The South-West Borderlands of the Rub al Khali (Reprinted from the Geographical Journal, Vol. CXIX Part 4, December 1953)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Royal Geographical Society (RGS), London, 1953

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Reprint in original staple-bound pale blue printed wraps 16x25cm. Made and printed by William Clowes and Sons, London. pp420-430 including 2 maps (one full-page, 1 in-text) + (4)pp plates containing 8 b/w photos credited to the Desert Locust Survey courtesy of its Director, P.R. Stephenson. Wraps good, tanned towards the edges with a couple of small ink spots to the front and some scribbling to the back. Interiors good, lightly creased, with damp staining to the lower edge of the plates. Bunker was a member of the Desert Locust Survey (DLS), launched by the East Africa High Commission in Nairobi in October 1948 to cover Somalia, British Somaliland, Ethiopia, Eritrea, the Aden Protectorates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. His work included drawing 1/500K reconnaissance maps, which he did from car compass traverses tied to astronomically determined positions. These notes supplement his maps which were then in the process of publication. In addition, he crosschecks the accounts of Thesiger who himself had been employed to record locust populations, rainfall and vegetation, the Bents, Philby, and Thomas. His account covers the mountains, wadis of the jol (Al Jawl plateau), settlement patterns, the transition zone between mountains and sand desert, and the southwestern sands. The maps show geographical and geological features. The photos show landscapes in the vicinities of Mukalla, Wadi Hadhramaut, a traditional unnamed town overlooking Wadi Du'an, and dune chains at Uruq az Zaza, the neolithic site of Shaqqat al Khareitah, Khashm al Jebel, and Shanna. Very rare in this form, with Library Hub recording one copy of an offprint at Exeter University. Worldcat only records the full Journal in which it appeared, or a microfiche.

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
The South-West Borderlands of the Rub al Khali (Reprinted from the Geographical Journal, Vol. CXIX Part 4, December 1953)
Auteur
Bunker, D.G.
Éditeur
Royal Geographical Society (RGS), London
Année de publication
1953
État de l'article
Good
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
Desert Locust Survey

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