TIBESTI  , a mountainous and little known region of the central See also:

• SAHARA

Sahara, inhabited by the See also:

• TIBBU, or TEBU (" Men of Tu," i.e. " of the rocks ")

Tibbu (q.v.) . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was partly explored in 187o by Gustav See also:

• NACHTIGAL, GUSTAV (1834-1885)

Nachtigal; it had not been again visited by Europeans up to 191o, though See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• OFFICERS

officers had reached See also:

• BORKU, or BORGU

Borku on its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders . By the Anglo-French See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of the 21St of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1899 Tibesti was included in the French See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa .