Henri Duveyrier et Cheikh ‘Othmân, cartographes du Sahara

The book published by Henri Duveyrier in 1864 under the title Tuaregs of the North included a 1/3000000 scale map which was considered for decades as the reference map of the Sahara. He had drawn it up based on three sources: his own itineraries, meticulously noted down, the routes of his predecesso...

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Main Author: Dominique Casajus
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: CNRS Éditions 2011-11-01
Series:L’Année du Maghreb
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/1128