Come face-to-face with the biggest, toughest, oldest and most unmissable wonders on Earth in Atlas of Record-Breaking Adventures, the sixth and latest in the bestselling series.
Come face-to-face with the biggest, toughest, oldest and most unmissable wonders on Earth in Atlas of Record-Breaking Adventures, the sixth and latest in the bestselling series.
Lucy Letherland is an illustrator based in London, UK. She graduated from Manchester School of Art in 2011 with a First Class BA (Hons) in illustration with animation. Lucy's work is strongly led by humor and narrative, creating a playful, graphic quality. Her books include Atlas of Adventures, Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World, Atlas of Animal Adventures, and Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures. Once a children’s book editor, Emily Hawkins is now a full-time author. Her work has been featured on the New York Times bestseller list (Oceanology, 2009) as well as winning the Children’s Travel Book of the Year Award ( Atlas of Animal Adventures, 2016). Along with her background in children’s non-fiction Emily has a strong interest in myth, folklore and storytelling. In 2020 she wrote A Natural History of Fairies, which has been translated into twelve languages, selling more than 100,000 copies worldwide. Emily holds a first-class English degree from Nottingham University, and lives in Winchester, UK.
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AFRICA Race against the fastest land animal, Botswana Brave the hottest place on Earth, Ethiopia Cool off at the world’s biggest waterfall, Zambia Survive the most extreme human endurance run, Morocco Meet the world’s largest primate, Rwanda
EUROPE Hold your breath with nature’s best air-breathing diver, The Azores Marvel at the world’s largest collection of human bones, France Pay your respects to the world’s oldest vertebrate, Greenland Visit the world’s longest erupting volcano, Italy
ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST Explore the world’s deepest underground city, Turkey Take a trip on the world’s longest railway, Russia Saddle up for the longest horse race in the world, Mongolia Riding rapids on the world’s highest river, Tibet Step inside the largest cave in the world, Vietnam Sniff out the world’s stinkiest plant, Indonesia
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA Catch up with the fastest fish in the world, Australia Meet the greatest insect builders, Australia See the light at the world’s most spectacular glowworm cave, New Zealand Listen out for the world’s heaviest parrot, New Zealand
NORTH AMERICA Jump into the world’s largest freshwater lake, Canada Blink and you’ll miss the world’s fastest bird, USA Climb one of the tallest trees in the world, USA Dig the dirt on the largest ever colony of mammals, USA Do not touch the world’s most deadly tree, The Bahamas Watch the birds at the world’s largest cave shaft, Mexico
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA Watch out for the world’s most poisonous creature, Colombia Marvel at the everlasting lightning storm, Venezuela Steer clear of the deadliest island on Earth, Brazil Hear the call of the world’s loudest land animal, Peru Paddle down the biggest river in the world, The Amazon ANTARCTICA Endure sub-zero temperatures at the coldest place on Earth, Antarctica
AFRICA Race against the fastest land animal, Botswana Brave the hottest place on Earth, Ethiopia Cool off at the world’s biggest waterfall, Zambia Survive the most extreme human endurance run, Morocco Meet the world’s largest primate, Rwanda
EUROPE Hold your breath with nature’s best air-breathing diver, The Azores Marvel at the world’s largest collection of human bones, France Pay your respects to the world’s oldest vertebrate, Greenland Visit the world’s longest erupting volcano, Italy
ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST Explore the world’s deepest underground city, Turkey Take a trip on the world’s longest railway, Russia Saddle up for the longest horse race in the world, Mongolia Riding rapids on the world’s highest river, Tibet Step inside the largest cave in the world, Vietnam Sniff out the world’s stinkiest plant, Indonesia
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA Catch up with the fastest fish in the world, Australia Meet the greatest insect builders, Australia See the light at the world’s most spectacular glowworm cave, New Zealand Listen out for the world’s heaviest parrot, New Zealand
NORTH AMERICA Jump into the world’s largest freshwater lake, Canada Blink and you’ll miss the world’s fastest bird, USA Climb one of the tallest trees in the world, USA Dig the dirt on the largest ever colony of mammals, USA Do not touch the world’s most deadly tree, The Bahamas Watch the birds at the world’s largest cave shaft, Mexico
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA Watch out for the world’s most poisonous creature, Colombia Marvel at the everlasting lightning storm, Venezuela Steer clear of the deadliest island on Earth, Brazil Hear the call of the world’s loudest land animal, Peru Paddle down the biggest river in the world, The Amazon ANTARCTICA Endure sub-zero temperatures at the coldest place on Earth, Antarctica
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