The Great Horizon
50 Tales of Exploration
Published on 16. November 2017
400 pages
978-1-910985-89-2 (ISBN)
Description
Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. The Great Horizon features those who set out to conquer new territories and claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the world all but accidentally. Published in association with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and with full access to their extensive records, the book includes unique images and insights from the RSGS archives, along with never-before seen material.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of image credits
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- ICE
- Dr Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen
- Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary
- Captain Robert Falcon Scott
- Admiral Edward ('Teddy') Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans 1st Baron Mountevans
- Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
- William Speirs Bruce
- Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen
- Sir Walter William ('Wally') Herbert
- Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
- Børge Ousland
- VOYAGERS
- Tim Severin
- Isobel Wylie Hutchison
- Isabella Lucy Bird (Bishop)
- Sir John Murray
- Mary Henrietta Kingsley
- Dr Sven Anders Hedin
- Dame Freya Madeleine Stark
- Bertram Sidney Thomas
- Dr Robert Duane Ballard
- Michael Palin
- HEAVEN & EARTH
- Sir John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury
- Sir Archibald Geikie
- Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
- Frank Kingdon Ward
- George Herbert Leigh Mallory
- William ('Bill') Hutchison Murray
- Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
- Sir Christian ('Chris') John Storey Bonington
- Sir Alan John Cobham
- Neil Alden Armstrong
- MISSIONARIES
- &
- MAVERICKS
- Dr David Livingstone
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley
- Joseph Thomson
- Fanny Bullock Workman
- Hannah ('Annie') Royle Taylor
- Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener
- Frederick ('Eric') Marshman Bailey
- Marion Isabel Newbigin
- Rosie Swale Pope
- VISIONS FOR CHANGE
- John George Bartholomew
- Sir Patrick Geddes
- George Hubert (Sir Hubert) Wilkins
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Wangari Muta Maathai
- Dick Balharry
- Sir David Attenborough
- Sir David Hempleman-Adams
- Karen Darke
- Craig Mathieson
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
