WDCS212 'Rocket Race'

During a special treasure hunt in their rocketship the Ducks fly over the Sahara desert and stumble over a troop of French foreign legionnaires. At the time of the story, Algeria was still under French rule, and it is therefore entirely plausible that the encounter took place there.

Barks was not always quite specific as to exactly where the ducks travelled - and his use of invented location names did not make things any easier. Here Central Africa must be taken as the name of an area rather than specific countries.

U$33 Bongo on the Congo (The miners' town of Kachoonga and a small tribal village)

The ducks visit a fictional town in the Congo which, at the time, was a Belgian colony. Barks acknowledged this fact in U$17 A Cold Bargain, in which the precious ball of Bombastium came 'from the fabulous Witch Raven Mines of the Belgian Congo!'. Today the nation is named The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

FC0029 The Mummy's Ring (The Nile River and several real locations)
U$25 The Pyramid Hunt (Cairo and desert area)

WDCS212 'Rocket Race'

The Ducks really visit the nation in a hurry. During a special treasure hunt in their rocketship they only touch ground long enough to collect a camel saddle from a dump in Tripoli!

WDCS201 'Super-Dye' (Timbuktu)
WDCS263 The Candy Kid (Timbuktu)

Several of Donald's stories end up with him having to flee from angry mobs because he has messed something frightfully up. In these two stories Barks placed him in hiding in the normally unheeded Mali! Reason being that its capital's name has long been synonymous with a place far from civilization.

FC0291 The Magic Hourglass

The ducks visit a Moroccan seaport, where they spend a troublesome night surrounded by very shady inhabitants. The next morning they move East across the Atlas mountain range on their way to a certain desert wadi.

U$61 So Far and No Safari (Hara Kari)

The ducks travel through the fictional Hara Kari desert in order to reach the location of a goldmine. Judged by the desert's name it can be assumed that Barks refers to the Kalahari desert which is situated mainly in Namibia. At the time of the story the nation was part of South Africa.

FC0291 The Magic Hourglass (No Issa)
WDCS212 'Rocket Race'

The ducks visit the enormous Sahara desert in Northern Africa.

U$15 The Second Richest Duck (Limpopo Valley)

The ducks travel with Flintheart Glomgold from his home in the valley and 'right up through the heart of Africa!' meaning that they are sure to pass through other countries as well.

U$19 The Mines of King Solomon (Western Shore of the Red Sea)

Barks placed the alleged, famous mines west of the Red Sea, i.e. in East Africa, but they are actually believed to have been located in Jordan.

U$38 The Unsafe Safe (Pangani)

The ducks and Magica de Spell travel to the tribal village of Pangani in the country where a special bird, the Tanganyika Yeeker, lives. Consequently, it is fair to assume that they actually visit Tanganyika (which is named Tanzania today).