About this episode

Heinrich Barth embarks on a daring 1,500-mile journey across Central Africa to reach Timbuktu after the death of his fellow scientist.

After the death of his fellow scientist, Heinrich Barth - now alone - heads off on his most audacious journey yet - a 1,500 miles trek across war-torn Central Africa to the legendary city of Timbuktu. Sponsors: Quince. Get free shipping with your order by using code EXPLORERS at quince.com/explorers The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Matt Breen

Topics covered

• exploration
• Africa
• journey
• history
• science

Keywords

• Heinrich Barth
• Timbuktu
• Central Africa
• exploration
• journey
• science
• war-torn

Sponsors

Quince

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airwave Media Network, megaphone.fm

Places: Timbuktu

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