Sands of Death
Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the Sahara
In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their territories in West Africa. ''Paris to Timbuctoo in Six Days'' was the slogan. It would do for the French colonies what...
Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the Sahara
In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their territories in West Africa. ''Paris to Timbuctoo in Six Days'' was the slogan. It would do for the French colonies what...
