In het bergland van Tripolis / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906
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A travel narrative records several expeditions through Tripolitania, combining archaeological reporting, landscape description, and ethnographic observation. The author describes excavated tombs and inscriptions that illuminate ancient religious practices, surveys ruined Phoenician and Roman coastal sites threatened by sand and sea, and traces caravan routes linking oases and desert passes. Detailed accounts of the Djeffara plain, local agriculture and underground grain silos alternate with impressions of camps, encounters with local officials, and cautions about banditry. Short chapters on mausoleums, towers, and ruined harbors are interwoven with practical notes on travel logistics and regional topography.
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