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The Adventures of Legendary Mountaineer, Photographer, and Scientist Brad Washburn

By Brad Washburn with Donald Smith

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Published by National Geographic Society, Washington, 2002, 1st US Edition, D/w, Fine.    Bradford Washburn (1910-2007) was an American mountaineer, explorer, author, photographer and cartographer.  This autobiography, published when Washburn was in his nineties, covers the complete story of his amazing life including his early climbs in the European Alps, his use of aerial photography to explore vast areas of Alaska and the Yukon, his maps of the Grand Canyon and Everest, his first ascents in Alaska and his establishment of the Boston Museum of Science, all illustrated with his fantastic black-and-white photographs.

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Weight1.2 kg