Libyan Sands

Travel in a Dead World

R A Bagnold

Classic of 20th century Saharan exploration

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Beschrijving Libyan Sands

A work of an Englishman, a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war.

ISBN: 9781906011338
Pagina's: 228
Verschenen: 01-01-2010
Rubriek: Reisgidsen

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Paperback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Eland Publishing Ltd

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