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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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

Préface

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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alexander Maitland, Maitland Alexander
• Edition: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781474606271
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0627-1
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 234 mm x 38 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Nature, technique > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; 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