TY  - BOOK
ED  - Braun, Klaus
ED  - Passon, Jacqueline
AB  - This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary to establish those trade networks. Included are a variety of unique historical and recent maps as well as remote sensing images of the important trade routes and the corresponding historic oases. To give a deeper understanding of how those trading networks work, aspects such as culturally influenced concepts of spatial orientation are discussed. The book aims to be a useful reference for the caravan trade in the Sahara, that can be recommended both to students and to specialists and researchers in the field of Geography, History and African Studies.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-00145-2
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20200921_9783030001452_105
KW  - African Economics
KW  - Historical Geography
KW  - History of North Africa
KW  - Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
KW  - African Culture
KW  - Economy-wide Country Studies
KW  - Caravan Trading in the 19th century
KW  - Libyan Sahara
KW  - Central Sahara
KW  - Open Access
KW  - Atlas of Caravan Tracks
KW  - Historical Maps
KW  - Concepts of Spacial Orientation
KW  - Trade Networks
KW  - Caravan Routes
KW  - 19th century Trade in the Sahara
KW  - Trans-Saharan trails
KW  - Historic Oases
KW  - Economics
KW  - Historical geography
KW  - African history
KW  - Geographical information systems & remote sensing
KW  - Cultural studies
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/fca7dfd0-b62b-478a-a394-7f16e7dcb632/2020_Book_AcrossTheSahara.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41748
PB  - Springer Nature
PY  - 2020
TI  - Across the Sahara : Tracks, Trade and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Libya
ER  - 
