Sahara Collection (page 3)

Dr Heinrich Barth, German geographer and explorer, (c1900)
Dr Heinrich Barth, German geographer and explorer, at Timbuktu, Mali, (c1900). Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) was a member of the expedition commanded by James Richardson

Caravan camp, Sahara Desert, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Caravan camp, Sahara Desert, late 19th century. Berber or Bedouin family and their tents. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard

A House in the Sahara, 1880s. Artist: Gustave Guillaumet
A House in the Sahara, 1880s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Hot air baloons crossing the Sahara desert, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th January 1903

Mehariste corps, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Mehariste corps, 1894. Mehariste is a French word that roughly translates as camel cavalry. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1894

The defeat of the Tuaregs, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
The defeat of the Tuaregs, 1894. The Tuareg came into conflict with the French as the French sought to bring their Saharan territory under colonial control in the 19th century

The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu, 1894. The French began military incursions into the area in 1880. The French occupied the city of Timbuktu in 1894 in an attempt to stop the Tuareg

French Foreign Legion cemetery, Taourirt, Algeria, 20th century. French postcard

French Foreign Legion postcard, 1952. The Legion in the Sahara

French Foreign Legion postcard, c1900

A detachment of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara desert, Algeria, c1905. Artist: J Geiser
A detachment of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara desert, Algeria, c1905. French postcard

Arrow-points from the Sahara, 7th century BC

Caravan, 1860. Artist: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Caravan, 1860. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Collecting water in the evening in an oasis in the Sahara
Collecting water in the evening in Jemma, an oasis village in the Sahara

Escape of the prisoners of the Mahdi, Khartoum, Sudan, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Escape of the prisoners of the Mahdi, Khartoum, Sudan, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 23rd January 1892

General Bonaparte with His Military Staff in Egypt, 1863. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
General Bonaparte with His Military Staff in Egypt, 1863. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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