Letters and Diaries of A. F. R. Wollaston
Letters and Diaries of A. F. R. Wollaston
A. F. R. Wollaston
Mary Wollaston
Henry Newbolt
Mary Wollaston
Henry Newbolt
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9781107626454
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Originally published in 1933, this book is a collection of extracts from the letters and diaries of British doctor, ornithologist and explorer Alexander Wollaston, beginning with the end of his schooldays at Clifton in 1893 and ending a year before his murder in 1930. Wollaston's papers give an intimate view into his various expeditions to a wide variety of locations, including Everest and New Guinea. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of exploration or in Wollaston and his legacy.
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No date availablePaperback
9781107626454
284 pages
216 × 140 × 16 mm
0.36kg
Table of Contents
- Preface Sir Henry Newbolt
- 1. Cambridge and birds
- 2. Two Lapland diaries
- 3. Bird-hunting and climbing
- 4. Early travel
- 5. Ruwenzori letters
- 6. Two New Guinea expeditions
- 7. The war
- 8. First Mount Everest expedition
- 9. To Colombia
- 10. Back at King's.
