The Golden Age of Discovery is a photographic tribute to the adventures, dangers, hardships, & accomplishments of modern expeditions. In this golden age of exploration & discovery, our knowledge of this planet is being expanded as never before in human history. Discoveries like plate tectonics, desertification, the hole in the ozone layer, & the greenhouse effect have transformed our understanding of the earth & its climate. & from the mountain peaks to ocean floors, untrodden places are being explored for the very first time. It also
Includes:: profiles of noted explorers as well as features on the main fields of sporting exploration, & John Hemming's text is dramatically enhanced with 200 color photos & maps from around the world. John Hemming was Director of the Royal Geographic Society for more than two decades.