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Explorers: The Most Exciting Voyages of Discovery -- From the African Expeditions to the Lunar Landing
Praise for the hardcover edition:
""The 53 stories here, De Porti writes, have been selected for their historical and scientific importance and also for their 'sheer fascination.' . . . Readers will be fascinated by these journeys.""
-- Booklist "(starred review)"
""Imaginatively designed book . . . richly illustrated with historic photographs, maps and pages that fold out into poster-sized formats.""
-- USA Today
One of the most exciting periods of exploration coincided with the invention of photography. As a result, the most important expeditions over the last 160 years were captured and preserved by incredibly dramatic images. "Explorers" gathers together hundreds of these rare archival photographs plus maps, prints and drawings reproduced on stunning gatefolds.
Text includes a short biography of each explorer, the extraordinary stories of their expeditions and passages from their personal journals. In all, 53 stories are featured. Many are familiar and others less known but deserving of wider recognition. Several women also receive just due for their unequaled bravery and fortitude.
Some of the explorers featured are: David Livingstone and the "missionary road" Henry Stanley, looking for LivingstoneIsabella Bird Bishop in ChinaErnest Shackleton in AntarcticaTimothy O'Sullivan recording the Wild WestRoald Amundsen, the Northwest Passage and the South PoleGertrude Bell in IraqMaria Reiche in PeruThor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki raft across the PacificFreya Stark, a solitary female explorer of the Middle EastNikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky, mapmaker to the czarEdmund Hillary atop Mount EverestChallenger exploring deep spaceAlexandra David-Neel in the heart of Tibet.
Those interested in history and exploration will find Explorers an engaging addition to their library.
""The 53 stories here, De Porti writes, have been selected for their historical and scientific importance and also for their 'sheer fascination.' . . . Readers will be fascinated by these journeys.""
-- Booklist "(starred review)"
""Imaginatively designed book . . . richly illustrated with historic photographs, maps and pages that fold out into poster-sized formats.""
-- USA Today
One of the most exciting periods of exploration coincided with the invention of photography. As a result, the most important expeditions over the last 160 years were captured and preserved by incredibly dramatic images. "Explorers" gathers together hundreds of these rare archival photographs plus maps, prints and drawings reproduced on stunning gatefolds.
Text includes a short biography of each explorer, the extraordinary stories of their expeditions and passages from their personal journals. In all, 53 stories are featured. Many are familiar and others less known but deserving of wider recognition. Several women also receive just due for their unequaled bravery and fortitude.
Some of the explorers featured are: David Livingstone and the "missionary road" Henry Stanley, looking for LivingstoneIsabella Bird Bishop in ChinaErnest Shackleton in AntarcticaTimothy O'Sullivan recording the Wild WestRoald Amundsen, the Northwest Passage and the South PoleGertrude Bell in IraqMaria Reiche in PeruThor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki raft across the PacificFreya Stark, a solitary female explorer of the Middle EastNikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky, mapmaker to the czarEdmund Hillary atop Mount EverestChallenger exploring deep spaceAlexandra David-Neel in the heart of Tibet.
Those interested in history and exploration will find Explorers an engaging addition to their library.
- GenresHistory
60 pages, Hardcover
First published September 3, 2005
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December 27, 2025
Italian-printed with a unique fold-out binding—a first for me—offering ample space for its high-fidelity photos and images. The visual quality is overall superb, though the cartography doesn't quite live up to the same standard.
February 22, 2022
Awesome!
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