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. A film shot during the expedition, Crossing the Great Sahara, records the 3500 mile journey, which began in Kano, in Northern Nigeria early in 1922 and ended in Tougourt, Algeria in April 1923. Buchanan had previously led an expedition into the Sahara in 1919-1920
Picture No
10823852
Media ID
45540148
Size
3333px x 5636px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard (1/4)
Date
circa 1922
