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Killing Dragons

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"In 1541 the naturalist Conrad Gesner made an extraordinary decision."
416 pages
~6h 56min to read
Atlantic Monthly Press 1 views
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0802138675, 9780802138675
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"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.

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