Travel the world to learn all about the most interesting things on our beautiful planet! Take look at the world’s largest & most ferocious animals. Learn about our most interesting & impressive buildings! Read all kinds of facts in the book, then test your memory by assembling a 205-piece puzzle! ...

2 small exquisite globes showing Earth & Heaven as it was mapped in 1551. Hand applied charts perfectly reproduced from the famous Dutch cartographer, Gerardus Mercator’s engraved charts from 1541. Reprints of the original copperplate gores made in cooperation with the Royal Library in Bruxelles. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

This is the second volume in an innovative series of great visual impact. It is dedicated to the Earth with a particular regard for its most spectacular & beautiful landscapes, & for the relationship that man has created with it. The preface of the book discusses the topics of the book & orders them in an original though logical sequence. The fifteen chapters illustrate the most spectacular aspects of the Earth's various environments
- such as mountains, seas, deserts & forests, with special sections dedicated to places of extreme nature (glaciers, volcanoes, canyons, waterfalls, etc.)
- capable of arousing admiration, lyricism, wonder & emotion. The landscapes & colours of the Planet of Marvels are illustrated by the world's greatest photographers with high impact pictures commented upon with passion & humour. The photographs have been selected for their visual impact, then emphasized by modern graphics, to take the reader on a fabulous journey around the natural beauty of our planet.

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Has anybody seen the Earth depicted so harmoniously, so poetically? At first glance, Klaus D Francke’s aerial photographs are so perfect as to appear painted, regardless of whether they depict the unique beauty of planet Earth or the traces left on it by man, which can range from carefully delicate markings to signs of downright brutality. Many a spectator is overwhelmed by the sight of these images. The photographer shows us a primeval, almost uninhabited planet. In addition to the chapters on “ The Earth” & “ The Man”, he has added a section on “ The Dream”. These photographs belong to Francke’s most beautiful pictures, capturing the rush of flight & the marvels of creation
- & how best to treat it. Francke’s images ‘from heaven’ are characterised by a very individual, clearly recognisable style. The photographs are full of atmosphere; they are unusually dense & formally consistent. Spiegel correspondent Alexander Smoltczyk takes us into Francke’s world & accompanies our journey with a selection of literary"ations.
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Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. Welcome to a world of wonders! In this enormous book about the Earth there is so much to explore! Readers can marvel at the physical planet, travel back in time to primordial Earth, explore all branches of the tree of life, discover habitats from oceans to deserts, learn how the weather works & take a tour of the human planet from the Maasai steppe to Manhattan. ...

The result of a five-year airborne odyssey across five continents & sixty countries, The Earth from the Air is the bestselling & most popular book of aerial photography ever published. This updated edition of the internationally acclaimed original features an updated text & over 100 breathtaking new photographs. New editorials by such renowned authors as Jane Goodall, Matthieu Ricard & Olivier Blond consider such perpetual issues as agriculture, climate & biodiversity, as well as the latest concerns
- refugees, new technologies & environmental movements. A classic of its kind, this book will heighten everyone`s awareness of today`s urgent ecological issues. Now more than ever, The Earth from the Air stands as a call to action.
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A 10th anniversary commemorative edition of Yann Arthus-Bertrand`s Earth from the Air brings together a unique selection of 195 images from 100, 000 photographs, taken from helicopters in the skies over 75 countries. Statistics play a secondary, but vital, role in the book; the text that accompanies the shots (a paragraph each, with a short essay adorning every chapter), highlights the degree to which we have abused the fragile beauty our earth, providing a sobering adjunct to what can at times be mistaken for a planetary holiday brochure. Of primary concern, however, are the pictures. Almost every plate is double page, reproduced in vibrant colour, with helpful fold-out notes for each shot. ...

Reprising his spectacular Thames & Hudson, Earth from the Air publication, photographer Yves Arthus-Bertrand has now produced a stunning children’s version- The Earth from the Air for Children. Featuring his remarkable & classic aerial photographs, Arthurs-Bertrand will take your children on a whole new world of discovery & adventure as you explore our earth from the Heavens. The Earth from the Air for Children tells the dynamic story of our world’s people & places. Soaring above the earth, the photography reveals whole fantastic new worlds- water, l&, trees & buildings, people & animals. Prepare to be enthralled by glowing pictures of nomads & camels, scarlet birds & green grasses, colourful rugs in Morocco & the amazing White Horse of Uffington
- plus many more unforgettable images. Robert Burleigh’s text enriches the experience, revealing the fascinating story that each photograph tells. In full vibrant colour, the book included over thirty magnificent globetrotting images, allowing every child to voyage around the world from their homes! An ideal gift for Christmas or birthdays.
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The most beautiful & influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space. They were taken from the moon, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme. They inspired a generation to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, the `blue marble` falling through empty darkness. This is a book about the long road to the capture of those unforgettable images. It is a history of the space programme & of the ways in which it transformed our view of the earth & changed the lives of the astronauts who walked in space & on the moon. It is the story of the often blemished visionaries who inspired that journey into space: Charles Lindbergh, Robert Goddard & Wernher Von Braun, & of the courageous pilots who were the first humans to escape the Earth`s orbit. ...

The most beautiful & influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space. They were taken from the moon, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme. They inspired a generation to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, the `blue marble` falling through empty darkness. This is a book about the long road to the capture of those unforgettable images. It is a history of the space programme & of the ways in which it transformed our view of the earth & changed the lives of the astronauts who walked in space & on the moon. It is the story of the often blemished visionaries who inspired that journey into space: Charles Lindbergh, Robert Goddard & Wernher Von Braun, & of the courageous pilots who were the first humans to escape the Earth`s orbit. ...