The Exploration Treasury: Amazing Journeys Around the World in Rare Artworks and Prints, Maps and Personal Narratives (Royal Geo

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Exploration Treasury: Amazing Journeys Around the World in Rare Artworks and Prints, Maps and Personal Narratives (Royal Geo
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Beau Riffenburgh
By (author) Royal Geographical Society
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:196
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 216
Category/GenrePhotographs: collections
World history
Historical geography
Expeditions
ISBN/Barcode 9780233004754
ClassificationsDewey:910.9
Audience
General
Illustrations 200 clr photos and illus, 40 frameable prints

Publishing Details

Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
Imprint Andre Deutsch Ltd
Publication Date 9 March 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Discover some of the great archival treasures of the Royal Geographical Society. Some of the greatest expeditions are described and complimented with maps, photographs and illustrations by official artists, photographers, and members of the expedition teams. The book also includes the first travellers, who set off with sketchbook or camera, as well as diplomats who chose to explore the wider regions into which they were posted. These men and women provided Westerners with the first images of Northern Arabia, China and Nepal, and South America. They record the attempts to summit the world's highest mountain and reach the polar extremes. For anyone with a love of adventure, this book will be an informative journey and a visual delight.

Author Biography

Beau Riffenburgh is an author and historian specializing in polar exploration. He has served as editor of Polar Record, as the head of the Polar History Group at the Scott Polar Research Institute and as a lecturer in the history faculty of the University of Cambridge. He has written several books on exploration including The Myth of the Explorer and Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod.