Explorations of the World

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FOUQUET G. / LEJARD A. (Directed by). Connaissance du monde EXPLORATIONS. Paris, le livre de Paris, 1961. 2 volumes large in-4°, beige cloth with printed covers, (398 & 398 pp.). Volume 1: knowledge of Black Africa; on the secret routes of Asia; the jungles of South America; unknown peoples of Oceania; in the mists of the past; the treasure of the underwater 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, a number of color photos; fold-out maps. Shipping outside the European Union is charged.