The Times Picture Collection: Explorers

Description

Published by Collins / Harper Collins, London, 2013, D/w, Fine.   Dr. Richard Sale, the main author of this work, is a British mountaineer, theoretical physicist, and prolific author on polar history, Arctic ecology and major mountaineering histories.  This volume “celebrates the achievements of the men and women who pushed forwards the boundaries of our knowledge of the World’s least known places over the past 150 years”.  Large format and very well illustrated throughout, it includes section on Ice, Peaks, Desert, Jungle, Sea and Underworlds.