What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? Benedict Allens anthology of human exploration ranges across various terrains - hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high seas - and presents the words of those who, through the centuries - be they Vikings or missionaries, conquistadors or botan What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? Benedict Allens anthology of human exploration ranges across various terrains - hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high seas - and presents the words of those who, through the centuries - be they Vikings or missionaries, conquistadors or botanists - have set off into the unknown. Immaculately edited and shrewdly considered . . . a hugely readable compendium. Independent on Sunday A monumental feat of compilation and editing, and will satisfy every armchair traveller. Literary Review A generous, handsome volume, that will provide hours upon hours of absorption and revelation. The Times