The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places

by Keay, John

• ISBN13: 9780762438457
• ISBN10: 0762438452
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-08
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub

Summary

The romance and danger of the great explorers' daring expeditions captured the public imagination and the world's headlines to an extraordinary degree. Journalists vied for their stories, and publishers rushed their first-hand accounts of exciting and dangerous journeys into print for a wide and voracious readership.

Author Biography

John Keay is a writer, living in Argyll, Scotland.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Siberia and Alaska
Stranded on Bering Island	p. 1
The Walk to Moscow	p. 11
Central and South Asia
Alarms Amongst the Uzbeks	p. 23
On the Roof of the World	p. 36
Lhasa Beckons	p. 47
Exploring Angkhor	p. 60
Over the Karakorams	p. 69
Trials in Tibet	p. 81
At the Source of the Indus	p. 91
Everest by Storm	p. 98
Arabia
Escape from Riyadh	p. 108
Desert Days	p. 117
The Point of Return	p. 125
To the Empty Quarter for a Drink of Water	p. 137
West Africa
Alone in Africa	p. 147
The Road to Kano	p. 157
Down the Niger	p. 165
Arrival in Timbuktu	p. 175
My Ogowé Fans	p. 186
East and Central Africa
Among the Sudanese	p. 202
Not the Source of the Nile	p. 213
A Glimpse of Lake Victoria	p. 226
The Reservoir of the Nile	p. 242
Last Days	p. 254
Encounters on the Upper Congo	p. 268
A Novice at Large	p. 286
Australia
Landfall at Botany Bay	p. 301
Escape from the Outback	p. 310
Death at Coopers Creek	p. 320
To See the Sea	p. 336
North America
First Crossing of America	p. 345
Meeting the Shoshonee	p. 357
South America
Eating Dirt in Venezuela	p. 374
Iron Rations in Amazonia	p. 383
The Discovery of Machu Picchu	p. 396
Arctic
Four Years in the Ice	p. 404
Living off Lichen and Leather	p. 415
Adrift on an Arctic Ice Floe	p. 428
The Pole is Mine	p. 440
Antarctic
Farthest South	p. 448
The Pole at Last	p. 458
In Extremis	p. 469
Sources and Acknowledgments	p. 485
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