The Faber Book of Exploration. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, 2004
- Softcover
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- Title
- The Faber Book of Exploration
- Author
- Benedict (ed) Allen
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0571206123
- ISBN 13
- 9780571206124
- Item weight
- 1.2 pounds
What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? Benedict Allen''s anthology of human exploration ranges across various terrains - hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high seas - and presents the words of those who, through the centuries - be they Vikings or missionaries, conquistadors or botanists - have set off into ''the unknown''.
''Immaculately edited and shrewdly considered . . . a hugely readable compendium.'' Independent on Sunday
''A monumental feat of compilation and editing, and will satisfy every armchair traveller.'' Literary Review
''A generous, handsome volume, that will provide hours upon hours of absorption and revelation.'' The Times
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About the Author
He was the first explorer to bring the full experience of remote travel to television - taking the genre to its limits by not using a camera crew and so bringing an immediacy to his experiences. Allen regularly gives lectures at the Royal Geographic Society.
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