The Faber Book of Exploration
Published on 7. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
832 pages
978-0-571-20612-4 (ISBN)
Description
What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? Benedict Allen's anthology of human exploration ranges across various terrains - hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high seas - and presents the words of those who, through the centuries - be they Vikings or missionaries, conquistadors or botanists - have set off into 'the unknown'.
'Immaculately edited and shrewdly considered . . . a hugely readable compendium.' Independent on Sunday
'A monumental feat of compilation and editing, and will satisfy every armchair traveller.' Literary Review
'A generous, handsome volume, that will provide hours upon hours of absorption and revelation.' The Times
'Immaculately edited and shrewdly considered . . . a hugely readable compendium.' Independent on Sunday
'A monumental feat of compilation and editing, and will satisfy every armchair traveller.' Literary Review
'A generous, handsome volume, that will provide hours upon hours of absorption and revelation.' The Times
Reviews / Votes
'A monumental feat of compilation and editing.' Literary Review; 'Immaculately edited... hugely readable.' Independent on SundayMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-20612-4 (9780571206124)
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Person
Benedict Allen is one of the UK's most prominent explorers. For the past twenty-five years he has conducted solo expeditions through the Amazon jungle, along Namibia's Skeleton Coast and across Mongolia's Gobi Desert without the use of GPS, satellite phone or other means of outside support, as we as having written ten books of his adventures and editing The Faber Book of Exploration.
He was the first explorer to bring the full experience of remote travel to television - taking the genre to its limits by not using a camera crew and so bringing an immediacy to his experiences. Allen regularly gives lectures at the Royal Geographic Society.
He was the first explorer to bring the full experience of remote travel to television - taking the genre to its limits by not using a camera crew and so bringing an immediacy to his experiences. Allen regularly gives lectures at the Royal Geographic Society.