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Alastair Humphreys` Great Adventurers

Winner of the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Ordnance Survey Children`s Travel Book of the YearHand-picked by adventurer Alastair Humphreys, this compilation retells the extraordinary journeys undertaken by his personal heroes. These men and women have ventured into space, oceans, deserts and jungles and inspired Alastair`s own adventures. They may do the same for you too.

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