ABOVE THE LOST WORLD. The Chronicle of Four Daring Balloon Flights in the Venezuelan Skies
by Delano, Jorge Andres; Frank Muhly Jr.; Katherine E. Wadsworth
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 9806017129
- ISBN 13
- 9789806017122
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Caracas, Venezuela: Eugenio Mendoza Foundation, 1987. second edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Squarish quarto, 111 pages. Dust jacket has a little wear on spine. 092108D This oversize book will require additional charges for international or expedited shipping. " In the spring of 1982, Jorge Delano, a Venezuelan businessman and fledgling balloon pilot, led an expedition to the jungle highlands in the remote south eastern corner of his country. He was planning the first balloon ascension in Venezuela, and he was determined that it was going to be a memorable flight. ...From the jungle plateaus associated with Conan Doyle's 'Lost World'; from the windswept Caribbean archipelago of Los Roques; from the thin air at the height of the Venezuelan Andes and from the steamy depths of the great holes of Sari SAri Nama, the four expeditions chronicles in this book represent the natural wonders of a wild South American landscape still largely undiscoverd by outsiders." --from the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000016117
- Title
- ABOVE THE LOST WORLD. The Chronicle of Four Daring Balloon Flights in the Venezuelan Skies
- Author
- Delano, Jorge Andres; Frank Muhly Jr.; Katherine E. Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- second edition
- ISBN 10
- 9806017129
- ISBN 13
- 9789806017122
- Publisher
- Eugenio Mendoza Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Venezuela. South America, Ballooning
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