Arabia Felix
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"Arabia Felix" is a 1932 travel and exploration book by British civil servant and explorer Bertram Thomas, recounting his pioneering journey across the southern Arabian Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arabia Felix canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10691362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabia Felix Context triple: [Bertram Thomas, notableWork, Arabia Felix]
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A.
Alashiya
Alashiya was an important Late Bronze Age polity, likely centered on Cyprus, known for its copper production and diplomatic correspondence with major Near Eastern powers.
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B.
Nubia
Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
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C.
Arabia Petraea
Arabia Petraea was a Roman province in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula, encompassing parts of modern-day Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula, and northwestern Saudi Arabia, with Petra as its chief city.
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D.
L’Algarabie
L’Algarabie is a literary work by Spanish writer and political exile Jorge Semprún, reflecting his characteristic engagement with memory, identity, and the legacy of 20th-century European conflicts.
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E.
Makuria
Makuria was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is now Sudan, notable for its Christian culture and long resistance to Arab expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabia Felix Target entity description: "Arabia Felix" is a 1932 travel and exploration book by British civil servant and explorer Bertram Thomas, recounting his pioneering journey across the southern Arabian Peninsula.
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A.
Alashiya
Alashiya was an important Late Bronze Age polity, likely centered on Cyprus, known for its copper production and diplomatic correspondence with major Near Eastern powers.
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B.
Nubia
Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
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C.
Arabia Petraea
Arabia Petraea was a Roman province in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula, encompassing parts of modern-day Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula, and northwestern Saudi Arabia, with Petra as its chief city.
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D.
L’Algarabie
L’Algarabie is a literary work by Spanish writer and political exile Jorge Semprún, reflecting his characteristic engagement with memory, identity, and the legacy of 20th-century European conflicts.
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E.
Makuria
Makuria was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is now Sudan, notable for its Christian culture and long resistance to Arab expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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exploration narrative ⓘ travel book ⓘ |
| author | Bertram Thomas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
crossing of the Rub al Khali
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journey across southern Arabia ⓘ |
| documents |
first recorded west-to-east crossing of southern Arabian desert by a European
ⓘ
local customs and traditions in southern Arabia ⓘ routes across southern Arabian desert ⓘ |
| features |
Bedouin guides
ⓘ
tribal societies of southern Arabia ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion |
Hadhramaut
ⓘ
Oman ⓘ Yemen ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
British civil servant
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early detailed Western account of southern Arabia interior ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300-400 pages ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | British imperial ⓘ |
| hasReception | well received in exploration circles ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Rub al Khali
ⓘ
southern Arabian interior ⓘ |
| hasSubsequentEditions | yes ⓘ |
| includes |
accounts of desert hardships
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ethnographic observations ⓘ geographical descriptions ⓘ |
| isAbout | Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Arabian Desert exploration
ⓘ
southern Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| relatedField | Arabian exploration history ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Arabia Deserta
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabian Desert
|
| timePeriodDescribed | early 20th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Fortunate Arabia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arabia Felix Description of subject: "Arabia Felix" is a 1932 travel and exploration book by British civil servant and explorer Bertram Thomas, recounting his pioneering journey across the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Referenced by (2)
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