The Fateful Journey
The Expedition of Alexine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin in Sudan (1863-1864)
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
456 pages
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100 color plates, 9 halftones
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7 1/2 x 10
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© 2011
Bold, headstrong, and fabulously wealthy, Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1834–1869) made several excursions into the African interior, often accompanied by her mother, at a time when very few European women traveled. The Fateful Journey follows her trip with German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin, which took them through Egypt and Sudan in search of adventure and unknown regions in Central Africa.. Drawing upon four years of research in the Tinne archives, and including never before published correspondence, photographs, and other documents, Robert Joost Willink presents a compelling account of their journey and its tragic ending. This exciting volume not only sheds light on Tinne’s life and times, it also offers captivating insights into the world of European adventurers in the 19th century.
An enthralling mix of adventure and careful scholarship, The Fateful Journey creates a powerful portrait of Alexine Tinne throughout her life, from her start as a rich heiress in the Netherlands to her end as the intrepid explorer who risked—and lost—everything on a daring, doomed quest.
Contents
Prologue
Introduction
The expedition and its failure
The expedition's protagonists
Chapter 1. Sudan: the place for adventure, trade and science
Destination: Sudan
John Tinne's Lecture
Sudan and its visitors
Travelling beyond Upper Egypt
The Tinne family: a Dutch-British connection
Alexine Tinne's lust for travel
The Hague circles
From the Netherlands to Sudan
Heuglin in Africa: vice consul, traveller and scientist
Chapter 2. The White Nile and Khartoum
The White Nile excursion of the Tinne party
Khartoum in the summer of 1862
Heuglin's view on Sudan's state of affairs
Chapter 3. Preparations for the journey
Heuglin's list of informants
Heuglin's preliminary trip
Stopover in Khartoum
The encounter of November 1862
The ardent wish of reaching the Azande
At one's own expense
'A disorderly and rudderless machine'
Chapter 4. To the Bahr el-Ghazal
Ahead to the Gazelle-river
The departure of the Tinnes
The arrival of the Tinnes at Meshra el-Rek
Chapter 5. Beyond the Bahr el-Ghazal
Back and forth to Wau and Meshra
Speke's warning
Crossing over the Rek
Chapter 6. The reversal of fortune
A forced stay at 'Biselli's'
The retreat to Meshra
Back in Khartoum
Letters from Khartoum
Musha Pasha's case against Alexine
The fourth bereavement
From Khartoum to Berber
Stopover at Suez
Chapter 7. A pause in Cairo
Tidings from Cairo
Eyewitnesses: Wilhelm Gentz, John and Margaret Tinne
Meeting Gentz
Heuglin and his Kneipe
Margaret's letters and John's diary
Alexine's pursuit of Musha Pahsa
Chapter 8. After Cairo
The final journey
Heuglin's reproaches
The outcome of the Tinne journey on the White Nile
The results of the Tinne-Heuglin expedition
Alexine's personal evaluation
Alexine Tinne in a historical perspective
Epilogue: the Plantae Tinneanae
Appendix 1. The White Nile excursion of the Tinne party
Appendix 2. Khartoum in the summer of 1862
Appendix 3. Khartoum
Appendix 4. Sudan
Appendix 5. Letters A. Tinne from Khartoum and Berber
Appendix 6. Tidings from Cairo
Appendix 7. Petermann's maps of 1865 and 1869
Explanatory notes to the consulted sources
Acknowledgements
Source Notes
Map of Egypt and Sudan
Catalogue. Ethnographic Collections
Introduction to the ethnographic collections
Notes Catalogue
Catalogue: Alexine Tinne Collection
Catalogue: Von Heuglin Collection
The Tinne Collection. Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Photo Credits
Foldout Map of 1865
Introduction
The expedition and its failure
The expedition's protagonists
Chapter 1. Sudan: the place for adventure, trade and science
Destination: Sudan
John Tinne's Lecture
Sudan and its visitors
Travelling beyond Upper Egypt
The Tinne family: a Dutch-British connection
Alexine Tinne's lust for travel
The Hague circles
From the Netherlands to Sudan
Heuglin in Africa: vice consul, traveller and scientist
Chapter 2. The White Nile and Khartoum
The White Nile excursion of the Tinne party
Khartoum in the summer of 1862
Heuglin's view on Sudan's state of affairs
Chapter 3. Preparations for the journey
Heuglin's list of informants
Heuglin's preliminary trip
Stopover in Khartoum
The encounter of November 1862
The ardent wish of reaching the Azande
At one's own expense
'A disorderly and rudderless machine'
Chapter 4. To the Bahr el-Ghazal
Ahead to the Gazelle-river
The departure of the Tinnes
The arrival of the Tinnes at Meshra el-Rek
Chapter 5. Beyond the Bahr el-Ghazal
Back and forth to Wau and Meshra
Speke's warning
Crossing over the Rek
Chapter 6. The reversal of fortune
A forced stay at 'Biselli's'
The retreat to Meshra
Back in Khartoum
Letters from Khartoum
Musha Pasha's case against Alexine
The fourth bereavement
From Khartoum to Berber
Stopover at Suez
Chapter 7. A pause in Cairo
Tidings from Cairo
Eyewitnesses: Wilhelm Gentz, John and Margaret Tinne
Meeting Gentz
Heuglin and his Kneipe
Margaret's letters and John's diary
Alexine's pursuit of Musha Pahsa
Chapter 8. After Cairo
The final journey
Heuglin's reproaches
The outcome of the Tinne journey on the White Nile
The results of the Tinne-Heuglin expedition
Alexine's personal evaluation
Alexine Tinne in a historical perspective
Epilogue: the Plantae Tinneanae
Appendix 1. The White Nile excursion of the Tinne party
Appendix 2. Khartoum in the summer of 1862
Appendix 3. Khartoum
Appendix 4. Sudan
Appendix 5. Letters A. Tinne from Khartoum and Berber
Appendix 6. Tidings from Cairo
Appendix 7. Petermann's maps of 1865 and 1869
Explanatory notes to the consulted sources
Acknowledgements
Source Notes
Map of Egypt and Sudan
Catalogue. Ethnographic Collections
Introduction to the ethnographic collections
Notes Catalogue
Catalogue: Alexine Tinne Collection
Catalogue: Von Heuglin Collection
The Tinne Collection. Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Photo Credits
Foldout Map of 1865
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