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The British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913 remains firmly imprinted on the public consciousness. The tragic heroism of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his brave companions is known to us all and the wider scope and accomplishments of the expedition are also very familiar. This is in no small part due to Herbert Ponting's photography and filming of the ambitious endeavour. The first professional photographer to accompany an expedi...

The British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913 remains firmly imprinted on the public consciousness. The tragic heroism of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his brave companions is known to us all and the wider scope and accomplishments of the expedition are also very familiar. This is in no small part due to Herbert Ponting's photography and filming of the ambitious endeavour. The first professional photographer to accompany an expedi...

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Excerpt from In Lotus-Land JapanThis volume is intended, primarily, as a guide-book for the traveller, and, secondly, as a means - to those who are unable to roam so far away - to explore a beautiful country through the medium of the lens and observations of one whose camera and note-book have been his inseparable companions in all his wanderings o'er the earth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and clas...

Excerpt from In Lotus-Land JapanThis volume is intended, primarily, as a guide-book for the traveller, and, secondly, as a means - to those who are unable to roam so far away - to explore a beautiful country through the medium of the lens and observations of one whose camera and note-book have been his inseparable companions in all his wanderings o'er the earth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and clas...

Excerpt from In Lotus-Land JapanThis letterpress, such as it is, i offer in all humility, for I make no pretence to any skill with my pen, and am fully conscious of its many shortcomings. My object, however, will have been more than attained if the book should help to make the manners, customs, and scenery of Japan better known - especially the scenery of some districts which have not been described in detail before.About the PublisherForgotte...

This classic book contains Ponting's well-written and witty account of Captain Scott's final Antarctic expedition of 1910-12. Fully detailed and with many of Ponting's own photographs, this moving account will make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of any admirer of Captain Scott, or anyone with an interest in travel and adventure. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce...

Excerpt from In Lotus-Land Japan This book is written by a nomad who has worshipped at the shrine of Nature and Art in many lands, who has spent nearly three happy years in one of the most delightful of holiday lands, and who served as a Correspondent with the First Japanese Army during the war with Russia. In it will be found no dissertations on politics, economics or social prob lems and he who seeks information concerning Japan's vast text...