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BOOKSHELF CLASSIC A History of the World in 500 Walks Sarah Baxter Read the landscape around you and you'll find information dating back billions of years: it's all there on display and for free if only you know how to interpret it. That's the concept behind this mini coffee table book, which compiles 500 walks from around the world that have significant historical interest. That could be tracing the formation of mountain ranges millions of years ago, as plates crunch into one another; or trekking to Everest Base Camp with the 1953 first ascent clear in your mind. It's not all mountains, but there's plenty here to interest a lover of high places. Simply noting the 'birth' year of the ranges featured is illuminating. Mt Roraima, one of the oldest geologic formations…

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Trail United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2016

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