Lost Explorers: Adventurers Who Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth - Softcover

Ed Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1741961394 ISBN 13: 9781741961393

Publisher: Pier 9, Murdoch Books, 2008

Synopsis

Explorers have to be ready to die lost, said Russell Hoban and hopefully they are, because many of them do. Those who seek to discover the unknown, often risk falling victim to it. Some adventurers are lost, literally, forever; some have found their hidden continent or legendary city of gold, but lost their lives. The stories in The Lost Explorers are tragic, mysterious, thrilling, riproaring; their subjects include heroes, villains and misguided innocents. This book features approximately 80 adventurers who gave their lives in the cause of discovery. Each chapter discusses the adventurers chronologically, and each entry covers their career up to and including their final mission. Maps, portraits, photos and quotations from diaries and letters are featured throughout. Chapters: Lost Without a Trace (e.g. Ludwig Leichhardt, Australia, 1848; Amelia Earhart, Pacific, 1937); Lives Lost and Legends Born (e.g. Francis Drake, Panama 1596; Henry Hudson, Canada, 1611; James Cook, Hawaii, 1779; Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia, 1922); Lost ... and Found, Too Late (e.g. John Franklin, the Arctic, 1847; Burke and Wills, Australia, 1861; Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctica, 1912; George Mallory, Mount Everest, 1924). Key points: a fascinating survey of the risky business of exploration from earliest times until the modern day; a rich collection of facts, images and ripping yarns; an easy-to navigate but layered and dip-in-able design.

About this title

Product Description:

303 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

About the Author:

Ed Wright is a social commentator and regular contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, and the Australian Financial Review. He was the co-founder of the satirical Strewth! magazine and has a PhD in American Literature from the University of Sydney. He is also the author of Historys Greatest Scandals, Celebrity Family Trees and A Left-Handed History of the World (Pier 9, Murdoch Books).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pier 9, Murdoch Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1741961394
• ISBN 13: 9781741961393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304