| Titre | Le voyage dans les Landes de Gascogne ou la traversée du Sahara français | |
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| Auteur | Bernard Traimond | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 103-104, 1986 Droit et paysans | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Études et recherches |
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| Page | 221-234 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Travelling in the Landes or passing through the French Sahara
Ever since 1760, any traveller who describes the Landes of Gascogne will compare them with the Sahara, a singular comparison indeed since the whole country is so watery. It results from two joined facts : on the one hand an idea of landscape supposing that a plain should be cultivated, which is not the case in the Landes; on the other hand the impossibility to observe them because there is no viewpoint, and to represent them, as shown in early 19th maps. Furthermore, not only did the natives adopt the comparison, but it gives the opportunity to distinguish the Landes from the other countries. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1986_num_103_1_3164 |
