The Desert Speaks

Across the Great Desert

The adventurer explored the last undescribed, unexplored region of North America in the early part of the 20th century, spending months among the waterless sand dunes and salt mines of Northern Mexico from the Colorado River delta to the coast of the Sea of Cortez. The Lumholtz Expedition is an incredible story of survival for scientific purposes, featuring a recreation of the journey.

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