208 – British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies https://www.bilnas.org Promoting the archaeology, history and environment of Libya and northern Africa Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:58:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 https://www.bilnas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BILNAS–favicon.jpg 208 – British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies https://www.bilnas.org 32 32 Wheels Across The Desert: Exploration Of The Libyan Desert By Motorcar 1916-1942 https://www.bilnas.org/shop/silphium-press/wheels-across-the-desert-exploration-of-the-libyan-desert-by-motorcar-1916-1942/ Sun, 17 May 2015 10:49:09 +0000 http://beta.societyforlibyanstudies.org/?post_type=product&p=5438 In between the search for the Poles, the climbing of Everest and the Space Race, the exploration of the Sahara – a huge swathe of terrain, the size of India – by motor car is one of the untold chapters in the story of twentieth-century exploration. Many people have become fascinated by this area since falling in love with the scenery of ‘The English Patient’.

In this fascinating and very readable volume, Andrew Goudie, a world authority on desert environments, charts the travels of the early desert explorers who drove across uncharted territory by motor car.

 

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