Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure / [compiled by] Huw Lewis-Jones, Kari Herb...
Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure / [compiled by] Huw Lewis-Jones, Kari Herb...
Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure / [compiled by] Huw Lewis-Jones, Kari Herbert ; foreword by Robert Macfarlane.
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Publisher
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2017.
Call Numbers
HQ 2017/714
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MMS ID
Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 x 28 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The sketchbooks. Roald Amundsen -- John James Audubon -- John Auldjo -- Thomas Baines -- Henry Walter Bates -- Ludwig Becker -- William Beebe -- Gertrude Bell -- Franz Boas -- Chris Bonington -- Jan Brandes -- Adela Breton -- William Burchell -- Howard Carter -- Bruce Chatwin -- James Cook -- Willia...
[Essays].
These rough notes /
Huw Lewis-Jones, Kari Herbert --
Glorious forest /
Ghillean Prance --
Another world /
Alan Bean --
Infinite beauty /
Tony Foster --
Indispensable friends /
David Ainley --
Making your mark /
Wade Davis.
Publication information
Publisher
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"One vital piece of equipment has been a constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure--the sketchbook or journal. Often private, they are records of immediate experiences, insight, and discovery, and in their pages we can see what the explorers themselves encountered. Here are carefully selected excerpts from 70 such sketchbooks from expl...
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Full title
Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure / [compiled by] Huw Lewis-Jones, Kari Herbert ; foreword by Robert Macfarlane.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Thames & Hudson Ltd."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
HQ 2017/714
Record Identifier
74VKVaQOVB0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQOVB0X
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781452158273
MMS ID
991024104318302626
