What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? Benedict Allen's anthology of human exploration ranges across various terrains - hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high seas - and presents the words of those who, through the centuries - be they Vikings or missionaries, conquistadors or botanists - have set off into 'the unknown'.

'Immaculately edited and shrewdly considered . . . a hugely readable compendium.' Independent on Sunday

'A monumental feat of compilation and editing, and will satisfy every armchair traveller.' Literary Review

'A generous, handsome volume, that will provide hours upon hours of absorption and revelation.' The Times

The Faber Book of Exploration, edited by Benedict Allen, described by the Independent on Sunday as 'Immaculately edited and shrewdly considered . . . a hugely readable compendium.'

About the Author
Benedict Allen is one of the UK's most prominent explorers. For the past twenty-five years he has conducted solo expeditions through the Amazon jungle, along Namibia's Skeleton Coast and across Mongolia's Gobi Desert without the use of GPS, satellite phone or other means of outside support, as we as having written ten books of his adventures and editing The Faber Book of Exploration. He was the first explorer to bring the full experience of remote travel to television - taking the genre to its limits by not using a camera crew and so bringing an immediacy to his experiences. Allen regularly gives lectures at the Royal Geographic Society.

Reviews
'A monumental feat of compilation and editing.' Literary Review; 'Immaculately edited... hugely readable.' Independent on Sunday



Book Information
ISBN 9780571206124
Author Benedict Allen
Format Paperback
Page Count 832
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 630g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 50mm