Výpravy na druhý konec světa: Další dobrodružství mladého přírodovědce – Attenborough David (2022)

Renowned naturalist and face of popular BBC documentaries recounts his early journeys into the unknown through impenetrable virgin wilderness. After successful expeditions to Africa and South America, David Attenborough and his chief cameraman Charles Lagus headed to the literal ends of the earth in the late 1950s. In Madagascar, New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, and Australia’s Northern Territory, they filmed wild animals and indigenous peoples, whose customs were (and still are) completely unknown to the vast majority of people in the West. On the island of Pentecost, they observed indigenous rituals that gave rise to bungee jumping; on Tanna, they became the first Europeans to witness a royal kava drinking ceremony; and in Australia’s Northern Territory, they discovered ancient rock paintings. During their expeditions, Attenborough and Lagus admired many magnificent creatures from birds of paradise to chameleons to sifakas in their natural habitats. In The Expeditions to the Ends of the Earth, David Attenborough tells, in his unmistakably charming, witty, and warm manner, about the extraordinary adventures he experienced with the most remarkable people and animals in the world. "A great book for anyone who wants to travel the world vicariously…"