{"product_id":"the-alps-from-end-to-end-paperback-9781108054782","title":"The Alps from End to End (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108054782","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Alps from End to End\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1895 publication documents William Conway's celebrated 65-day journey across the European Alps in 1894.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Martin Conway (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108054782, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e606 pages, 101 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDuring a life of many and varied interests, the art historian and mountaineer William Martin Conway (1856–1927) served as a professor of art at Liverpool and Cambridge, a member of parliament, director-general of the Imperial War Museum, and president of the Alpine Club. He climbed extensively in Europe and the Himalayas, mapped part of the Karakoram range (for which he was knighted), and named several mountains. In 1894 he walked the length of the Alps accompanied by two Gurkha soldiers. The celebrated expedition took the party sixty-five days to complete. Conway and his companions climbed twenty-one peaks, including Mont Blanc, the Jungfrau and Grossglockner, and traversed thirty-nine mountain passes. Published a year later, this is the illustrated second edition of Conway's popular personal account of the expedition, in which he documents the party's progress on a daily basis.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Maritime Alps\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Cottian Alps\u003cbr\u003e 4. The western Graians\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mont Blanc\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Buet, Chamonix to S. Maurice\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Bernese Oberland, western part, S. Maurice to the Gemmi\u003cbr\u003e 8. Monte Rosa\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bernese Oberland\u003cbr\u003e 10. Uri and Glaurus\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mountain falls\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Rhätikon and Silvretta groups\u003cbr\u003e 13. Oetz and Stubai regions\u003cbr\u003e 14. Zillerthal and Venediger groups\u003cbr\u003e 15. Gross Glockner and eastward\u003cbr\u003e 16. Tirolese scrambles in 1875\u003cbr\u003e 17. A run through the western and central Alps\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266109821208,"sku":"9781108054782","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108054782i.jpg?v=1696747222","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-alps-from-end-to-end-paperback-9781108054782","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}