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The Thesiger Collection

Pages
78
Published
1993
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection showcases the journeys of Wilfred Thesiger through the Arabian Peninsula, offering a visual record of his travels and the social life and customs he encountered. It presents a unique photographic perspective on a region and its people, capturing moments from his extensive explorations. The book serves as a pictorial testament to Thesiger's adventures and observations.

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...