Forgotten Edens: Exploring the World's Wild Places

by Frans Lanting, Christine K. Eckstrom

Photographer Frans Lanting and writer Chris Eckstrom begin their adventure in Madagascar, home to rain forests, deserts, and savannas. In Borneo they encounter orangutans, rhinos, and flying frogs; on the subarctic island of South Georgia, they finds fur seals and penguins. Eventually they reach Botswana and Hawaii. 100 full-color photos.

Genres: Nature, Travel, Nonfiction, Photography

200 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Peter Tillman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frans Lanting might be my favorite wildlife photographer. This National Geographic book has particularly fine photo reproduction, as is usually the case. Priority reread. Date last read is a guess.

[Rick Ludwig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lanting has an exceptional ability to find and capture the unusual and hard to find wonders of our planet. I especially enjoyed the studies on new Guinea and Madagascar in this book. The narrative was a bit ponderous at times and the Hawaii section was less unique, but all in all a very enjoyable experience.

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