North Africa's Mediterranean Coast Through the Centuries   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Bradt Guide North Africa, The Roman Coast  •  Ethel Davis
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES
This practical travel guide in the comprehensive British series focuses especially on the legacy ancient Rome in present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It includes, for example in Morocco: Volubilis, a well-preserved Roman site; and El Jem, the spectacular amphitheater at built by the wealthy proconsul Gordian. With details of nearby modern attractions, including beaches, museums, excursions and adventure tours. (NAF68, $25.99)		   Bradt Guide North Africa, The Roman Coast
A Traveller's History of North Africa  •  Barnaby Rogerson
HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES
Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria to 1999. (NAF01, $15.95)		   A Traveller's History of North Africa
Alexandria Illustrated  •  Michael Haag
GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 80 PAGES
A warm, richly illustrated portrait of the city, featuring 125 color photographs of the people, monuments and attractions of Alexandria alongside Michael Haag's insightful commentary. A London-based writer and photographer, Haag is also the author of Alexandria: City of Memory. (EGY142, $22.95)		   Alexandria Illustrated
Africa North and West Map  •  Michelin
2011 •  MAP
A fine map of the north and parts of western Africa, covering Senegal, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and their neighbors as well as all the Mediterranean-bordering countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) at a scale of 1:4,000,000. One Side. 40x57 inches. (AFR34, $11.95)		   Africa North and West Map



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