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Brewer's: Ship of the Desert
The camel. Three thousand camels his rank pastures fed, Arabia's wandering ships, for traffic bred. G.Sandys: Paraphrase from Job (1610). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Fleet of the Desert
A caravan. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flemish AccountFleet Street A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…World's Largest Desert
The Question: What is the largest desert in the world? The Answer: The largest (nonpolar) desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa, which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5…World's Oldest Desert
The Question: What is the world's oldest desert, and in which country is it located? The Answer: The Namib Desert in Namibia is…desert
(Encyclopedia) desert, arid region, usually partly covered by sand, having scanty vegetation or sometimes almost none, and capable of supporting only a limited and specially adapted animal population…Arabian Desert
(Encyclopedia) Arabian Desert or Eastern Desert, c.86,000 sq mi (222,740 sq km), E Egypt, bordered by the Nile valley in the west and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez in the east. It extends along…Great Sandy Desert
(Encyclopedia) Great Sandy Desert, Australia's second-largest desert, c.110,000 sq mi (284,900 sq km), Western Australia and Northern Territory. Lying between the Tanami Desert (NE) and the Gibson…Sara Teasedale: Desert Pools
Desert PoolsI Love too much; I am a river Surging with spring that seeks the sea, I am too generous a giver, Love will not stoop to drink of me.His feet will turn to desert places…Great Victoria Desert
(Encyclopedia) Great Victoria Desert, Australia's largest desert, c. 163,900 sq mi (424,400 sq km), South Australia and Western Australia states. Forming the southern belt of the Western Australia…Syrian Desert
(Encyclopedia) Syrian Desert, Arabic Badiyat Ash Sham, arid wasteland, SW Asia, between the cultivated lands along the E Mediterranean coast and the fertile Euphrates River valley. It extends N from…Trending
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