Our Magnificent Wilderness: Forty of the World's Most Beautiful Places Selected by UNESCO [Hardcover]

Claes Grundsten (Author), Peter Hanneberg (Author), Koichiro Matsuura (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

A stunning celebration of forty "natural heritage" sites, combining brilliant color photography with the insights of two acclaimed naturalists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The result is a delightful journey for the mind, and fine holiday gift, combining the joy of nature beauty and wonder of exotic geography." --Woodland Hills Daily News (Los Angeles area)

"Spectacular photography. This is a visual feast and fitting tribute to the world's magnificent wild places."-- Wildlife Activist

From the Back Cover

In Our Magnificent Wilderness, Claes Grundsten and Peter Hanneberg are our personal guides, taking us on a journey to some of the most spectacular and precious places on Earth. Through their words and pictures, we experience the best of our awe-inspiring natural heritage sites. The authors' selection spans six continents and includes the great landscapes of North America, such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Everglades National Parks; stunning sites in Africa, from the endless savanna of the Serengeti, with its herds of migratory mammals, to the peaks of Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, which both offer the extraordinary spectacle of snow at the Equator; and the breathtaking beauty of Central and South America, from the neotropical dry forest of Costa Rica in the north to Argentina in the south, with its extensive waterfalls and windswept, sun-parched salt lakes. Also featured are some of the finest mountain regions of Europe and Asia, many of them containing significant populations of endangered wildlife. And within the expanse of Oceania exists a rich variety of flora, fauna, and marvelous landscape features, including the haunting presence of Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Ayer's Rock) in Australia's "red center." (10 x 11 1/2, 224 pages, color photos)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585746355
• ISBN-13: 978-1585746354
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 10.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,661 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing photograph, February 15, 2006

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This review is from: Our Magnificent Wilderness: Forty of the World's Most Beautiful Places Selected by UNESCO (Hardcover)

This is an outstanding book with spectacular photographs of 40 wilderness selected by UNESCO. Photographs of Animals and places is simply amazing and a great value for the price.

I specially liked the Kilimanjaro pictures. This book has also won a Sweden Panda award in 2001