The mountains of the world. History of climbing and discoveries
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This book is a collection of stories united by one topic: mountains.
A couple of centuries ago, the mountains were completely unknown - white spots on the maps. But at the end of the 19th century, everything changed: curiosity, a thirst for adventure and tests entailed a person upstairs. People began to explore the mountains: from not at all high to incomprehensibly huge. About the history of this delightful, dangerous and courageous research, our book.
What flags hoisted to the tops of the pioneers? Why climbers are cats, ice axes and oxygen cylinders? How does life work in the mountains? Who and why are they called the "great"? You will find answers to these and many other questions on the pages of this amazing book. In it you will visit the highest mountains of the planet as part of expeditions of different countries and eras, you will witness their deafening successes and tragic failures.
You will get acquainted with the inventors and scientists, the first guides and the first ascenders who boldly rose to the unknown, leaving behind the studied mountain massifs, compiled maps, traveled paths and paths along which others followed. And they still go. After all, mountains are beauty, love and meaning of life. After all, on Earth there are still mountains that no one has ever risen to.
For secondary school age
A couple of centuries ago, the mountains were completely unknown - white spots on the maps. But at the end of the 19th century, everything changed: curiosity, a thirst for adventure and tests entailed a person upstairs. People began to explore the mountains: from not at all high to incomprehensibly huge. About the history of this delightful, dangerous and courageous research, our book.
What flags hoisted to the tops of the pioneers? Why climbers are cats, ice axes and oxygen cylinders? How does life work in the mountains? Who and why are they called the "great"? You will find answers to these and many other questions on the pages of this amazing book. In it you will visit the highest mountains of the planet as part of expeditions of different countries and eras, you will witness their deafening successes and tragic failures.
You will get acquainted with the inventors and scientists, the first guides and the first ascenders who boldly rose to the unknown, leaving behind the studied mountain massifs, compiled maps, traveled paths and paths along which others followed. And they still go. After all, mountains are beauty, love and meaning of life. After all, on Earth there are still mountains that no one has ever risen to.
For secondary school age
Author:
Author:Bacal Lada
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Children's Book
- Category:Natural sciences
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-906994-56-1
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