Product Name: Crossing the Sands : The Sahara Desert Track to Timbuktu by Citroen Half Track
Product Category: Books in Media
Manufacturer: Ariane Audoin-Debreuil
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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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