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Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the years, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers' pockets that hasn't changed - the journal. In this title, the sketchbooks and journals presented allow us to share, the on-the-spot reactions of around 70 intrepid individuals as they journeyed far corners of the earth.
'A captivating compendium' - Country Life
'Exquisitely produced…Personality and passion are frequently on display. The scientific excitement is palpable' - Geographical
'Imagine leaning over the shoulder of Captain James Cook as he charts the Pacific, or that of Meriwether Lewis as he and William Clark establish the true extent of the new nation of the United States. That’s the sensation you get as you leaf through this book ' - Michael Kerr - Daily Telegraph
'Lets you root around the journals of great wanderers' - Wanderlust
'The excitement of adventure and discovery leaps from the pages … electrifying' - The Field
'Captivating' - House & Garden
'An outstandingly beautiful book … fascinating' - Ships in Scale
'Beguiling' - World of Interiors
'Intriguing … lovingly researched and photographed … you really feel like you’re leafing through a long-lost sketchbook' - RNLI Lifeboat Magazine
Huw Lewis-Jones is former curator at the Scott Polar Research Institute and National Maritime Museum. Among his other books are Across the Arctic Ocean, The Conquest of Everest and The Crossing of Antarctica. Kari Herbert, explorer Sir Wally Herbert’s daughter, is the author of The Explorer’s Daughter, In Search of the South Pole and Heart of the Hero.
'A captivating compendium' - Country Life
'Exquisitely produced…Personality and passion are frequently on display. The scientific excitement is palpable' - Geographical
'Imagine leaning over the shoulder of Captain James Cook as he charts the Pacific, or that of Meriwether Lewis as he and William Clark establish the true extent of the new nation of the United States. That’s the sensation you get as you leaf through this book ' - Michael Kerr - Daily Telegraph
'Lets you root around the journals of great wanderers' - Wanderlust
'The excitement of adventure and discovery leaps from the pages … electrifying' - The Field
'Captivating' - House & Garden
'An outstandingly beautiful book … fascinating' - Ships in Scale
'Beguiling' - World of Interiors
'Intriguing … lovingly researched and photographed … you really feel like you’re leafing through a long-lost sketchbook' - RNLI Lifeboat Magazine
Huw Lewis-Jones is former curator at the Scott Polar Research Institute and National Maritime Museum. Among his other books are Across the Arctic Ocean, The Conquest of Everest and The Crossing of Antarctica. Kari Herbert, explorer Sir Wally Herbert’s daughter, is the author of The Explorer’s Daughter, In Search of the South Pole and Heart of the Hero.