Sahara's secret garden

In the north of Chad, in the heart of the Sahara desert, lies a forgotten mountain massif, which shelters, in its secret canyons, a flora and fauna of breathtaking beauty. In 1950, Hubert Gillet, a professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, began to explore this lost paradise. For more tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flauder, Gauthier
Other Authors: Gillet, Hubert, Wenger, Allan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris ZED 2000, 2000
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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