Western Desert Handbook: Exploring the Oases and Western Desert of Egypt

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vivian, Cassandra, Author.

Contributor:

Groves, Vivienne, Contributor.

Pinch Brock, Lyla, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western Desert (Egypt)--Guidebooks.

Western Desert (Egypt).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] American University in Cairo Press 2000

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Now retitled, reorganized, and substantially expanded, The Western Desert of Egypt: An Explorer's Handbook is set to become the most comprehensive guide ever for desert and oasis travel in Egypt west of the Nile. Fully illustrated with some 50 maps and plans and over 270 drawings, the guide covers both the natural history and the human history of the desert and the oases. It then explores chapter by chapter the oases of Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariya, Fayoum, and Siwa, and the desert areas of al-Diffa (the northern, semi-arid edge of the desert), the Darb al-Arbain caravan route in the south, and Uwaynat (including Gilf Kebir) in the southwest. Descriptions of routes, sites, people, and places are complemented by practical information on places to stay, eat, and fill your gas tank. Global positioning system (GPS) waypoints are provided as an aid to navigation on many routes - though for the sake of conservation and the protection of unguarded antiquities they are not given for remote sites. Almost encyclopedic in its scope, this is the one guide that belongs on the bookshelf, on the dashboard, or in the rucksack of every Western Desert traveler."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Practical Information

Selected Reading

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4175-2328-X