Book ID: 107676
Williamson, Graham and Francoise Williamson
The Sperrgebiet. Nature's Parched Masterpiece. 2016. ca 1000 col. figs. 350 p. 4to. Hardcover. 26,5 x 30,5 cm.
This work is the result of more than thirty years of study in this amazing and botanical rich wonderland. The Sperrgebiet is a 26.000sqkm desert wilderness adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean coast in thes outh wstern corner of Namibia. The wealth of information obtained during these years will be hard to equal. More than 500 plant species are discussed and illustrated. In addition the book offers chapters on climate, geography, fossils, history of the region, animals, mining and many other topics.