"The RGS Exploration Experience" begins in the Golden Age of exploration with some of the earliest explorers from the Vikings to the early Chinese travellers, the discovery of the Americas by French and Spanish explorers and the eventual circumnavigation of the globe. The book is then divided into continents to detail later exploration of countries all over the world. Starting in the Americas with the brave pioneers who forged new routes into and beyond the frontiers, it moves onto the exotic and remote parts of Asia, the wilds of deepest Africa, beautiful Pacific islands, the hostile terrain of Australia and finally the frozen expanses of the Arctic and Antarctic. Covering professional explorers, botanists hunting for undiscovered plants, missionaries spreading Christianity into unexplored regions, women, aristocrats and explorers of many different nationalities, the "RGS Exploration Experience" is an essential journey for armchair and actual explorers both young and old. The memorabilia includes: booklet of pages from John Hanning Speke's sketchbook, watercolour sketch by Samuel Baker, and drawing of the Victoria Falls by David Livingstone.
Beau Riffenburgh lives in Wales. He has written several books on Exploration including The Myth of the Explorer (Oxford Paperbacks, 1994) and Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of Nimrod (Bloomsbury, 2005).
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Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR008174825
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Hardback. Condición: Like New. 1st Edition. Square Quarto Size [approx 30cm x 27.5cm]. Fine condition in Near Fine slipcase. Excellent condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates and illustrations. Includes CD-ROM featuring 35 colour maps from the extensive archives of the RGS and over 30 rare and removable facsimile documents. 80 pages. The heroic exploits of the World's greatest explorers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Nº de ref. del artículo: 314285
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