Timbuktu in 1855

The map is in German, so here’s a translation, starting at the top:

Title: Map of Timbuktu

Text within the map:

Sankorethe oldest part of town

Jubu

Or: the market

Jubu Kayna

Or: the small/little market

Sane Gungu

The best part of town, where the merchants of Ghadamis live.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghadames

Line: 1/4 geographic (German) mile

Numbers:

  1. Dschama el Kebira [note: presumebly Djinguereber, French Djingareyber] (the great Mosque, construction started by sultan Mille [spelling, presumebly sultan Musa I)

  2. Mosque of Sankoré

  3. Mosque of Sidi Yahya

  4. Home of sheik el Bakay

  5. Market place

  6. Home where doctor Barth lived

  7. Aeras, the suburbs/outskrits of town

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