View of sailors hoisting sails ... Africa

View of sailors hoisting sails ... AfricaView of sailors hoisting sails on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand on deck along the right side of the boat. Each of the men pulls on one of three ropes attached at a point behind the cockpit. Behind them the sea is empty and calm. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these

In the near distance a few of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions cross over the crest of the dune on the right with their camels

with another kasbah in the distance

He is near the top of the mast

a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at Mughshin Oasis

High above the flat groups of 'arish huts

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at (or near) Habarut [Habrut]

The monument was created during the later part of the sixty-year reign of K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat and marked the close of an era in the Maya calendar

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions watering at a well near Al Ain

In the distance a steep rocky mountain rises to a high point

A line of abras wait at a ferryboat station along Dubai creek

Men sit on their camels

Group portrait of a family