National Geographic : around the world in 125 years. Asia, Oceania / edited by Reuel Golden ; designed by Andy Disl ; essay by Douglas Brinkley ; captions by Mark Collins Jenkins ; based on an idea by Lawrence Schiller ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen.

Köln : Taschen, [2017]

392 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 38 cm

Includes index.

"Inspired from our monumental Around the World in 125 Years, this volume curates over 250 captivating images, sourced directly from the National Geographic archives. Traversing travel, wildlife, science, history, culture, and conservation, this compendium is in equal parts a breathtaking homage to the kaleidoscopic wonders of Asia and Oceania, and a unique tribute to the world's most famous photography magazine. Split into geographical sections Middle East, South, Southeast, North and East Asia, as well as Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the Pacific and South Pacific Islands, our trans-continental journey through time and space spans across evocative black-and-white pictures to autochromes, from the golden age of Kodachromes to digital. Along the way, we tread the mile-long rock cleft leading up to the singular approach of the lost city of Petra; take in the majesty of the Taj Mahal; get uncomfortably close and personal with Kamchatka brown bears; discover Japan's 'naked festival' where men heedlessly plunge into darkness wearing next to nothing; and come nose to nose with gray reef sharks in the waters of the Marshall Islands."--Amazon.com.

English

October 25, 2019