Alfons Gabriel (1894–1976) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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, explorer and

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who made several trips to the deserts of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, during 1927–8, 1933, and 1937. Gabriel wrote five books about his trips and findings. His book (1935) is translated into

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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

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