Ebook {Epub PDF} The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration by Jo Woolf

‘The Great Horizon – 50 Tales of Exploration’ by Jo Woolf A beautiful hardback book telling the stories of 50 great explorers past and present. You’ll find many of the icons of exploration in here – Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Nansen – but also some of the lesser-known names, just as extraordinary in their vision and courage. The Great Horizon: 50 Tales Of Exploration By (author) Jo Woolf. Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. The Great Horizon features those who set out to conquer new territories and claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the world all but accidentally. ‘The Great Horizon’ is a celebration of the lives of 50 explorers who have made a unique contribution to our understanding of the Earth. Their stories are vivid and exciting, inspiring and moving, often born of dreams that sounded impossible except to the person who dreamed them.

'The Great Horizon - 50 Tales of Exploration' by Jo Woolf. A beautiful hardback book telling the stories of 50 great explorers past and present. You'll find many of the icons of exploration in here - Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Nansen - but also some of the lesser-known names, just as extraordinary in their vision and courage. Such is the lack of public awareness of her solo expeditions to the far north ¬ to Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands - that Jo Woolf, writer in residence at the Royal Scottish. The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration. Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. The Great Horizon features those who set out to conquer new territories and claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the world all but accidentally.

by Jo Woolf • Sandstone Press • £ (hardback) Scott. Shackleton. Palin. Attenborough. Fiennes. Livingstone. Hillary. With stories involving all these famous names and more from the past century or two packed into a single book, The Great Horizon is a great introduction to exploration. The book features those who set out to conquer new territories and claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the world all but accidentally. Author Jo Woolf reveals how working on the book led to her own exploration and adventure. Extract from The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration By Jo Woolf. Jo Woolf. Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. The Great Horizon features those who set out to conquer new territories and claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the world all but accidentally. 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.