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Sir Edmund Hillary: Modern-Day Explorer By Facts On File On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and his partner, Tenzing Norgay, stood at the summit of Mount Everest -- the first men to ever do so. Most explorers would have called such a feat the climax of their career, but Hillary was just getting started. He went on to scale numerous other mountain peaks, explore the Ganges River, and help direct an expedition to the South Pole and across Antarctica. This book includes a glossary, chronology, and a list of further readings. This book is for middle school age children. |
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Explorations: Great Moments of Discovery from the Royal Geographic Society By Workman Publishing Since earliest days, humans have found it impossible to resist the allure of the unknown. The reasons are as different as the people are. Here, in one volume, Explorations captures in photographs and interviews the expeditions and emotions of some of the most daring adventurers of the last century. Organized according to geographical region, and accompanied by essays by such famous names as Wilfred Thesiger, Richard Leakey, and Edmund Hillary, the photographs offer a fascinating glimpse of the world's varied landscapes and habitats, its peoples, and ways of life. Some of the pictures recall historic moments in time -- Scott finding Amundsen's empty tent at the South Pole, Tenzing Norgay photographed by Hillary on the peak of Everest, the ferryman who took David Livingstone across the river on the last day of his life. Other pictures are remarkable as records of vanished or vanishing peoples, or simply as beautiful pieces of art. Paperback, 339 pages. |
