Explorers: The Most Exciting Voyages of Discovery From the African Expeditions to the Lunar Landing [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

De Porti, Andrea

Verlag: Firefly Books, Buffalo, New York, 2005

Beschreibung

Fine condition heavy glossy black-and-white photographic boards contained in a fine condition black-and-white photographic dust jacket. Includes Preface; Bibliography; Index of Names and Places and Photo Credits. Profusely illustrated with both black-and-white- and color photographs with innovative poster-size (22 inch by 20 inch) pages on virtually every page, plus a 39 1/2 inch by 11 inch color- and black-and-white photographic table of contents. "Innovative foldout pages provide an amazing visual reference to major expeditions of discovery from the past 150 years. Explorers is a fascinating and uniquely illustrated introduction to the explorers and expeditions that helped shape the modern world." - from the rear outer jacket. "The most important expeditions from the past 150 years coincided with the introduction and rise of photography, and so were chronicled in incredible photographs. We now have a significant visual record of key moments in history. Explorers is a stunning visual history that covers great explorers and their major journeys. Each expedition is described in detail, often with excerpts from personal diaries, and brought to life with rare archival photographs, maps, prints and drawings. Every explorer is profiled with a comprehensive biography. Starting in 1845 with Burton and Speke's search for the source of the Nile, Explorers progresss chronologically through 53 major expeditions, including Livingstone and Africa's "missionary road," the Wild West as captured through Timothy O'Sullivan's camera lens, Amundsen's race to the South Pole, the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb by Howard Carter, Lindberg crossing the Atlantic, Maria Reiche and the enigma of Peru's Nazca plain, Edmund Hillary's conquest of Mount Everest, and Armstrong's dramatic walk on the moon. Explorers is a fascinating and uniquely illustrated introduction to the explorers and discoveries that helped shape the world we live in today." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008126

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Explorers: The Most Exciting Voyages of ...

Verlag: Firefly Books, Buffalo, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2005

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition