The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
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The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
The John Stace Geography Society Magazine
Westminster School
The Kingdome of England and Prince of Wales. . Six mappes
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Saussure was almost single-handedly responsible for drawing attention to the Alps and particularly Mont Blanc. He visited Chamonix in 1760 and established a prize for the first ascent of Mont Blanc, which was achieved in 1786. Saussure reached the summit himself the following year and published 'Relation abregée d'un Voyage a la Cime du Mont-Blanc', the first published account of the ascent of the mountain. The present work was his magnum opus and two further volumes appeared in 1796.
Saussure, Horace Benedict de, 1740-1799