Crossing the Empty Quarter: In the Footsteps of Bertram Thomas
Language: English
Published by Gilgamesh Publishing, 2016
- Hardcover
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Bertram Thomas, the intrepid British explorer, set out to cross Arabia's barren Empty Quarter in 1930-31, guided by Omani Sheikh Saleh Bin Kalut - the first recorded crossing. Now, some 85 years later, another team of Omanis has taken on the remakrable challenge, leading British explorer Mark Evans across the same stretch of desert. Num Pages: 196 pages, 120 original photographs, 20 archive black and white images. BIC Classification: 1FBX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 289 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1078. . 2016. Hardcover. . . . .
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- Title
- Crossing the Empty Quarter: In the Footsteps of Bertram Thomas
- Author
- Mark Evans
- Publisher
- Gilgamesh Publishing
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1908531606
- ISBN 13
- 9781908531605
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About the Author
Mark Evans has lived in the region for 20 years. A fellow of the Explorers' Club of New York and The Royal Geographical Society in London, in 2009 Mark set up Outward Bound Oman.Over a period of 55 days in 2001 he kayaked the entire 1,700 km coastline of Oman, from Musandam to Yemen, and in 2004 he set up the University of the Desert, which is Oman's gift to UNESCO, using the power of the desert environment to foster intercultural dialogue between young people from western and Arab cultures, for which he was awarded the MBE in 2011.
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