Royal Geographical Society Exploration Experience

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£35.25

Filled with names that have made, and changed, the course of history, “The Royal Geographic Society Exploration Experience” takes you on a voyage of discovery.

From the time of Erik the Red through the journeys of Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Conquistadores, as well as French and Portuguese pioneers, to the heroic attempts of such people as Livingstone, Amunden and Scott, this beautifully illustrated book journeys around the world with explorers who have dedicated, and in some cases sacrificed, their lives to expand our knowledge of the globe.

The package contains an 80 page book with over 200 illustrations and over 30 rare and newly researched removable facsimile documents of historic importance, including:
- Shackleton’s hand-drawn map of his planned trip to Antarctica.
- David Livingston’s watercolour of the Victoria Falls.
- John Hanning Speke’s sketchbook of African animals.
- An extract from the Treaty of Tordesillas.
- Alexander von Humboldt’s map of part of the Orinoco River.

Not only this, but there is also a browsable CD-ROM featuring 35 colour maps from the extensive archives of the Royal Geographic Society.