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Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo

Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo by René Caillié is available here as the complete text, split into 1399 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo by René Caillié. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #69847.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo

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  1. Chapter I 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 91 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 113 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 118 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Travels
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Through
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Central
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Africa
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