125 Years of Expedition and Discovery - American Museum of Natural History

With larger than life stories and rare photographs, this fascinating book recounts the first 125 years of the American Museum of Natural History, whose fame and collections derive from a spectacular series of expeditions to the ends of the earth, in the words of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Over the course of these journeys, ranging from the South Pacific to the North Pole, Museum expedition members united science and adventure and transformed exploration from a means of conquest to an opportunity for discovery...