In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps. Fleming recounts the incredible exploits of the...

'Here be dragons,' said the old maps ... In the late eighteenth century, a few brave men started to venture up the mountains of Switzerland to discover the secrets hidden in their snowy peaks. Then the British arrived and...

Zwischen dem 18. und 20. Jahrhundert unternahmen Forscher viele wegweisende Expeditionen in alle Teile der Erde. Dieses Buch stellt Ihnen die 50 bedeutendsten Entdecker mit all ihren Visionen, Ängsten und Erfahrungen vor. Die...

The author presents the story of John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, who, after the Napoleonic Wars and for the next 30 years handpicked teams of elite naval officers and scoured the world in search of new lands. Photos &...