Sahara Collection

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century

The Sahara Desert, North west Africa - two camels stride across the sand, accompanied by their Bedouin owner. Date: circa 1915

A hand-painted sign showing the time it would take to reach Timbuktu in Mali (52 days) if one were to set off across the Sahara Desert on a camel

King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar
View of a moorish camp: King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar. Ali sat on a black leather cushion clipping the hairs on his upper lip while a female servant held a mirror

Map of the war in North Africa by G. H. Davis
The war in North Africa: a strategic contour map of the desert arena during the Second World War. Conflict began there in September 1940. Date: 1942

Saharan Bedouins - North Africa - Promotional postcard for Oliver et Cie, traders in Dates and Nutmeg from Marseille, France. Date: circa 1910

A Mozabite Grocer shop, Algeria. The Mozabite people or Banu Mzab are a Berber ethnic group inhabiting the M'zab natural region in the northern Sahara in Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

A sheik rewards a brave youth in the Sahara, 18th century
Reward for bravery among the Mougeare (descendants of Portuguese and Arabs) nomadic people of the Sahara

Palm-wine tapper climbing a palm tree, Senegambia
Naked palm-wine tapper climbing a date palm using a rope to collect a gourd full of sap, Senegambia, 18th century. A man gives instruction to the tapper. A negro ascending a palm tree for its wine

Berber man of Northern Sahara, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Map of Morocco, 1601
Map of Morocco, north, africa, african, 1601. 1601

Muslim man leads mule and cart through the streets of Nefta
A barefoot Muslim man leads a mule and cart through the dusty streets of Nefta in Southern Tunisia. He passes a wall painting of Charlie Chaplin Date: 1987

Blue domed roofs, Tunisia
Ornamental blue domed rooftops, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia Date: 1987

Musicians and Dancer - Southern Algeria. Date: circa 1909

Sudan, Sahara and Barbary

An external view of the Royal Hotel in Biskra, Algeria, 1920s Date: 1920s

External view of the Hotel Transatlantique with its terrace
An external view of the Hotel Transatlantique with its terrace in Biskra, 1920s Date: 1920s

Fashionable guests - Transatlantique Hotel at Biskra
A sketch of fashionable guests arriving by car outside the Transatlantique Hotel at Biskra, in the Sahara (North Africa) under the management of the French Line, 1920s

An exterior view of Hotel Transatlantique in Biskra, the Sahara Date: 1920s

The entrance and gardens to the Casino at Biskra, Algeria
The entrance and gardens to the Casino at Biskra, in the Sahara, Algeria, 1920s Date: 1920s

Dunhill's Ladies Motoring Coats, advertisement with photographs of two designs of motoring coats, with description, and details of the Sahara dust coat

Real photo taken at the end of a 16 months Sahara trip
This scene is from a journey across the Sahara taken by Lt D.R.G. Cameron of the Royal Scots. It shows Buchanan, Ali, Sakari the camel and Feri N'Gashi

Three natives tying a gazelle carcass for transportation
This scene is from a journey across the Sahara taken by Lt D.R.G. Cameron of the Royal Scots

Moroccan civilians on the Green March
A road is filled with trucks and buses carrying Moroccan civilian men into Western Sahara to take part in the Green March, a mass demonstration of 350, 000 people organised by King Hassan II

Nomadic Tuaregs riding camels amongst the Saharan Dunes - North Africa. Date: circa 1908

Baroness Troil in Arab dress with a camel, Biskra, Sahara, 1927 ready for a caravan expedition Date: 1927

A feature about the delights of Biskra, Algeria, 1925 - a desert oasis in the Sahara Date: 1925

Scenes in the Sahara desert, Africa, 1820
Frederick Horneman reading the Koran to the Berbers of Siwa Oasis 13, a caravan greeting the Sultan of Fezzan 14, and a traveller left behind in the desert

Scenes from Tripoli in the Barbary States, 1820
Hunting lions in the Barbary States 10, camels and drivers sleeping in the desert 11, and Arabs inviting travellers to dine 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Womans hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century
Womans braided hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century. Headress and ornaments of the negro women. Coiffure des negresses. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosus
Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th century
King Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls

A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River
Man and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Man weaving cotton on a loom, Senegambia, 18th century. He sits with his legs in a pit, with the warp tied to a large rock, under a mat shade. A weaver. Tisserand negre

Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s

Woman of Senegambia beating cotton, 18th century. She beats the raw cotton instead of carding it. She sits on a wooden bench in front of a thatched hut

Blacksmith or goldsmith at work, Senegambia, 18th century. He works unders thatched hut with tools including fire, anvil, hammer, pincers and bellows. Orfevre ou Forgeron Negre. A goldsmith

View of a Fuli town and plantations, Senegambia
View of a Fuli or Fula town and plantations, Senegambia, 18th century. Circular walled village of the Fuli people

Plan of the King of Sines palace, Joal, Senegambia, 18th century

Women of Senegambia washing themselves, 18th century
Women of Senegambia washing themselves with water from a basin, 18th century.. One carries a baby on her back. Negro women washing themselves

Sahara sand viper and black asp
Sahara sand viper, Cerastes vipera 1, and black asp, Vipera aspis atra, vulnerable 2

Saharan woman on a camel, Algeria, North Africa
Saharan woman inside a litter draped with carpets on a camel, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Saharan boy with trumpet, Algeria, North Africa
Saharan boy blowing a trumpet, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Saharan barber and client, Algeria, North Africa
Saharan barber attending to a client in the street, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Spahi cavalryman on a camel, Algeria, North Africa
Spahi cavalryman on a camel, Sahara Desert, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Northrop F-5E Tiger II 74-1543
United States Air Force - Northrop F-5E Tiger II 74-01543 (msn R.1201), of the 527th Tactical Fighter Training and Aggressor Squadron at RAF Alconbury

Old man from Central Sahara - Africa - Remarkable headdress
Old man from Central Sahara (Mali?) - Africa wearing a remarkable headdress cap adorned with sea shells. Date: circa 1904

MAP / AFRICA / SAHARA 1719
Map of the Sahara Desert with Nubia, part of Egypt and part of Abyssinia Date: 1719

BARTH / AFRICA / LAKE CHAD
Herd of elephants, Lake Chad: Dr Heinrich Barth crossed the Sahara from Tripoli, through the Chad basin to Timbuktu, where he did work on the languages and ethnography. Date: September 1851

MAP / AFRICA / MOROCCO 1719
LEmpire du Cherif de Fez, Maroc, Sus &c. the Moroccan empire in the early 18th century, with the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Date: 1719

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century

Blue door with chain, Nefta, Tunisia
Ornate studded blue door with chain, Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Djerba fisherman with nets
Fisherman wearing djeleba sits on the harbourside on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. He is mending a pink coloured fishing net Date: 1987

Hamsa painted hands, Nefta, Tunisia
Hamsa painted hand signs on a house door to keep out evil and afford protection, Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Boy jumps on cart, Nefta, Tunisia
A boy jumps onto the back of a mule cart and gets a free ride down a dusty street. Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Nomad camp, Algerian Sahara, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Cones of salt - The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Sahara
Cones of salt obtained from The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Niger, Sahara. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Tuareg Girl from the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Sultan of Tuareg Veiled people of Hoggar Mountains, Algeria
Sultan of the Tuareg Veiled people of the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - with spears
Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - posing for this photograph with their spears

Algeria - Beni Ounif, Bechar Province, Grand Hotel du Sahara
The Grand Hotel du Sahara at Beni Ounif - a town and commune in Bechar Province, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Neolithic. National Arc
Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Saguia El Hamra. Western Sahara. Neolithic. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Grand Hotel of the Little Sahara, Bou Saada, Algeria, North Africa, with people in the street outside. Date: circa 1910s

Women of Sudan in striped robes, Timbuktu, and Tibbo people.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Rosita Forbes at Jaghbub crossing the Sahara Desert
Rosita Forbes (1890-1967)

Algerian Tuareg Man
An absolutely superb portrait photograph (reproduced on a postcard) of a Tuareg tribe of the far southeastern Algeria, deep into the Sahara. Date: 1905

Tuareg Warrior - North Afrca
Tuareg Warrior (Twareg / Touareg) - North Africa. Ridng away on his camel after a successful raid - the trophy of his enemy (his head) dangles from the saddle! Date: 1880s

Captain Angus Buchanan on a camel in Mesopotamia
Captain Angus Buchanan who led an expedition to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

African Green Parrot
AFRICAN GREEN PARROT (Psittacus species) There are several species of green parrot living south of the Sahara : this is one or other of them

Sand dunes of the Sahara
Two nomads and their camels, stand amidst a vast expanse of sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

The sea of sand, Biskra
The dunes of an erg in Biskra province. Date: circa 1910s

Landscape and People, Sahara, North Africa
At an oasis in an area of the Sahara, nomadic women and children rest with their camels. Date: circa 1910s

Tribe of Nomads en route
Tribe of Nomads travelling through the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Passage of Col de Sfa in Biskra, Algeria
Nomads stand with their camels whilst travelling through the passage Col de Sfa in the deserts of Biskra, Algeria. Biskra was a French garrison town, known for its Saharan oasis. Date: circa 1910s

Camel train in the Algerian Sahara, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Barber, Algerian Sahara, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Saharan costumes: Moors in the desert, and Tuaregs at oasis town.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Costumes of the Tibbo people near Gatrone, Sahara.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

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