Royal Geographical Society illustrated

London : Scriptum, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 339 pages: illustrations (some color), portraits; 33 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339) and index. Contents: Foreword / Lord Jellicoe -- Introduction / Dr. John Hemming -- The world through a lens / Michael Freeman -- Asia: land of silk and spices / Sir Edmund Hillary -- Africa: the dark continent / Dr. Richard Leakey -- The Poles: to the ends of the earth / Sir Ranulph T-W-Fiennes BT. O.B.E. -- The Middle East: desert and oasis / Sir Wilfred Thesiger -- Australasia: uncharted southlands / Christina Dodwell -- The Americas: new worlds / Dr. John Hemming -- Selected biographies / Robin Hanbury-Tenison O.B.E. Subjects: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Photograph collections; Catalogs. Photograph collections; Catalogs. Documentary photography; Catalogs.Photography in geography History. Discoveries in geography. Discoveries in geography Pictorial works. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.