The Explorer's Eye: First-hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration (The Hungry Student)
Fleming, Fergus; Merullo, Annabel
Language: English
Published by Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, London, 2005
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New ZealandThe Secret Bookshop
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A very close to new copy. A richly illustrated anthology of firsthand accounts from more than 50 of the world's great explorers, combining extracts from journals, diaries and expedition records with original drawings, maps and photographs. Spanning voyages of discovery, polar expeditions, scientific exploration and journeys into remote regions, it includes experiences of Captain James Cook, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Alexander von Humboldt, Jacques Cousteau and Neil Armstrong. Each account provides a vivid personal perspective on the dangers, discoveries and achievements of exploration, while the accompanying illustrations reveal how travellers recorded unfamiliar landscapes, peoples and wildlife. Includes Pacific exploration and material relating to Captain Cook's voyages.
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- Title
- The Explorer's Eye: First-hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration (The Hungry Student)
- Author
- Fleming, Fergus; Merullo, Annabel
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, London
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0297843818
- ISBN 13
- 9780297843818
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Biography, Exploration, History
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From the Publisher
Combining firsthand accounts with original images, The Explorer's Eye gives insight into who these people were, how they operated, and, above all, what they saw. Here you have Alexander von Humboldt braving the electric eels of South Africa, Robert Peary explaining the rigors of polar travel (and his wife giving her own slant too), Umberto Nobile lamenting the loss of his Zeppelin in an ice floe, Jacques Cousteau examining the planet from under the waves, and Neil Armstrong doing the same from outer space.
Drawing on a multinational archive of drawings, paintings, photographs, and journals, with expert commentary to set each expedition in context, and an introduction by Michael Palin, this book is a unique look at the world we inhabit.
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