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Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure
Huw Lewis-Jones
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Description for Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure
Hardcover. Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the years, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers' pockets that hasn't changed - the journal. In this title, the sketchbooks and journals presented allow us to share, the on-the-spot reactions of around 70 intrepid individuals as they journeyed far corners of the earth. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WTLP; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 275 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1458.
Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the centuries, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers’ pockets that hasn’t changed much at all – the journal. The sketchbooks and journals presented here allow us the opportunity to share, through their own eyes and thoughts, the on-the-spot reactions of around 70 intrepid individuals as they journeyed into frozen wastes, high mountains, barren deserts and rich rainforests. Some are well known, such as Captain Scott, Charles Darwin, Thor Heyerdahl and Abel Tasman; others are unfamiliar, including Adela Breton, who braved the jungles ... Read more
Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the centuries, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers’ pockets that hasn’t changed much at all – the journal. The sketchbooks and journals presented here allow us the opportunity to share, through their own eyes and thoughts, the on-the-spot reactions of around 70 intrepid individuals as they journeyed into frozen wastes, high mountains, barren deserts and rich rainforests. Some are well known, such as Captain Scott, Charles Darwin, Thor Heyerdahl and Abel Tasman; others are unfamiliar, including Adela Breton, who braved the jungles ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500252192
SKU
V9780500252192
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99-10
About Huw Lewis-Jones
Huw Lewis-Jones is former curator at the Scott Polar Research Institute and National Maritime Museum. Among his other books are Across the Arctic Ocean, The Conquest of Everest and The Crossing of Antarctica. Kari Herbert, explorer Sir Wally Herbert’s daughter, is the author of The Explorer’s Daughter, In Search of the South Pole and Heart of the ... Read more
Reviews for Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure
'A captivating compendium' - Country Life 'Exquisitely produced…Personality and passion are frequently on display. The scientific excitement is palpable' - Geographical 'Imagine leaning over the shoulder of Captain James Cook as he charts the Pacific, or that of Meriwether Lewis as he and William Clark establish the true extent of the new nation of the United States. That’s the sensation ... Read more