The Fateful Journey : : The Expedition of Alexine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin in Sudan (1863-1864) / / Robert Joost Willink; ed. by Jacques Thomassen, Kasper van Ommen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Willink, Robert Joost,
• HerausgeberIn: Thomassen, Jacques,; van Ommen, Kasper,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.) :; 100 color plates, 9 halftones

Bold, headstrong, and fabulously wealthy, Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1834–1869) made several excursions into the African interior, often accompanied by her mother, at a time when very few European women traveled. The Fateful Journey follows her trip with German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin, which took them through Egypt and Sudan in search of adventure and unknown regions in Central Africa. Drawing upon four years of research in the Tinne archives, and including never before published correspondence, photographs, and other documents, Robert Joost Willink presents a compelling account of their journey and its tragic ending. This exciting volume not only sheds light on Tinne’s life and times, it also offers captivating insights into the world of European adventurers in the 19th century. An enthralling mix of adventure and careful scholarship, The Fateful Journey creates a powerful portrait of Alexine Tinne throughout her life, from her start as a rich heiress in the Netherlands to her end as the intrepid explorer who risked—and lost—everything on a daring, doomed quest.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sudan: the place for adventure, trade and science -- Chapter 2. The White Nile and Khartoum -- Chapter 3. Preparations for the journey -- Chapter 4. To the Bahr el-Ghazal -- Chapter 5. Beyond the Bahr el-Ghazal -- Chapter 6. The reversal of fortune -- Chapter 7. A pause in Cairo -- Chapter 8. After Cairo -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The White Nile excursion of the Tinne party -- Appendix 2. Khartoum in the summer of 1862 -- Appendix 3. Khartoum -- Appendix 4. Sudan -- Appendix 5. Letters A. Tinne from Khartoum and Berber -- Appendix 6. Tidings from Cairo -- Appendix 7. Petermann’s maps of 1865 and 1869 -- Explanatory notes to the consulted sources -- Acknowledgements -- Source Notes -- Map of Egypt and Sudan -- Catalogue. ethnographic collections -- An account of the description of the Tinne-Heuglin collections 325 Notes Catalogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo credits