Sahara after 1839 g. Kottne

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In 1902 during expedition against tuaregov Kottne has made the important travel from In-Salaha to Idelesa in Ahaggare, and Gilo-Loen has the same year got into the heart of this area. Next year, leaving from Tuata, Laperrin has reached In-Siza, to the West from Ahaggara, and in 1904 in Adrare have met arrived with north Laperrin and arrived with the south, from Timbuktu, Teveno. In 1905 Gaultier has crossed Sahara in a direction from Tuata to Niger, and Fli-Sent-Mari has undertaken desert research to the West from Tuata. In 1906 Sahara was crossed again by the captain of Arno; the companion its one time was lieutenant Korte, and in a way with it the military groups which have left Sudan were closed. Korte remained in Adrare whereas Arno has passed further, to Gao on Niger, whence Left to coast of Dahomey. In total it has passed more than 4800 km, from which 1200 km on absolutely unknown territory.

In 1906 the desert in a direction from Tripoli to Northern Nigeria was crossed also Visker, by first our contemporary the Englishman who has done such travel.

In 1909 Korte and Nezhe have made large shootings in northern and central parts of Sahara, including plateau Tazili and areas Ahaggar and Air. The new big territory has been investigated, and in 1910 first full enough card Aira has been let out.

In 1913 two large research expeditions have begun. Captain Ozhera has started a number of travel in area to the southwest from Tuata, having continued thereby work of the predecessor-fli-sent-mari. It has topped the work extremely with successful travel of 1920 Having acted from Alzhirii, Ozhera has met in the Ale-mazerebe, the centre of not studied part of the western Sahara, the major who has arrived from Mauritania Lausanne and after that has gone further to Dakar. It managed to cross thus desert from the northeast on the southwest and to investigate one of its least known territories.