The fateful journey : the expedition of Alexine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin in Sudan (1863-1864) : a study of their travel accounts and ethnographic collections / Robert Joost Willink

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Contents

Introduction -- Sudan: the place for adventure, trade and science -- The White Nile and Khartoum -- Perparations for the journey -- To the Bahr el-Ghazal -- Beyond the Bahr el-Ghazal -- The reversal of fortune -- A pause in Cairo -- After Cairo -- The Plantae Tinneanae -- The White Nile excursionof the Tinne party -- Khartoum in the summer of 1862 -- Khartoum -- Sudan -- Letters A. Tinne from Khartoum and Berber -- Tidings from Cairo -- Petermann's maps of 1865 and 1869

Summary

"This compelling, richly illustrated work recounts the African journeys of the intrepid Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1835-1869). Heiress to a huge fortune--she was at the time the richest woman in the country--and bored with the royal court intrigues in The Hague, Tinne left for Egypt and Sudan accompanied by her mother Henriette Tinne-Van Capellen, ultimately settling in Khartoum. On her expedition in 1862-64, Tinne was joined by the German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin: the whole party set out for the as yet uncharted Bahr-el-Ghazal, hoping to explore that region and ascertain how far westward the Nile basin extended. After four years of research in the Tinne archives, including hitherto unknown correspondence, photos and other documents, Willink presents a dramatic account of Tinne's eventful expedition, casting new light on the events which ultimately ended with Tinne's murder, most likely by the tribesmen who believed there was gold hidden in her water tanks. In addition, Willink casts a new light on the excitement and the dangers of travel in colonial Africa's uncharted territories before and after Tinne's enterprise, revealing to what extent her gruesome death had been foreshadowed in the earlier years and how it would reverberate in the years to come. An accomplished photographer and collector of artefacts, Tinne left a wealth of material from her travels, and many items are reproduced here in colour, bearing testimony to her fascination with Africa."-- Provided by publisher.

The fateful journey" biedt een nieuwe blik op de Nederlandse reizigster Alexine Tinne, die als Haagse freule met haar moeder Henriëtte Tinne-Van Capellen door Egypt en Soedan reisde. Op hun tocht naar de Gazelle-rivier (1862-1864) kregen ze gezelschap van de Duitse zoöloog Theodor von Heuglin. Na een vierjarig onderzoek van alle Tinne-documenten, waaronder nog onbekende brieven, foto's en ander archiefmateriaal, ligt er nu een volledig verslag van deze expeditie in Soedan waarvan de drama's nog lang zouden na-echoën. Haar rijkdom, wilskracht en doorzettingsvermogen zogen Alexine Tinne mee in een overweldigend 'avontuur' dat uiteindelijk haar dood zou betekenen. Vele, nog onbekende etnografische voorwerpen van0Alexine Tinne zijn na haar dood geschonken aan een museum in Liverpool.

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2011

C2011

Author

Willink, Joost

Subject

Tinne, Alexandrine 1835-1869 Travel

Heuglin, Theodor von 1824-1876 Travel

Type

Maps

Physical description

455 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 col. map (47 x 40 cm ; folded to 21 x 17 cm)

Place

Sudan

Topic

Ethnology

Discovery and exploration

Record ID

siris_sil_992206

Usage

CC0