Killing dragons
Subtitle: the conquest of the Alps
By: Fergus Fleming.
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Mountaineering -- Alps -- History -- 19th century.; Mountaineers -- Biography.; Alps -- Description and travel.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Here be dragons" said the old maps. In the late-18th century, a few brave men started to venture up the mountains of Switzerland to discover the secrets hidden in their snowy peaks. Then the British arrived and "mountaineering" was born. This is a history of the conquest of the Alps.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.