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This is the Place du Gouvernement (renamed Place des Martyrs after Algeria's Independence) in 1852. Hyam describes it as a major tourist attraction, due to its possibilities for people watching.

1866 oil panting of Emir Abd-el-Kader by Stanislaw Chlebowski

The image depicts the shores of London and Ghent, advertising to tourists an "international and universal exhibition" for the year 1913.

Relizane (present Ighil Izan, Algeria), circa 1900.

Cook’s Guide plays into the construction of travel as an escape from health risks lurking in crowded European cities. While the Guide includes less description of Tunisia than Algeria, Tunisia's climate is promoted as “one of the healthiest” near the…

The Grand Mosque (Djemaa-El-Kebir), Algiers