- Hardcover: 264 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 2005 First Edition edition (25 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297843818
- ISBN-13: 978-0297843818
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 22 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 651,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'We're all hooked on heroes...and here's a magnificent book packed with more than 50 of them, carrying first hand accounts and original pictures from the bravest of the brave, capturing the golden moments of adventure - triumphant, dramatic, perilous and tragic...Quite wonderful.' (MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS (20.8.05) )
'The Explorer's Eye is the story of exploration through the protagonists' illustrations as well as words, and the pleasure of it is that these match the text in their ingenuity and originality...This is an absorbing, stirriing and altogether welcome addition to my overcrowded shelves of traveller's tales. I recommend every armchair traveller (and any one else in need of inspiration) to find space for their own copy.' (Benedict Allen INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (25.9.05) )
'A gripping collection of diary entries, photographs and sketches of 50 explorers.' (WANDERLUST (October 2005) )
'an enchanting read...gripping reading.' (Sara Wheeler GUARDIAN (15.10.05) )
'In the great age of exploration, many of the scientists, sailors and adventures who roamed the world chronicled their thoughts and feelings, creating a vivid portrait of the unknown. This anthology offers 50 such personal accounts, from the likes of David Livingstone, Captain Cook and Ernest Shackleton, illustrated with period images.' (TRAVELLER (Sept/Oct 2005) )
'[a] gripping first hand testimony...wonderfully exciting and yet enjoyably un-portentous.' (Michael Kerrigan SCOTSMAN (17.12.05) )
'An immensely readable selection of eyewitness accounts of 54 journeys into the unknown. Superb illustrations accompany this exhilarating, chronologically organised collection.' (GOOD BOOK GUIDE (January 2006) )
'crisply designed, superbly illustrated and utterly absorbing...a true treasure trove.' (WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW (January 2006) )
'If you buy just one book on exploration, this should be it.' (SUNDAY BUSINESS POST (18.12.05) )
'The Explorer's Eye is the story of exploration through the protagonists' illustrations as well as words, and the pleasure of it is that these match the text in their ingenuity and originality...This is an absorbing, stirriing and altogether welcome addition to my overcrowded shelves of traveller's tales. I recommend every armchair traveller (and any one else in need of inspiration) to find space for their own copy.' (Benedict Allen INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (25.9.05) )
'A gripping collection of diary entries, photographs and sketches of 50 explorers.' (WANDERLUST (October 2005) )
'an enchanting read...gripping reading.' (Sara Wheeler GUARDIAN (15.10.05) )
'In the great age of exploration, many of the scientists, sailors and adventures who roamed the world chronicled their thoughts and feelings, creating a vivid portrait of the unknown. This anthology offers 50 such personal accounts, from the likes of David Livingstone, Captain Cook and Ernest Shackleton, illustrated with period images.' (TRAVELLER (Sept/Oct 2005) )
'[a] gripping first hand testimony...wonderfully exciting and yet enjoyably un-portentous.' (Michael Kerrigan SCOTSMAN (17.12.05) )
'An immensely readable selection of eyewitness accounts of 54 journeys into the unknown. Superb illustrations accompany this exhilarating, chronologically organised collection.' (GOOD BOOK GUIDE (January 2006) )
'crisply designed, superbly illustrated and utterly absorbing...a true treasure trove.' (WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW (January 2006) )
'If you buy just one book on exploration, this should be it.' (SUNDAY BUSINESS POST (18.12.05) )
Sara Wheeler, GUARDIAN (15.10.05)
'an enchanting read...gripping reading.'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautifully illustrated volume,
By The Collector (Milan, Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Explorer's Eye: First-hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration (Hardcover)
A comprehensive who's who of exploration in the last 300 years with a double or four page spread on each explorer, some household names, others less famous but equally fascinating. One might feel that the coverage is a little superficial for some of the true greats and the selection of diary and journal entries doesn't (and perhaps couldn't) give a rounded picture of these great individuals' achievements. The selection of entries do, however, give an insight into the mindset of an explorer - what motivated them and what difficulties they had to endure. The real strengths of this book are that you can read the explorers in their own words, find out about more obscure names and, above all, see some wonderful illustrations and photographs which really represent what the explorers themselves saw. The book therefore lives up to its title.
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An Inside View on What Makes Explorers Tick,
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This book captures first hand accounts of explorers revealing who they were, how they worked and what they saw. It spans the time period since the early 1700's to Bertrand Piccard's epic circumnavigation of the globe by balloon in 1998.
It's tempting to think how difficult our own attempts at personal exploration are, and thus excuse our withdrawal into the unthinking herd. However a quick flick through this book soon reveals new perspectives on the challenges we face and how important it is to live our own life and not the cloned life of those around us. As Michael Palin says in the introduction. `The Explorer's Eye is a treasure trove. Like Hiram Bingham unearthing Macchu Picchu or Charles Darwin landing on the Galapagos, untold wonders are about to unfold before you.'
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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The Explorers Eye,
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This review is from: The Explorer's Eye (Paperback)
The book was purchased as a gift for someone else so I cannot comment on the content.
I can say, however, that it arrived promptly and in good condition. I was very happy with the service provided. Judith Erskine |
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