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The Desert World
Arthur Mangin and Yan Dargent
From the sandy Landes of France to the vast steppes of Asia, the earth's dry places have their own strange life. Arthur Mangin surveys the deserts and dunes of the world, their peoples, plants, and perils, in a sweeping popular geography. A grand nineteenth-century tour of the planet's harshest lands. Journey across the great deserts of the old world.
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54 chapters
- 1THE DESERT WORLD.
- 2Preface.
- 3Contents.
- 4THE DESERT WORLD.
- 5BOOK I. THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA: THE LANDES, THE DUNES, AND THE STEPPES.
- 6CHAPTER I. THE DESERT IN FRANCE:—THE LANDES OF BRITTANY.
- 7CHAPTER II. THE LANDES OF GASCONY.
- 8CHAPTER III. THE DUNES, OR SAND-HILLS.
- 9CHAPTER IV. WILD SCENES OF ENGLAND:—DARTMOOR AND THE FEN COUNTRY.
- 10CHAPTER V. THE STEPPES:—THE DESERT IN RUSSIA, SIBERIA, AND TARTARY.
- 11CHAPTER VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE STEPPES:—THE WILD HORSE—THE CAMEL.
- 12CHAPTER VII. THE ANIMAL LIFE OF THE STEPPES:—WILD RUMINATING ANIMALS—RODENTS—CARNIVORA—BIRDS.
- 13CHAPTER VIII. THE INHABITANTS OF THE STEPPES:—TARTARS, COSSACKS, KALMÜKS, KIRGHIZ, MONGOLS.
- 14BOOK II. THE DESERTS OF SAND:—THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND AFRICA.
- 15CHAPTER I. THE RAINLESS DESERT—THE BED OF A SEA—THE DEAD SEA.
- 16CHAPTER II. ARABIA DESERTA AND ARABIA PETRÆA.
- 17CHAPTER III. THE NUBIAN DESERT—THE GREAT SAHARA—DESERTS OF AFRICA.
- 18CHAPTER IV. PHENOMENA OF THE DESERT.
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