Alexander Maitland

Broschiertes Buch

Exploring the World

Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys

Beschreibung

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

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9781474606295
• ISBN-10: 1474606296
• Artikelnr.: 67477267