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We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing.Dispatched within 4 business days.Sold brand new. All profits will go to Friends of De Waal Park.Paternoster Books, 2016 - Mountaineering - 297 pages"In one dizzying account after the other, over centuries, those who reached the top of ... [Table Mountain] recounted their personal feats, but more tellingly revealed the story of an expanding world, as seen from a singular vantage point between East and West, 1 085 metres up in the sky. Twenty-seven of the most unusual visitors' reports by extraordinary people have been gathered for this biography of the world-renowned iconic landmark."--Back cover.Ever since 1503 when an off-course seafarer climbed Table Mountain to find out where on Earth he was, visitors to the Cape have toiled, scrambled, ridden on horseback, climbed or run to the top ... and written about it afterwards.
Taken together, these reports provide a fascinating biography of the mountain. Looked at separately, they are thrilling reads, penned by larger-than-life voyagers and, often unlikely, adventurers. The life-stories of 27 visitors are told with flair and humour. Together with the accounts of the ascents, they provide a riveting read.
This is the first time that the English translations of these reports, written in various languages, including Russian and Swedish, have been collected in one volume.A truly original book. Compelling storytelling, anecdotal yet historically accurate, easy to read, and un-putdownable. My favourite book about my favourite mountain.- Scott Ramsay, photojournalist and author of
South Africas Wildest Places.
Bibliographic information :TitleOn Top of Table Mountain: Remarkable Visitors Over 500 YearsAuthorJoan KrugerPublisherPaternoster Books, 2016ISBN0620726377, 9780620726375Length297 pages
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