03236cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500400014626400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000540037250000310042650801320045752019210058953400530251065300380256365300380260165300370263970000400267670000320271685600520274885600430280099900190284376633UtSlPG20260610134756.0mcr n260607r20251905utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aDT1 aDuveyrier, Henri,d1840-189210aJournal de route de Henri Duveyrier 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aAdd head of title: Sahara algérien et tunisien.  aRelease date is 2025-08-05  aGalo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France/Gallica)  a"Journal de route de Henri Duveyrier" by Henri Duveyrier is a travel journal written in the mid-19th century. It records a scientific and ethnographic journey across the Algerian and Tunisian Sahara, mixing precise route notes with observations on peoples, languages, flora, fauna, water sources, and oasis life. This edition frames the field notes with an editorial preface and a biographical sketch that situate the expedition and its methods.  The beginning of the volume presents a foreword explaining the posthumous publication and light editing of the field notebooks, followed by a biography tracing the explorer’s Provençal family, early schooling in Germany, love of languages and natural history, guidance from prominent scholars, a formative Algerian trip, mentorship by Heinrich Barth, and thorough preparation to travel openly as a Christian. The journal then opens at Biskra (January–February), where the traveler lists the diverse sub-Saharan communities present, studies local mollusks and thermal waters, checks time and latitude, and notes Roman remains. Setting out southward, he crosses Chegga and Oumm-et-Tiour to the Oued-Righ and the Souf, describing dunes, winds, vegetation (drin, retam, arta), fauna tracks, and the labor of desert travel with guides and camels. He sketches the oases and towns—Merhaier, Guemar, Tarhzout, Kouinin, and El-Oued—with remarks on irrigation, palm culture, prices, religious affiliations, and local traditions of origin. Turning toward Ouargla via Sidi el-Bachir and Sayyal, he encounters Touareg on the move and hears of tensions between tribes before traversing hamada and sebkha. The opening section closes with his arrival at Ouargla, a first survey of its kasbah ruins, narrow vaulted streets, mosques, tribal quarters, Mozabite colony, and the populace’s complaints about abuses by local notables. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cParis: A. Challamel, 1905  aTunisia -- Description and travel  aAlgeria -- Description and travel  aSahara -- Description and travel1 aMaunoir, Ch.q(Charles),d1830-19011 aSchirmer, Henri,d1862-19314 uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5790532v40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76633  c117358d117358