Synopsis: The nephews are given Scrooge's hourglass
which uses special red sand from the fictional
Noissa Oasis. Accompanied by Donald they leave to
find the sand.
Comments: Just a brief visit.
LIBYA
WDCS212
'Rocket Race' - 1958
Synopsis: As Donald flies a rocket ship around the
earth he has to fill it up with specific things
on the way. This is a condition for participating
in a contest. His only opponent is Gladstone...
Comments: Just a brief passing.
EGYPT
FC0029
The Mummy's Ring - 1943
Synopsis: Donald and the nephews are presented with a
ring which interests some shady characters. They
travel to Egypt and find living mummies...
Comments: The ducks visit a number of real sights in
this story. In U$25 The Pyramid Hunt
they dug for a fictive pyramid.
MALI
WDCS263
The Candy Kid - 1962
Synopsis: Donald gets a job selling sweets at
The Duckburg World's Fair. The manager thinks he
is a genius...but for how long?
Comments: Donald winds up hiding in the - especially
from the second World War - famed city of
Timbuktu after a catastrophic event. This also
happened in WDCS201 'Super-Dye'.
SAHARA
DESERT
FC0291
The Magic Hourglass - 1950
Synopsis: The nephews are given Scrooge's hourglass
which uses special red sand from the fictional
Noissa Oasis. Accompanied by Donald they leave to
find the sand.
Comments: The ducks also visited in passing in WDCS212
'Rocket Race'.
SUDAN
U$19
The Mines of King Solomon - 1957
Synopsis: While on an inspection tour to 1,200 places
in 69 countries Scrooge and his nephews discover the mines
of King Solomon...
Comments: The ducks travel to the western shore of the
Red Sea which must mean that they arrive in Sudan.
CONGO
U$33
Bongo on the Congo - 1961
Synopsis: Scrooge wants Donald to learn how to
be a tycoon, so he drags him to Africa to solve
the problem of the disappearing plantation
workers.
Comments: The ducks visit the fictional town Kachooga
in 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!'...
CENTRAL
AFRICA
MOC20
Darkest Africa - 1948
Synopsis: Donald is a butterfly hunter and he is hired
to go to Africa near the Whambo Jambo river and
collect the world's rarest butterfly. A
villainous competitor follows...
Comments: Barks was not specific as to exactly where
the ducks travelled; Central Africa must be taken
as the name of an area rather than specific
countries. This was also true in FC0238
Voodoo Hoodoo (Mumbo Jumbo), SF
Jungle Hi-Jinks, U$25 'The
Wishing Well', and WDCS259
Jungle Bungle (Yamgrezi).
TANGANYIKA
U$38
The Unsafe Safe - 1962
Synopsis: Scrooge's technicians have invented
unbreakable glass but what can it be used for?
Well, the Money Bin could be encased in it...
Comments: The ducks and Magica de Spell travel to
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).
NAMIBIA
U$61
So Far and No Safari - 1966
Synopsis: Scrooge hires Donald and the nephews to
accompany him to Africa in order to buy a
goldmine. The kids are more interested in
their animal call whistles...
Comments: The ducks travel through the fictional Hara
Kari desert. It can be assumed that Barks refers
to the Kalahari desert which is situated mainly
in Namibia.
SOUTH
AFRICA
U$15
The Second Richest Duck - 1956
Synopsis: Scrooge gets into a contest with Flintheart
Glomgold to determine who is the world's richest
duck. At the end it comes down to two balls of
string...
Comments: This story - as well as U$61 So Far
and No Safari - mainly take place in
South Africa. We are also introduced to Glomgold's
homeplace, the Limpopo Valley.