George Allen & Unwin, 1976

The Spanish Sahara was one of the last European colonies anywhere in the world. This book ranges from geology and natural history through prehistory to the medieval nomads and their European hunters; then it reveals the territory through the eyes of a few northerners to reach the coast - and survive - during the fifteenth to nineteenth century. The Spanish colonisation, mineral prospecting, nomad culture, and the international conflicts of the mid-twentieth century are all covered in detail....