View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... AfricaView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at a well in Al Batin or Al Dhafra sands. In the far distance members of Wilfred Thesiger's party stand at a well opening in the centre of a large depression. A number of camels are couched in the dark sand alongside the well. On the far left another well opening has been filled in with sand. In the distance beyond a large dune rises high above the depression. This image was taken during Wilfred

in which there are six people

boy from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla

] in the shape of large excavations

dotted with vegetation

In the distance behind him lies an empty flat plain

In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand nearby their camels amongst At the centre a few couched camels sit amongst scattered camping gear and camel blankets lying in the sand

where the battle of Sagale was fought between Ras Tafari and Negus Mikael in 1916

In the distance a cluster of houses sits atop a steep mountain cut across with terraced fields

View of loaded camels being led over a rocky plain

In the foreground a number of couched camels rest in a large square in front of Al Kathiri Palace

A view of a man driving a cow to draw water from a well in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis

On the right a parallel dune chain stretches into the distance