West Africa
1:08.0	to reach the legendary city.
1:10.0	The big question was, what would Timbuktu reveal itself to be?
1:13.8	In the minds of Europeans Timbuktu was opulent and overflowing with riches.
1:18.3	In the 1500s of Moore born in Granada, which is modern day Spain,
1:22.4	named Leo Africanus, had traveled to Timbuktu and his descriptions had enthralled the world.
1:27.4	The city, he said, was awash with wealth, especially gold.
1:31.0	In fact, coins weren't even used, just gold nuggets.
1:34.0	The city teamed with artisans, scholars, merchants, and traders.
1:38.0	There were grand institutions of learning, religion, and art.
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