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Explorer: The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown Benedict Allen Main edition
Explorer: The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown
Benedict Allen
This enquiry into the explorer mindset is part meditation, part memoir, from one of 'Britain's greatest explorers' (Telegraph)
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 28, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781786896230 |
| Publishers | Canongate Books |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 163 × 31 mm · 521 g |
| Language | English |
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