Rub' al Khali crossing 1930

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Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 was the pioneering expedition in which Bertram Thomas became the first documented Westerner to traverse the Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula.

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instanceOf desert crossing expedition
historical event
documentedIn Arabia Felix
followedBy St John Philby Rub' al Khali expeditions
hasArrivalCountry Qatar
hasArrivalPoint Doha
hasAssociatedPerson Sultan of Muscat and Oman
linked to: Sultan of Oman
hasCountry Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
hasCulturalContext British exploration of Arabia
hasDepartureCountry Oman
hasDeparturePoint Salalah
hasDepartureRegion Dhofar
hasEndTime 1931
hasEnvironment dune fields
sand desert
hasGuide Arab Bedouin guides
hasLegacy increased Western knowledge of the Empty Quarter
inspiration for later Arabian desert expeditions
hasLocation Arabian Peninsula
Empty Quarter
linked to: Rub al Khali

Rub' al Khali
linked to: Rub al Khali
hasMotivation collection of scientific data
exploration of unknown interior of the Arabian Peninsula
mapping of the Rub' al Khali
hasOutcome successful crossing of the Empty Quarter
hasParticipant Bertram Thomas
hasPoliticalContext interwar period in the Middle East
hasPublicationAuthor Bertram Thomas
hasPublicationYear 1932
hasRisk extreme aridity
hostile tribal territories
navigational difficulty
hasRouteDirection south-to-north
hasScientificActivity ethnographic observation
geographical observation
geological observation
meteorological observation
hasStartTime 1930
ledBy Bertram Thomas
notableFor first documented crossing of the Rub' al Khali by a Westerner
precededBy earlier partial journeys into the Rub' al Khali
supportedBy local tribal leaders
usesTransport camel

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Bertram Thomas startTime Rub' al Khali crossing 1930