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Title: The story of Africa and its explorers
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Brown, Robert, 1842-1895
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Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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CAPTAIN TRIVIER AND ATTENDANTS.(From a Photograph hy G. Godefroy, Rochefort.)
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■^ OASIS NEAR GABES, TUNISIA.(From a Photogra%ili in the Paris-Tunis Collection.) CHAPTER lY.The Sahara: its Exploration and its Exploitation. The International Travellers—The Sahara Area—Erroneous Notions of its Nature—French Work in Making- itBetter Known—Varied Character of Africa—The Different Divisions of the Sahara—The Erg-—Ahagg-ar—Hamada—Oases—Caravans—Inaccurate Pictures of the Desert—Not the Bottom of an Ancient Sea—Desicca-tion since the Roman Period—Microscopic Appearance of the Sand—A Saharan Volcano—UndergroundWater—Bahrs or Gouffres—Ziban and Other Artificial Oases—Artificial Wells—Origin of the SaharanSand — Unequal Temperature — Sand-storms — Saharan Sand in the Atlantic—Locusts—Perils of Caravansfrom these—Plants and Animals — Inhabitants—Touaregs —• Arabs — Tibboos — Jews — Products — CaravanRoutes — Explorers — Rohlfs, Douls, and Others — Inland Seas — Shotts —Artesian Wells of Sahara-F

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