Los Angeles, 1983, 1st US edition. 216 pp, b/w illustrations, maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.
From a rich gallery of courage and absurdity, of vision and delusion, this book presents seven extraordinary figures, all with remarkable achievements, whose place in the history of exploration should be assured: Father Gifford Palgrave, Thomas Manning, Gottlieb Leitner, Charles Waterton, Joseph Wolff, James Holman, and Philip Thicknesse.