It was one of the great exploits of a golden age of exploration: Bertram Thomas, a British diplomat, spent 42 days travelling overland along the coast of Oman. As recorded in his 1928 diary ...

"Crossing the Rub' Al Khali, or 'Empty Quarter,' of Arabia" will be the subject of a lecture by Bertram Thomas O. B. E. (Mil) at a meeting of the Harvard Travelers' Club in the Geography Building ...

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