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Crossing the Sands - The Sahara Desert Track to Timbuktu by Citroen Half Track (Hardcover)
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Crossing the Sands - The Sahara Desert Track to Timbuktu by Citroen Half Track (Hardcover)
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On December 17, 1922, Andre Citroen sent an expedition of Citroen
half tracks or autochenilles to follow the camel tracks across the
Sahara desert from Algeria to Timbuktu on the banks of the River
Niger. This was the first motorized crossing of the Sahara and took
twenty-one days. It permitted the establishment of a land
connection between North Africa and the Sudan, at that time
extremely isolated, and opened the way for the exploration of the
heart of Africa. This first crossing was the culmination of the
long, slow penetration of the Sahara by car and plane between 1910
and 1921. During this time, the courageous drivers and pilots of
the French military squadrons based in Algeria and Tunisia explored
the dunes of the Grand Erg and Tanezrouft, sometimes losing their
lives, but they paved the way for this first, victorious Citroen
expedition. To reconstruct the history of this Crossing of the
Sands, Ariane Audouin-Dubreuil has delved into the diaries and
archives of her father who was one of the pioneers of the
exploration of the Sahara during those years. Along with Georges
Marie Haardt, Andre Citroen's close collaborator and partner, he
planned and led the expedition which succeeded in reaching
Timbuktu, and then returned by a different route to Algeria. The
book is rich in wonderful period photographs and vividly recounts
the dangers and difficulties of exploration in those times. First
published in French in 2005, the book has now been translated into
English by Dalton Watson Fine Books.
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