Text

Arabian sands: With sixteen plates

---

Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa in 1910 and educated at Fion and Oxford where he got his blue for boxing. In 1935 he joined the Sudan Political Service and, at the outbreak of war, was seconded to the Sudan Defence Force. He later served in Abyssinia. Syria, and with the S.A.S. in the Western Desert, and was awarded the D.S.O. Since the war he has travelled in Southern Arabia, Kurdistan, the Marshes of Iraq, the Hindu Kush, the Karakorams. Morocco, Abyssinia, Kenya and Tanganyika, always on foot or with animal transport. For his journeys he has received the Founder's Gold Medal from the Royal Geographical Society, the Lawrence of Arabia Medal from the Royal Central Asian Society, the Livingstone Gold Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and the Burton Memorial Medal from the Royal Asiatic Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy. In 1968 he received the C.B.E. and he has also been awarded the Third Class Star of Ethiopia.

---

Ketersediaan

0005-2009-Ali Alatas

953.8 The a

Perpustakaan Diplomasi (Ali Alatas)

Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

-

No. Panggil

953.8 The a

Penerbit

New Brunswick : Penguin Books., 1991

Deskripsi Fisik

347 pages : index ; 20 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-14-009514-4

Klasifikasi

953.8

Tipe Isi

-

Tipe Media

-

Tipe Pembawa

-

Edisi

-

Subjek

Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910--Homes and haunts
Arabian Peninsula--Bedouins
Arabian Peninsula--Description and travel

Info Detail Spesifik

-

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Wilfred Thesiger

Versi lain/terkait

Komentar

---

Anda harus masuk sebelum memberikan komentar