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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Bonington
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 448 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color)
- Subjects
- Travel
- History
- Sailing
- Mountaineering
- Hiking
- Abstract
- Pertains to the travels of Thor Heyerdahl, John Ridgeway, Chay Blyth, John Fairfax, Sylvia Cook, Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnston, David Lewis, Wilfred Thesiger, John Blashford-Snell, Mike Jones, Maurice Herzog, John Hunt, Herbert Tichy, Walter Bonatti, Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner, Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary, Wally Herbert, Naomie Uemura, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Neil Armstrong, Geoff Yeadon, Oliver Statham
- Contents
- Introduction
- Oceans:
- 1) Kon-tiki
- 2) Rowing the Atlantic
- 3) Across Two Oceans
- 4) The Man Who Raced Himself
- 5) Golden Globe
- 6) Ice Bird
- Deserts:
- 7) The Empty Quarter
- Rivers:
- 8) The Blue Nile
- Mountains:
- 9) Annapurna, the First 1800
- 10) The Challenge of Everest
- 11) Cho Oyu
- 12) The Bonatti Pillar
- 13) Board Peak
- 14) Annapurna, South Face
- 15) Diamir - Messner on Nanga Parbat
- The Poles:
- 16) The Crossing of Antarctica
- 17) The Last Great Polar Journey
- 18) Solo to the Pole
- Air:
- 19) Double Eagle
- Space:
- 20) First on the Moon
- Beneath the Earth:
- 21) Dead Man's Handshake
- Facets of Adventure
- A Chronology of Adventure since 1945
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Notes
- Addressed to Hans Gmoser from Philippe Delesalle - dated 1983
- ISBN
- 0517546965
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- ink on paper, glossy
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.085
- Description
- Small ink drawing of sailboat surrounded by a border of lighthouses, a ship’s wheel, 4 figures and the words “EX LIBRIS” down the right side border, and “RUSSELL ROBB” on bottom edge of border.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- ink on paper, glossy
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 12 cm
- Description
- Small ink drawing of sailboat surrounded by a border of lighthouses, a ship’s wheel, 4 figures and the words “EX LIBRIS” down the right side border, and “RUSSELL ROBB” on bottom edge of border.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.085
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.087
- Description
- Drawing of sailboat surrounded by border of lighthouse, compass, boat wheel, 4 figures, the words “EX LIBRIS” down right side and “RUSSELL ROBB” along bottom border edge. Written in pencil on front around image: “10706 Whyte Then (?) 3 block”“- 3 1/2 -”Written in pencil on back:“Peter Whyte, Concor…
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 23 cm
- Description
- Drawing of sailboat surrounded by border of lighthouse, compass, boat wheel, 4 figures, the words “EX LIBRIS” down right side and “RUSSELL ROBB” along bottom border edge. Written in pencil on front around image: “10706 Whyte Then (?) 3 block”“- 3 1/2 -”Written in pencil on back:“Peter Whyte, Concord, Mass.”
- Subject
- sailboat
- sailing
- lighthouse
- Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.087
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.737
- Description
- A man stands on top of the mainsail platform using his spyglass to look out. The sailboat appears to be moving about rocky water, and on one of the ropes there is a distant little flag that appears to be American. On the port side of the boat “MADOC” is written.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A man stands on top of the mainsail platform using his spyglass to look out. The sailboat appears to be moving about rocky water, and on one of the ropes there is a distant little flag that appears to be American. On the port side of the boat “MADOC” is written.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.737
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