Tombuctú, entre el desierto y el corazón de África. Leyenda y fascinación de una ciudad inalcanzable

  1. Francisco Visal-Castro 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Jaén, España
Revue:
Estudios sobre patrimonio, cultura y ciencias medievales

ISSN: 1575-3840 2341-3549

Année de publication: 2016

Volumen: 18

Número: 3

Pages: 1355-1396

Type: Article

D'autres publications dans: Estudios sobre patrimonio, cultura y ciencias medievales

Résumé

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).