The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration

by Jo Woolf

Overview

Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. 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. Color plates. "An inherently fascinating and impressively informative read from first page to last, The Great Horizon will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to both community and academic library collections."—MWBR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910985885
Publisher:	Sandstone Press
Publication date:	01/20/2018
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations vii

List of image credits xi

Acknowledgements xv

Foreword Professor Iain Stewart xvii

Introduction 1

Ice

Fridtjof Nansen 11

Robert Peary 20

Robert Falcon Scott 28

Teddy Evans 36

Sir Ernest Shackleton 43

William Speirs Bruce 51

Roald Amundsen 57

Sir Wally Herbert 64

Sir Ranulph Fiennes 71

Børge Ousland 77

Voyagers

Tim Severin 87

Isobel Wylie Hutchison 94

Isabella Bird 102

Sir John Murray 111

Mary Kingsley 117

Sven Hedin 125

Dame Freya Stark 132

Bertram Thomas 140

Robert Ballard 147

Michael Palin 154

Heaven And Earth

Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury) 163

Sir Archibald Geikie 170

Sir Francis Younghusband 177

Frank Kingdon Ward 186

George Mallory 194

W. H. Murray 202

Sir Edmund Hillary 209

Sir Chris Bonington 216

Sir Alan Cobham 222

Neil Armstrong 230

Missionaries And Mavericks

David Livingstone 239

Henry Morton Stanley 247

Joseph Thomson 255

Fanny Bullock Workman 263

Annie Taylor 270

Lord Kitchener 279

Mildred Cable, Eva and Francesca French 286

Frederick Marshman Bailey 293

Marion Newbigin 300

Rosie Swale Pope 307

Visions For Change

John George Bartholomew 317

Sir Patrick Geddes 323

Sir Hubert Wilkins 330

Thor Heyerdahl 339

Wangari Maathai 346

Dick Balharry 353

Sir David Attenborough 360

Sir David Hempleman-Adams 366

Karen Darke 373

Craig Mathieson 380

Afterword Mike Robinson 389

Select Bibliography 391

Index 401

With Gratitude 412