Exploring the World - Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys

A one-volume history of exploration told through the stories of the Royal Geographical Society's remarkable gold-medal winners

About the author

Alexander Maitland is the author of Speke, A Tower in a Wall: Conversations with Dame Freya Stark, and a biography of Robert and Gabriela Cunninghame Graham, among other books. He worked with Freya Stark on Rivers of Time, a book of her photographs, and with Wilfred Thesiger on My Kenya Days, The Danakil Diary, Among the Mountains and A Vanished World. He edited Thesiger's anthology, My Life and Travels, compiled and wrote Wilfred Thesiger: A Life in Pictures, and wrote the authorised biography, Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer. In 2019, he was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society.

Summary

A one-volume history of exploration told through the stories of the Royal Geographical Society's remarkable gold-medal winners

Foreword

A one-volume history of exploration told through the stories of the Royal Geographical Society's remarkable gold-medal winners

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Maitland, Maitland Alexander
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781474606271
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0627-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 234 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Geographical discovery & exploration, General and world history, Geographical discovery and exploration, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine