Tombuctú, entre el desierto y el corazón de África. Leyenda y fascinación de una ciudad inalcanzable
- 1 Universidad de Jaén, España
ISSN: 1575-3840, 2341-3549
Year of publication: 2016
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Pages: 1355-1396
Type: Article
More publications in: Estudios sobre patrimonio, cultura y ciencias medievales
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to study different aspects about the legend on the Timbuktu’s city emerged in the Western imagination and its causes. In addition, the paper compres the legend and the myth with the reality of the city: context of the country, its name, geography, history, human element, patrimony, manuscripts and libraries, the ethnic group of Arma (connection with Spain).