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That expedition was organised by a wealthy adventurer named Angus Buchanan (1886-1954),
shown in a photograph taken by T.A. Glover that is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

This expedition by camel started in March 1922 from Kano, Nigeria and
ended at Algiers in June 1923. It was undertaken by only Buchanan and Glover,

with Tuareg guides Sakari and Aliand was recorded on cine film by Glover

in Crossing the Great Sahara. The film still exists in the British Film Institute

Archives. Details are at www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/554246/index.html
Still images from the film were also

printed in the Illustrated London News in
1924 as part of a double-page report
entitled ‘Where man is veiled: the land
of the Saharan Tuareg.’

My final photograph of the expedition members arriving in
Paris (including the two guides!) is believed to show T.A. Glover,
second from the right (Source: Angus Buchanan: Beyond the
Frontiers of Civilisation, www.intriguing-people.com).
My two covers straddle the start and end of this expedition.

The fi rst, posted in London on 31 August 1922, was addressed to a forwarding address at the

Bank of British West Africa at Kano. The blue manuscript marking shows it was forwarded to

Agadez and backstamped there on 15 October 1922.

The second, posted in London on 16 April 1923, was addressed to H. M. B. Consul General at

Algiers to await the arrival of the expedition. The return address for both letters was ‘Glover, 8
Coptic St, London,’ which was probably his studio.
In 2020 there is still a film studio at 9 Coptic Street.

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