While some of the characters ear in this book are based on historical figures, and while many of the areas described—such as the Gilf Kebir and its surroundi—exist, and were explored in the , it is important to stress that this story is a fi and that the portraits of the characters ear in it are fial, as are some of the events and journeys.
I would like to thank the Royal Geographical Society, London, for allowio read archival material and to glean from their Geographical Journals the world of explorers and their journeys—ofteifully recorded by their writers. I have quoted a passage from Hassanein Bey’s article “Through Kufra to Darfur” (), describing sandstorms, and I have drawn from him and other explorers to evoke the desert of the
I would like to aowledge information drawn from Dr.
Richard A. Hermann’s “Historical Problems of the Libya” () and R. A. Bagnold’s review of Almasy’s monograph on his explorations in the desert.
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