I. Foreword................................................................................................................................................................. 2
II. The failure of an expedition (1931).................................................................................................................. 4
III. Tracks............................................................................................................................................................... 17
IV. We are lost (1932).......................................................................................................................................... 23
V. Air Race around the Egyptian Oases (1933)............................................................................................... 31
VI. Thirst (1934).................................................................................................................................................... 39
VII. Accross the „Great Sand Sea” (1935)....................................................................................................... 48
VIII. Descendents of Hungarians on the island of the Nile (1935)............................................................... 58
IX. Abd el Melik (1936)........................................................................................................................................ 62
X. History of the exploration of the Libyan Desert.......................................................................................... 70
Appendix.................................................................................................................................................................. 82
Contents.................................................................................................................................................................. 86
Translator’s Notes................................................................................................................................................ 87