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Die Brunnen der Wüste. Mit den Beduinen durch das unbekannte Arabien

Die Brunnen der Wüste. Mit den Beduinen durch das unbekannte Arabien

HistoryTravel
Pages
353
Published
1991
Language
German

Synopsis

Join Wilfred Thesiger on his extraordinary journeys through the Empty Quarter of Arabia, a vast and unforgiving desert. This account details his travels with Bedouin tribes, offering a rare glimpse into their traditional way of life and the stark beauty of an unknown land. Thesiger's observations capture the challenges and profound experiences of navigating one of the world's most remote regions.

Prose complexity
7/10

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InformativeAdventurousReflective
SurvivalRoad Trip

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History Travel

About the author

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Wilfred Thesiger

Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, FRAS, FRGS, also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one from London")[1][2] (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer. Thesiger is best known for his travel books Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of Arabia, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living in the marshes of Iraq with the Marsh Arabs. He donated his collection of 23,000 travel photographs to the Pit...