Lonely Planet's Wild World
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Lonely Planet's Wild World

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Lonely Planet's Wild World

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About this book

From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Wild World, the follow-up to the super-sized bestseller Beautiful World, is a vivid and compelling portrait of the world in which we live. Featuring breath-taking images of the natural world, this gorgeous collection of full-page photographs, carefully curated by Lonely Planet's photography experts, brings the world's wildest corners into your home. Incredible and majestic wildlife spectacles and natural phenomena are spellbindingly on display in this beautiful, no-expense-spared hardback. Authors: Lonely Planet About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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Information

Publisher
Lonely Planet
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781743607480

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Asturias, Spain
Tracks wend through Picos de Europa mountains in northern Spain, in the country’s oldest national park, whose wild inhabitants include Cantabrian brown bear and Iberian wolf.
Matt Munro
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Switzerland
Straddling the Switzerland-Italy border, the Matterhorn’s iconic 4478m spike towers over Zermatt. It wasn’t climbed until 1865, and four men fell to their deaths during the descent.
Mark Harris | Corbis
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Nordland, Norway
Within the grasp of the Arctic Circle, Lofoten is an archipelago where alpine peaks tower over beaches, bays and traditional villages. The area is famed for adventure sports and surfing.
Matt Munro
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Norway
Driven to near extinction in Northern Europe, wolves have recovered in Scandinavia over the past 50 years. Packs move through pine forests in Norway, bringing down moose.
Jasper Doest | Getty Images
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Northern Italy
The peak of Becco di Mezzodì, framed by larch trees, is reflected in this spectacular lake at the foot of the Croda da Lago, a small mountain chain in the central Dolomites.
Olimpio Fantuz | 4Corners
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Central Greece
On the northwest cusp of the Plain of Thessal stand the Metéor (‘middle of the sky’). On these sandstone rock pillars, six Greek Orthodox monasteries were built in the Middle Ages.
Ed Freeman | Getty Images
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County Clare, Ireland
The beautifully bleak Burren comes to an abrupt end when Ireland plunges over the Cliffs of Moher into the Atlantic. The dramatically vertical cliffs run for 8km and reach 214m high.
Gareth McCormack | Getty Images
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Swedish Lapland
Close to Gällivare, a remote town 100km inside the Arctic Circle, reindeer run through snow. In most breeds, males and females have antlers, but lose them at different times.
Gary Latham
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Greenland
Masters of survival, Arctic hares dig under snow and tundra, huddling together for warmth. Barely visible in their white winter coat, they have to stay sharp to elude predators.
David Trood | Getty Images
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Thuringia, Germany
The ‘green heart of Germany’, Thuringia is a small, densely forested state, well kno...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. It’s a Wild World
  5. Africa
  6. Europe
  7. Asia
  8. Australasia
  9. Antarctica
  10. South America
  11. North America
  12. Copyright
  13. Back Cover