Global Explorations: Africa, Asia, Americas & Beyond

Description

FOUQUET G. / LEJARD A. (Editors). Connaissance du monde EXPLORATIONS. Paris, le livre de Paris, 1961. 2 volumes, large quarto format, full beige linen with printed decoration, (398 & 398 pp.). Volume 1: Knowledge of Black Africa; on the secret roads of Asia; the jungles of South America; unknown peoples of Oceania; in the mists of the past; treasure of the ocean depths. Volume 2: in the depths of the earth; volcanoes and their secrets; man and the peaks; knowledge of the sea; from the South Pole to the North Pole; from the stratosphere to the abysses. Texts by A. Bombard, P.-E. Victor, Casteret, H. Tazieff, J. Rouch, etc. Interesting iconography, numerous color photographs; folding maps. Fine set. Shipping outside the European Union is subject to additional charges.