Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys

Author: Alexander Maitland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 For nearly two hundred years the Society has been awarding gold medals to those individuals who have contributed most to our geographical knowledge. Winners of the Founder's and Patron's medals now number around three hundred individuals, and the roll-call of names is a veritable Who's Who of exploration. Telling their stories, of the many and varied ways in which they have helped 'fill in the maps', is nothing less than a...Read more