What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? To tread upon the moon, stand on the roof of the world, or crawl through the blackness of a deep cave? Benedict Allen's anthology of human exploration presents the words of those who, through the centuries, have set off into the "unknown" and returned - sometimes half-dead - to bring this "unknown" back to their people. This volume brings together Vikings and cosmonauts, conquistadors and botanists. Such an unlikely ...
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What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? To tread upon the moon, stand on the roof of the world, or crawl through the blackness of a deep cave? Benedict Allen's anthology of human exploration presents the words of those who, through the centuries, have set off into the "unknown" and returned - sometimes half-dead - to bring this "unknown" back to their people. This volume brings together Vikings and cosmonauts, conquistadors and botanists. Such an unlikely array of travelling companions, placed side by side in their chosen terrain - be it desert, mountain or moon - should make for a rich compendium that helps us to understand and appreciate what kind of attributes make a true "explorer".
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean From Markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1300grams, ISBN: 0571206964.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 8vo. original charcoal boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xxiv, 800. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Jacket is shelf rubbed.1 library stamp. Well bound. Very good copy. This volume ranges across various terrain-hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high seas. [R. K]
