Title: Killing Dragons
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.
Subjects: Description and travel, Mountaineering, Mountaineers, Biography, History, Switzerland, history, Alps, description and travel, New York Times reviewed, Travel
Places: Alps
Time periods: 19th century