Men of Salt Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold

Name: Men of Salt Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold
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ISBN: 9781592287727

ISBN-10: 1592287727

ISBN-13: 9781592287727

Edition: 2006

Authors: Michael Benanav

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Century after century, camels and their drivers have traveled the sands between the fabled city of Timbuktu and the infamous salt mines of Taoudenni, hauling supplies from the proverbial end of the earth to an even farther-flung outpost, deep in Mali's slice of the Sahara. They return laden with tombstone-sized slabs of solid salt. While nearly all of the great trans-Saharan trade routes have disappeared, the Caravan of White Gold--so called because the salt was once literally worth its weight in gold--marches on, spared by unmatched isolation. Hearing that the caravans were threatened by the introduction of trucks, author Benanav joined a caravan, becoming one of the few Westerners to do…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



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