Alfons Gabriel (1894–1976) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

, explorer and

travel writer The genre of travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. History Early examples of travel literature include the '' Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' (generally considered ...

who made several trips to the deserts of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, in 1927, 1928, 1933, and 1937. Gabriel wrote five books about his trips and findings. His book (1935) is translated into

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Bibliography

*, Munich and Berlin, 1929. *, Stuttgart, 1935. *, Stuttgart, 1939. *'', wildes Iran. Drei Jahre Forschungsfahrten in Wüsten und Steppen''. 3d edition, Stuttgart, 1942. *''Fremde Meere, Dschungeln und Wüsten''. Vienna, Universum, 1948 *, Vienna, 1952

References

1892 births 1976 deaths Austrian explorers Austrian geographers Austrian travel writers Explorers of Asia 20th-century Austrian geographers {{explorer-stub