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Worlds to Explore, Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic Magazine

Worlds to Explore, Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic Magazine

by Mark D. Jenkins (Editor)  •  Simon Winchester (Introduction)

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 438 PAGES

Mark Jenkins (To Timbuktu) tapped 50 National Geographic articles from the 1890s to the 1950s for this marvelous compilation of adventures, organized geographically, by the likes of Roy Chapman Andrews, Richard Byrd, Edmund Hillary and many others. Simon Winchester provides the introduction. With maps and a few photographs.  (TVL103, $15.95)

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