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Eumenes al II-lea 152 Gaoyan (Grota înaltă) 186 Grand Canyon (Marele Canion) Hell’s Gate (Poarta Iadului) 295,
Evans, Petty, ofiţer 408 Garachico 112 327, 332-335 298
Everest, Sir George 172 Garibaldi, Giuseppe 263
Everglades 349—351 Garrett, Pat, şeriful 346 Grandes Jorasses 125 Henbury, cratere 220
exploratori 64-65 Gaupnefjord 111 Grand Prismatic, Izvorul 313 Henson, Matthew 282
Eyre, Edward 241 gazele 59, 63 Grand Stairway 327 Heny, Gustavo 367
Eyre, lacul 238-241 gâscă sălbatică hawaiiană 272 Grant Land, munţii 280—281 herero (tribul) 59
geoglife (desene pe sol) 389 Grant, preşedintele 316 Heyerdahl, T hor 377
F Germania Grasse, fabricile de parfum 124 hiena dungată 165
graurii lui Tristram 150 Hierapolis 152—153
Faial, vulcan 418 Valea Elbei 132-133 Great Gabie 102, 103 Hierro 113
Faja de las Flores 117 Geysir şi Strokkur 92-93 Great Glen 104-105, 420 High Sierra, M unţii 309
Faleza M ânjilor 98 Gezhouba, barajul 179 Great Lakes 440 Hillary, Edm und 174
falie 420, 427 Gez, Valea 447 Great Salt Lakc (Marele Lac Sărat) Himalaya 167, 170-171, 172-171,
Farini, Signor 305 gheaţă, formare 127
felinarul boşimanilor 61 gheaţă, greutate 430, 435-436 441, 445 421, 425-426
Felsenbuhne, amfiteatrul 133 gheizere 418 Grecia Hindukuş, M unţii 164
Fengjie 178 hipopotam 67, 70
Festivalul Torţelor de la Lunan Geyser Fiat 259 Samariâ, Cheile 140—141 hirax 36, 50
Grotto Geyser 316 gresii, formare Hispar-Biafo, gheţarul 443
192 Lacurile de Sodă 40 hitiţi 146
Filipine Lady Knox 259 Arcade 320-321 Hokusai (artist) 177
Old Faithful 316, 418 Bryce, Canionul 326-327 Holmes, Arthur 414
Dealurile de ciocolată 196-197 Penele Prinţului de Wales 259 Bungle Bungle, munţii H om er, Odiseea 134
Finlanda 441, 435 Pohutu 259 hoodoo 354
Riverside Geyser 316 216-217 horst 425
Lacul Inari 107—109 Rotorua 258 Canyonlands 445 hotentoţi 61
Finn M acCool 96 Steamboat 316 Coloana C ham ber 235 Howard-Bury, Charles 162
Fjaerlandsfjord 111 Valea Gheizerelor 154-155 Gosse Bluff 218—221 Hualien 194
flamingo, pasărea 40—41, 46, 48, Veikon 154 Regiunea Bisti 354—356 Huascaran, Muntele 428
Volcân Poâs 358 R oca Ayers (Uluru) 222-223 Hubbard, Gheţarul 443
58, 119-121, 381, 385 Yellowstone 313 Spider Rock 342 Hudson, reverend Charles 129
Flores, Insula 207 gheţar 442-443 Grey, George 212 Humboldt, Curentul 389
Florida 349-351, 435 Axei Heiberg 408 Griggs, dr. R o b ert F. 290—291 Humboldt, Gheţarul 443
Flourbag Fiat 212 Breidamerkur 89, 91 Grisedale Tarn 440 H unt, colonel John 174
foaia-grasă, plantă 298 cei mai lungi din lume 443 Grise, fiordul 281
„foametea pâclei“ 90 Fjallsjokull 89 Grizzly Giant 312 I
foci 56 Glacier Bay 283-287 Grode 429
foggara 21 Hubbard 443 Groenlanda 414, 436, 437 ibex 117
Ford, John 302-303 Humboldt 443 Grono, John 260 Icy Strait 283
formaţiune stâncoasă, cea mai Jostedal 110 Grootfontein 339 ieie, planta 275
Los Glaciares 394—395 Grota Flautului din Trestie iezuiţi 380
înaltă 254 Margerie 283 186 igapos 362
Formosa 193 M atterhorn 129 Grota lui Fingal 96, 225 Iguacu, Cascada 378-379
Forrest, Alexander 217 M er de Glace 125-126 Grupul Bunker 247 ihtiozaur 106
Forster, E.M. 302 M oreno 394—395 Grupul Capricorn 248 Illgill Head 103
Forţele Aeriene Italiene 135 Skeidarârjokull 91 Guadalquivir 118 Imilchil 19
fosă 84 Ţinutul Lacurilor Banff 300 guanche (populaţia) 113 Imperiul Habsburgic 139
fosile 414 Upsala 395 Guangxi, provincia 115, 434 Inari, lacul 107-109
Fossey, Dian 52 Vatnajokull 88—91 guarani (populaţia) 379-380 incaşi 336, 375, 389
Foucauld, Charles de 16 ghips, formare guelta 444, 445 Indonezia 416
Fountain Paint Pot 316 Peştera Lechuguilla 329, 331 Guilin, dealurile 184—186 Inelul de Foc al Pacificului 154,
Four Comers, SUA 340 W hite Sands, Deşertul 346 Guyana, Platourile 371
Fox Tuckett, Francis 139 Ghost Dances 308 416, 417, 422
Frankenstein, dr. Victor 126 Giant’s Causeway (Digul H inselberg 223, 227
Franţa Uriaşului) 94-96, 419 Inspiration Point 327
Giles, Ernest 220, 223, 226, 229 Hadow, R obert 129 Insula Soarelui 375, 377
M er de Glace 125-126 Glacier Bay 283—287 Haleakala, Craterul 269—272 Insulele Hawaii 415
Verdon, Cheile 124 Glacier Point 312 Half Dome 309 inuiţi (eschimoşi), populaţia
Fraser, Eliza 245-246 Glossopteris, feriga 414 Halligan, Gerald 241
Fraser, insula 244—246 Gobi, deşertul 64 ham bukushu (tribul) 70 281-282, 292
Fuerteventura 113 Godwin-Austen (K2) 425 hameiul sălbatic 241 inundaţiile din 1953 435
Fuji-ko (sectă) 176 Godyer, Canalul 239, 241 Hamersley, cheile 214 Inverness 104
Fuji, M untele 176 Golful Balenelor 408 Hancock, Cheile 214 Ionathan Macabeul 150
fumarole 135, 291, 317, 359, 408 Golful Omitorincului 244 Hantengri Feng 163 Iordan 302
Fundy, Golful 436 Gomera 113 H an Y u (poet) 184 Iquique 388, 389, 390
furnici (vindecarea rănilor) 19 Gomora 27, 147 Harris, W alter 19 Iquitos 362
furtuni de nisip 445 Gondwana 82, 172, 370 H am nobu (artist) 177 irigaţiile în Egipt 114
Gorem e 144—146 Haskett Smith, W alter 102 Irlanda, Republica
G gorila de m unte 52 havasupai (populaţia) 334
Gosse Bluff 218-221 Havasu, Râul 334 Benbulbin 100—101
gagudju (populaţia) 230, 233 Gosse, Edm und 220 Hawaii 189, 269-272, 273-275, Cliffs o f M oher 97—99
Gahinga 51 Gosse, W illiam C. 223 Irod cel Mare 150
Galba, Servius 128 Goya, Francisco 119 415-417, 435 Irvine, Andrew 173
Gamla Uppsala 336 Grampian, munţii 420 Heberley, James 265 Islanda 416, 420
Gaochang 187 Gran Canaria 113 Hector, dr. James 300 Geysir şi Strokkur 92—93
Hedin, Sven 64, 167 Vatnajokull 88-91
Heimaey 90

450

Islanda 88 Khao Kein 200 Maggiore 440 Lei M ingchun 185
Italia 440 Khoa Ping Khan 200 Malawi 27, 421, 440 lemurieni 84, 85
Khumbu, Cascada de Gheaţă 442 Manicouagan 441 Lena, peninsula 157
Dolom iţi 138—139 Khyber, Pasul 167 Michigan 441 Leonard, Zenas 352
M atterhom 128-129 Kicking Horse, trecătoarea 300 Mono 352-353 lepidochora, insecta 56
Muntele Etna 134—137 Kilimanjaro 426 Nakuru 40 leul de mare 390
Piramidele coafate 130—131, Kimberley, regiunea 216—217 N atron 27, 39, 40, 41 leul de m unte 327—328
King Kong 273 Nyasa 33 leu, mediteranean 123
430-431 kinkajou 362 Nyos 50 levănţică 115, 124
izard (capră neagră) 117 Kinshasa 45 Okeechobee 350, 351 Levkâ O ri (Munţii Albi) 140
izvoare fierbinţi 418 kiOwa 318 Ontario 304, 441 Lhasa 65
Grand Prismatic 313 Kipahulu, Valea 270 O ponono 58 Lhote, Henri 14, 16
Ketetahi 267 Kisangani 45 Quill 261, 263 Lhotse 425, 427
Kraus 297 kiwi 263 Rotomahana 259 liliacul de Queensland 246
Lacul M ono 353 Kîrgîzstan Rotorua 258 lilieci 246, 390
Lacurile de sodă 40 Santa Olalla 119 Lincoln, N ew Mexico 346
Namaskard 92 M unţii Cerului 162—163 Sclavilor '292 linx 118-119
Pamukkale 151-153 klamath (populaţia) 323 Superior 441 litosferă 26
Rabbitketde 298 Knife Edge, pasarelă 74 T aimîr 157 Livingstone, dr. David 34, 42, 43,
W enshan 194 koala 252 Tanganyika 27, 43, 421, 441
Kodiak 290 Tarawera 259 73-74
yv Koettlitz, gheţarul 443 Taupo 418 Liwu, R âul 194
kololo (populaţia) 73 T e Anau 263 llareta 385
I Konigstein 133 Titicaca 375-377, 381 lobelia uriaşă 36
Kopet Dag 168-169 Toba 440 Loch
încălzire globală 436-437, koriak, tribul 155 Turkana 32—33, 421
^ 446-447 Ko Tapu 200 Urşilor 292, 441 Lochy 104
întâlnire de gradul trei 319 Krafft, Katia 189 Vanda 404 Ness 104, 420
Krakatau 201—205 Victoria 43, 441 Oich 104
J Kronoţki, Rezervaţia Naturală Wabby 246 loess 430, 431
Windermere 440 Long Pine Key 351
jabiru, pasărea 386 155 Yellowstone 317 Long Range, m unţii 299
K unm ing 190 Lacul Turkana 32-33 Lord How e, Insula 255
Ja p o n ia Kurile, insulele 154 Lacurile de Sodă 40-41 Los Alamos 346
kurykan (populaţia) 160 lacurile de sodă 40—41 Los Glaciares 394-395
Fuji, Muntele 175-177 Lacurile de sodă ale Africii 401 Lualaba, R âul 42
Java 201,205 L Lacurile sărate din Anzi 381-385 Ludlow, Edmund 98
Java (Sunda), Fosa 414 lacurile, viaţa scurtă a 440—441 Lunan, Pădurea împietrită de la
Jiaohe 187 lacolit 418, 419 lacuri sulfuroase 358—359 190-192, 434
Jinging Pot 433 La Cruz, Ernesto Sanchez 367 Lady Knox, gheizerul 259 Lustrafjord 111
Joffre, cheile 214 Lacul Laerdalsoyri 111
Johnson, David 224 lagună 233 M
Jotunheim en, Parcul Naţional 111 Albert 27 L’Aiguille, stânca 437
Judith, munţii 419 Amadeus 229 laleaua lui Greig 163 M acCool, Finn 96, 100
Jura, munţii 426 Amsel 132 lalele 114, 163 MacDonnell, „Sorley Boy“ 96
Argentin 394-395 lamantini 351 Machu Picchu 336
K Assal 24-28 lamă 377 Mackay, John 263
Athabasca 292 Lambert, Gheţarul 443 Mackenzie, Alexander 292-293
K2, m untele 425 Baikal 160—161, 440—441 lammergeier (vulturul Mackenzie, delta 292—294
kaikawaka, arborele 265 Band-e Amir 164 Landscape Arch 320 Mackenzie, munţii 297
Kailas, Masivul 167 Bogoria 40 Lange, Jessica 273 macrozamia, planta 252
Kakadu, parcul 230—234 Charco del Toro 119 Lanzarote 113 Madagascar 430
kakapo 263 Como 440 La Palma 113
Kalabagh 167 Coniston 440 La Perouse, Golful 269 tsingy, formaţiunile 82-85
Kalahari, deşertul 60—63, 447 Craterului 322 Laponia 107—109 Madigan, D r Cecil 235
Kali Gandaki 170—171 Devils 438 La Rambleta 113 Madigan, golful 241
Kamceatka, peninsula 154-155 Elmenteita 40 Las Canadas del Teide, Parcul Maggie Springs (Mutitjulu)
kamilaroi 252 Erie 304 Naţional 112-113
Kanchenjunga 425 Eyre 238-241 La Serena 399 223
Kansu, cutremurul 423 Garda 440 Las Marismas 119 magma 418, 419
Kantju, Defileul 223 Gokyo 174 Laurentis, Dino de 277 maimuţe, 36, 48
Karakorum, M untele 167 Hazen 282 lavă 415—416 maimuţele colobus 36
Karakum, deşertul 168, 447 Hillier 215 Lazero Cardenas, cutremurul de la Makalu 425
Karisimbi 51 H uron 441 423 maklak, populaţia 323
Kashi (Kashgar), oaza 187 Inari 107-109 lăstunii cenuşii 380 Malaysia
Kashmir 302 Irene 34 Leakey, Louis şi Mary 33
Kathmandu 170 Issik-Kul 163 Lean, David 302-303 Mulu, Peşterile 198-199
Katmai, Muntele 290 Karum 30—31 leandru 153 Malebo, Bazinul 45
Kauai 273-275 Kawaguchi 176 Lechuguilla, peştera 329—331 malgaşi 82, 84
Kazeruka (Livingstone) 74 Kisale 42 Leeman, Abraham 213 Malham 434
Kegon, Cascada 439 Kivu 50—51 Leeward, Insulele 276 Mallory, George Leigh 173
Keli M utu 206-207 Kronoţkoie 155 Legazpi, Miguel Lopez de 197 Mammoth, peştera 348
Kenya 27, 40, 303 Louise 300, 301 Leichhardt, Ludwig 230 Managua 359
Kettle, masivul 441 Lucero 346 Leikanger 111 Manaus 364
Magadi 40 mangrove 42, 233, 349, 351.
man gustă 275
manta 411-412, 413

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Manuscrisele de la Marea Moartă monachi 352 mylodon 394 Ord, Râul 216
150 M onet, Claude 225 Mzilikazi 71 Oregon 437
M ono, lacul 352—353 Orellana, Francisco de 364-365
maori 258, 259, 260-261, 264, M ontague d ’Ambre Parcul N orhideele-bambus 265
265, 268 M ont-aux-Sources 75—76 Orlando 432
M ont Blanc 125—126, 189, 426, Nahanni, R âul 295—298 ornitorinc 253
Marajo, Insula 364 Najombolmi (artist) 231 oryx, antilopa 63
Maramba (Livingstone) 74 442 Namaskard 92 Osceola 350
Marea Arai 441 M onteath, Colin 408 Nambung, Parcul Naţional 213 Oulad Said, oaza 20—21
Marea Barieră de Corali 247—250 M ontenvers 126 Namibia ovambo (tribul) 57, 59
Marea Caspică 440-441 M onte Perdido 116—117 O xer’s Lookout 214
Marea Egee 420 Monti Pallidi 138—139 Coasta Scheletelor 53—56 Oxley, John 251
Marea Moartă 26, 147—150, M onum ent Valley 303 Etosha, Depresiunea 57—59
Monzino, Guido 397 Namibiei, Deşertul 53, 61, 444, P
420-421, 440 Moran, Thomas 225
Marea Roşie 26—27, 31, 147, 420, Moremi, Rezervaţia Naturală 70 447 Paccard, dr. Michel Gabriel 126
morene 443 Nanga Parbat 167 paiute (populaţia) 326, 328, 335
421 Moreno, Gheţarul 394-395 Nan-Shan, cutremurul de la 423 Pakistan
Marele Canion 335 M ork, Alexander von 127 Napes Needle 103
Marele Canion Tuolumne mormoni 308 National Park 116 Valea Indusului 167
Mueller, baron Ferdinand von Naţional 84 Palsson, John 89
310-311 Nauer, Cari 54 Palsson, Sveinn 89
Marele Canion Yellowstone 317 229 navajo (dineh), populaţia Pamir, m unţii 64, 434, 447
Marele Deşert Australian 447 Muir, John 283, 286—287, Pamukkale, izvoarele fierbinţi
Marele Erg Bilma 22 340-342, 356
Marele Erg Occidental 21, 446 309-310, 352 neck 418 151-153
Marele Pustiu al Arabiei 444 Muktinath 171 nene 272 Paneveggio, Parcul Naţional 139
Marele Rift 26-27, 29, 33, 37, 39, Mulu 198-199 Nepal Pangaca 414
M untele Nesbitt, Ludovico M. 29—31 Pantanal 386-387
40, 46, 50, 147, 420, 421, 440 N ew York cutremurul din 422 pantera de Florida 349-350
Marele R ift (Africa) 26-27, 29, Arnery 300 Ngorongoro, Craterul 46-49 Paoha, Insula 353
Api 432 Niagara, Cascada 304-305, 439 papagalii stacojii 374
33, 37, 39, 40, 50, 147, 420, Asphyxia 402 Niger parakeelya, planta 235
421, 440 Bagzane 23 Tenere, Deşertul 22—23 Paranâ 378-379
margarete 241 Barbeau 280 N orth Slope (Alaska) 288-289 Parcul celor Şapte Stele 185
Margerie, Gheţarul 283 Brockman 231 North-W est Fur, compania 292 Parcul Naţional Gunung Mulu
Margherita, piscul 34 Chimborazo 424 Norvegia 436, 442
Marianelor, Groapa 412, 414 Cook 188 198-199
Marina Americană 135 Egmont 264-265 Sognefjord 110-111 Parcul Naţional Poarta Arcticii
Mariposa Grove 312 Erebus 405—409 Noua Zeelandă 436
Marmolada, Piscul 139 Etna 134-137 („Gates o f thc Arctic“) 289
marmură 193-194 Everest 172-174, 424-426, 442 Milford Sound 260—263 pasărea soarelui 36
Maroc Fairweather 286 M untele Egmont 264—265 Pashley, R obert 141
Dades, Cheile 17—19 Fuji 175-177 R otorua 258—259 Patagonia 394, 396
Marshall, Bob 289 Galben 180-183 Tongariro, vulcanii 266-268 Patch, Sam 304
Martel, Edouard 124 Huascaran 428 Nourlangie R ock 231 Patterson, R aym ond 297
Masada 150 JefFerson 425 Novarupta 291 Paunsaugunt, Platoul 327-328
masai (populaţia) 37, 39, 49 Katmai 290—291 Nullarbor, Câmpia 435 Pădurea împietrită, Parcul
Masivul Funerar 295, 298 Kilimanjaro 426 N unez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
matabele 71 Kliucevskaia 154 379-380 Naţional 342
M ather Point 335 Kosciuszko 426 Nyangwe 43 Pământ
Matira (Matilda) Point 277 Marmolada 139
M atopo, Colinele 71 McKinley 426 0 cele mai joase locuri 147
Matopo, Parcul Naţional 71 Otemanu 277 cele mai secetoase locuri 388
Matterhorn 128-129 Pahia 277 Oates, căpitanul 408 falii 420-421
Matusalem (pinul) 328 Roraima 371, 374 Obidos 364
Maui, Insula 269 St Helens 416, 417 O ’Brien, Sir Comelius 98 forţe de eroziune 427, 428-431
Mbandaka 45 Tongariro 264, 267 ocean, cel mai adânci locuri din mişcări tectonice 410-414
McKiernan, Gerald 59 Waialeale 273-275 scoarţa Pământului 411, 412,
McMurdo, baza 405 M untele fară Cap (Headless 414
m eandru 438 Range) 295, 298 Oceanul Pacific 412, 414 414, 416, 420, 421, 422,
Megatherium 394 M untele Fuji 175—177 Odiseu (Ulise) 134 424, 425, 426, 429-430
Meissen, platoul 133 Muntele Masă 77 oile de munte 344, 426 Peary, căpitanul-comandor
m ekoro 67, 70 munţi formaţi prin încreţire 425, Ojos del Salado 416 R o b ert E. 282, 339
M er de Glace 125-126 Okavango 57, 66—70 pedi 80
mesa 444, 445 426,427 Old Faithful, gheizerul 316, 418 pelican 239
mescalero, apaşii 346 Munţii Cascadelor 322, 424-425 Old Man of Hoy 435 pem on (populaţia) 370
Messina, cutrem urul de la 423 Munţii Caucaz 434 O ld M an o f Storr 106 penan 198
m eteoriţi/comete 218, 220, Munţii Ol Doinyo Lengai 37-39 Penitentes 399
338-339, 440 Olduvai 27 pepenii tsamma 63
Mexic cei mai înalţi munţi din lume Olkhon, Insula 161 Pere David 179
Copper Canyon 357 425 Ondundozonanandana 59 permafrost 157, 293-294
Mexico City, cutremurul din 422 onymacris, insecta 56 Peru 390
Michener, James 276 naşterea m unţilor 424—427 oo, pasărea 275 Colea, Canionul 391—393
Mikado, fazanul 194 M unţii Lunii 34, 52 Oraefajokull pescăruşul cenuşiu 390
Milford Sound 260—263 M unţii Stâncoşi 225, 313-317, Ordesa 116—117 pescuitul cu cormorani 185
Mini Hollywood 123 pescuitul cu coşuri 33, 45
Missionary, câmpia 220 416 peşte 33, 40, 84, 155, 247, 250.
Mitre, Vârful 261, 263 musculiţa de sărături 352—353 255
M ohenjo-D aro 167 Mustang 171 peştele-buzat cu cap dublu 255
M olokai 435 muşchiul-campion 289
M utitjulu (Maggie Springs) 223

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peştele-clown 255 Podişul nord-vestic 420 Bow 300 Yellowstone 317
peştele-înger 255 Podul Florilor 185 Brahmaputra 437, 439 Zair vezi Congo
peştele-papagal 248 Podul Londrei, stânca 242-243 Carrao 367 Zambezi 70, 72-74
peşteri 432-434 Polinezia franceză, 276 cele mai lungi din lume 438 Recherche, arhipelagul 215
Polul Nord 282 Chang (Yangtze) 178—180, 438 recifuri de coral 138, 205,
Aillwee 98 Polul Sud 408 247-250, 255, 276-277, 432
Cango 78 ponor 433 Churun 366-367 Redford, R obert 303
Canyon de Chelly 341-342 Port Campbell 242-243 Colorado 332, 334-335 R enon 131
Carlsbad 199, 432 porţelan (aurul alb) 133 Congo 42-43, 365, 438 rhea, pasărea 386, 397
cele mai adânci 434 Porţile de Fier 141 Cubango 6 Rhodes, Cecil 71
Conurile Cappadociei 146 Porţile Iadului 43 cum modelează relieful 438 Rhyolite 345
Cueva Cheve 434 Posadas 380 D 438 rias 436
d ’Andrafiabe 82 Posselt-Czorich, Anton von 127 Dades 17—18 rimu, pinul 264—265
Eisriesenwelt 127 Powell, maiorul John Wesley 335 East Alligator 230, 234
GoufFre Mirolda / Lucien praf de puşcă 348 Echo 348 rinocerul de Java 205
Pragul Ram part 293 Ritson, William 102
Boucher 434 primula minima 139 Ekuma 58 Ritten, piramidele coafate de la
Grota lui Fingal 96, 225 privelişte schimbătoare 435—437, Elba 132-133
Guilin 186 El R io M ar (Amazon) 365 130-131, 430-431
Kantju, cheile 223 438-439, 444-447 Firehole 316 Robertson, R u th 367
Kashmir 302 decoruri de film 302—303 Galben 438, 439 roci, formarea
Krubeva 434 m onum ente 336—337 Gange 437, 439
Lamprechtsofen Vogclschacht pictate de artişti 224-225 Hoarusib 54 Barberine 133
provocare din partea naturii Huang H e (Fluviul Galben) Bastei 132-133
W eg Schacht 434 Blowhole 242
Lechuguilla 329-331 188-189 438, 439 Bourke’s Luck 80
Mammoth 348 spectacole extreme 188—189 Iguacu 378-380 Cei Doisprezece Apostoli 242
Mulu 198-199 Ptolemeu 34, 51 Indus 167 Cheescwring 431
Mutitjulu 223 Puerto R ico, Fosa 414 Iordan 33, 147, 150 Coada Cangurului 223
Poli an lonain 434 pufm 243 Kali Gandaki 170—171 Coloana Chamber 235
Reseau Jean Bernard 434 pulana 80 Kamceatka 155 Cuţitul de Pâine 251—252
Sarawak Chamber 199, 434 puncte fierbinţi 273-274, 415, Kurum an 61
Sarma 434 417 Li 184-185 Dark Angel 320
Shakta V. Pantjukhina 434 pundiţi 172 Liwu 193-194 Dealul Cămilei (Dealul
Sistema Cheve 434 Punjab 167 Loa 388
Sistema Huautla 434 Putui fără Fund 272 Urciorului) 185
Şapte Stele 185 puya, planta 393 Mackenzie 292-294 Dealul Ghirlandei 185
Tham Lot 200 Mississippi-Missouri 438-439 Dealul Trom pei de Elefant 185
Torca del Cerro del Cuevon Q M olopo 61 Delicate Arch (Arcada Delicată)
Nahanni 295—298
434 Qattara, depresiunea 445 Napo 364 320
Valerie 298 quandong 227 Negro 364 Devil’s T ooth (Dintele
peştii-anemonă 250 Quarayaq, gheţarul 442 Niagara 304
Pctcrman, Gheţarul 443 Quarzazate 18 Niger 42 Diavolului) 75
Petropavlovsk-Kamceatskîi Queenston Heights 304 Nil 32, 34, 42, 51, 365, Devils T ow er (Tumul
154-155 Quetta, cutrem urul dc la 423
PfafFenstein 133 Quill, Will 263 438-439 Diavolului) 318-319
Phalaropodidae 353 Qum ran 150 Nossob 61, 62, 63 Eye of the Whale (Ochiul
Qutang, Cheile 178-179 Ob-Irtîş 438
Phangnga, Golful 200 Okavango 66 Balenei) 320
Phantom Ship 322—323 R Om o 32 Giant’s Causeway (Digul
piciorul-cocoşului, planta 267 Orange 61
Pico de Teide 112—113 Rabbitketde, Izvoarele fierbinţi O rd 216 Uriaşului) 94—96
picturi şi sculpturi rupestre 298 Oshigambo 58 Jingling Pot 433
Para 364 Khoa Ping Kahn 200
Air, m unţii 23 Racetrack 345 Paraguay 386 Ko Tapu (Insula Cui) 200
Arcade 321 rafflesia 199 L’Aiguille 437
Bora-Bora 277 Raiders of the Lost Ark 273 Parana 378 Landscape Arch 320
Canyon de Chelly 341 R a II 377 râuri secate 61-63 Lilienstein 132—133
Kakadu 231 Rakata 204-205 Regalon 439 Napes Needle 103
M atopo, Colinele 71 Raleigh, Sir W alter 371 R io Grande 420 Old Man of Hoy 435
rata, arborele 264—265 Sacramento 439 Old M an o f Storr 106
Phangnga, Golful 200 războiul ruso-japonez 161 Sevier 327 Pfaffenstein 133
R oca Ayers 223 Râul/Fluviul Solimoes 364 Podul Londrei 242
Tassili N ’AJjer 14, 447 Tamisa 438 Porte d’Aval, Arcada 437
Toro M uerto 393 Alcantara 419 Tapajos 365 Skull R ock 54
Tsodilo, Dealurile 60-61 Amazon 362—365, 438 Tarraios 141 Skyline Arch 320
pingo 292-293 Amur (Heilong) 438 Tibrul 438 Spectacles 321
pinguinul dungat 402—403 Angara 160 Spider R ock 342
pinii ponderosa 328 Arazas 116—117 Tocantins 364 Stânca Pekineză 200
pinul Jeffrey 312 Arthur 261-263 T odra 18 Tower of Babei 320
Pinzon, Vicente Yanez 364 Auob 61, 63 T reur 80 T urret Arch 321
Piramida lui Ball 254—255 Band-e Amir 164—165 Tugela 75 Wall Street 327
piramidele coafate 130—131 Blyde 79-81 T uolum ne 311 Rogers, William 319
Pizarro, Francisco 375 Urique 357 Roggeveen, Jacob 277
Pizarro, Gonzalo 364 Verdon 124 romani 138, 139, 150, 152, 153,
Platon 418 Wadi Hadramaut 438 337, 419
Platoul Craterului 37, 46 Wanganui 264 Roosevelt, preşedintele Theodore
Platoul Ţinutului Arnhem West Alligator 234 387
230-233 Xingu 362 Ross, căpitanul James Clark 405
Yangtze 178-179, 180, 438
P lunkett, Jam es 98 Ross, Insula 405, 408
Rotorua 258-259
R u b al-Khali, Deşertul 447
Rusia

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Kamceatka, peninsula 154-155 Skeidaraijokull 91 Stirling, cascada 261 Tenerife 112-113
Lacul Baikal 160—161 Skeleton Coast (Coasta Stockholm, arhipelagul 430 Tennyson, Lord Alfred 408
Tundra siberiana 156—159 Stokes, căpitanul J.L. 261 tenrec (ariciul dungat) 82
Ruwenzori 34-36 Scheletelor) 53—56 Stone, Olivia 113 Tenzing Norgay 174
Rwanda Skidoo 345 Strabon 153 tepui 370, 371, 374
Virunga, M unţii 50-52 Skye, Insula 106 Streep, Meryl 303 Terasele Minerva 316
Society Islands 276 Strokkur 92-93 termite 217, 234
s sodiu, carbonat de 37, 38, 40 struţ 70 T e W airoa 259
sodiu, minele de nitrat de 390 Sturt, Charles 235 Thackeray, William M. 96
Sabinyo 51 Sodoma 27, 147 subducţie, zone de 412, 413, 416, Thailanda
Sage Creek 306 Sogndal 111
Sahara, Deşertul 12, 14-16, 18, SogneŞord 110-111 417, 422, 423, 424, 425 Phangnga, golful 200
sol, eroziune 430 Suess, Edward 33 thakali (populaţia) 171
20-23, 444-447 soluri, mişcătoare 422 Sumatra 201—204, 440 Theodul, Pasul 128
Sahel 446-447 Somalia 446, 447 Sunda, Strâmtoarea 201 Three Rondawels 80
salcia polară 289 South Georgia 65 Surtsey 9 2 ,4 1 1 ,4 1 6 T hurn, Everard Im 371
Samaria, Cheile 140—141 South Pacific 273, 276 Sutherland, cascada 261 Tibesti, masivul 445
Samuel, Elizabeth 263 South Sandwich Sutherland, Donald 261—263 Tibet 65, 172-174, 426
san 59-61, 63, 71, 80 Svalbard 429 Tienhsiang 194
San Andreas, Falia 420, 421, 422 Insulele 402 Svartifoss 91 Tien Şan 162—163
san (boşimanii) 54, 59, 60-61, 63, Falia 414 Swartberg, munţii 78 T inerhir 18, 19
Spania swazi (populaţia) 80 titanotherium 308
71, 80 Badland-ul spaniol 122—123 Sydney 436 Tjukurpa 223, 226
San Francisco 420, 421, 422 C oto Doriana 118—121 Todra, cheile 18
San Ignacio Mini 380 Ordesa 116-117 s Tokyo 176, 423
sani (populaţia) 192 Pico deTeide 112—113 r tombolo 436
Santa Cruz, Insula 431 Specimen R idge 317 Tonga 73
Santaş, pasul 163 Speke, John H anning 51 şarpe brun 217, 223 Tongariro, vulcanii 266-268
Santorin 418 Spelterini, Maria 305 şerpaşi 174 Toro M uerto 393
Sanxia (Trei Chei), barajul 179 Stafia 96, 225 şerpi, 56, 217, 223, 365, 387 Toroweap, culmea 334
Sarawak Chamber 199, 434 Stager, profesor C urt 37, 39 şoarecele apaş 346 Torres, Luis Vaez de 247
sare, comerţ 22-23 stalactite şi stalagmite 433 şoimul broscar 216 transsiberiană, calea ferată 161
satinay, copacii 245 Cango, grotele 78 şoimul călător 112 Transvaal 79
Saussure, Horace Benedict de Grota Vânturilor 199 şopârla albă fara urechi 346 tratatul Pactul Sângelui 197
Guilin, Dealurile 186 şopârla gulerată 233 travertin 165
126, 128 Lechuguilla, Peştera 329-331 şopârla nisipurilor 56 Trecătoarea M ortului 343
Savuti, canalul 67 M ammoth, Peştera 348 şopârle 56, 229, 233, 346 tridacna uriaşă 248
Scafell, Vârful 102 Poli an lonain, Peştera 434 Tsodilo, dealurile 61
Scara M eng Liang 179 Tem plul Soarelui 432 T tsunami 204, 422
Scogli dei Ciclopi, stâncile 134 Tham Lot, grotele 200 tuaregi 15-16, 22-23
Scott, căpitanul R obert Falcon Stanley, Sir Henry M orton 34, 42, Tabemas 122, 123 tuf 298, 353
43, 45 Taichung 193 Tuktoyaktuk 293
224, 404, 405, 408 Stanleyville (Kisangani) 43-45 Taimîr, peninsula 156-157 Tularosa, Bazinul 346
sego, crinul 308 Star O ver Everest, proiectul 174 Taiwan tundra siberiană 156-159
seif, dune 22, 446 Statele Unite ale Americii tupi-guarani (populaţia) 386-387
seminoli (populaţia) 349-350 Arcade 320—321 Taroko, cheile 193—195 T urcia
Semoniov, Piotr 163 Badlands 306—308 takahe, pasărea 263
Sentinel Dome 312 Brooks, Munţii 288-289 Takla-M akan, deşertul 187 Conurile Cappadociei 144—146
sequoia, arborele 311-312 Bryce Canyon 326-328 Tambora, M untele 204, 416—417 Pamukkale, izvoarele fierbinţi
Serengeti, Câmpia 39, 47 Canyon de Chelly 340—342 T am ur-lenk 163
Sexton, Ella M. 311 Craterul Meteoritului 338-339 Tanezrouft 15 de la 151-153
Sf. Brendan 89, 91 Death Valley 343—345 Tangshan, cutrem urul de la 423 turkana 33
Sf. Columba (Sf. Colmcille) 100, Devils T ow er 318—319, 419 Tanzania 421 Turkana, Lacul 33
Everglades 349—351 T u rk m enistan
104 Glacier Bay 283-287 N gorongoro, craterul 46—49
Shackleton, Emest 65, 405 Haleakala Crater 269-272 O l Doinyo Lengai 37-39 K opet Dag 168
Shelley, M aiy 126 Katmai, Muntele 290—291 tarahumara (populaţia) 357 Tum cr, Harry 212
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 126 Lacul Craterului 322-325 Taroko, Cheile 193-195 Turner, J.M .W . 225
Ship R o c k 419 Lacul M ono 352—353 Tasman, Abel 265 T urnul lui O ’Brien’s 98
shoshone (tribul) 316 Lechuguilla, Peştera 329—331 Tassili N ’Ajjer 12-14, 447 Turnurile Paine 396—397
Sibaiyang, cascada 194 M ammoth, Peştera 348 Taugwalder, Peter 129 Turpan (Turfan), oazele 187
Siberia 156-159, 160-161, 414 Marele Canion 332—335 Taylor, Annie Edson 304 Twain, Mark 269, 272, 352, 353
Sichuan, bazinul 178 Niagara, Cascada 304-305 Taylor, Griffith 404
Sicilia 134-137, 419 Regiunea Bisti 354-356 Taylor, valea 404 u
Sierra M adre de Vest 357 Waialeale, Muntele 273—275 Tărâmul Lo 171
Sierra Nevada, SUA 419, 353 W hite Sands 346—347 tectonica plăcilor 26, 204, Uchisar 146
Sigiriya 336 Yellowstone 313-317 411-414, 420-422, 424-427, uedul (wadi) Hadram aut 438
Sikatuna, D atu 197 Yosemite 309-312 440 ueduri 445
Sili 419 Stathakis, George 305 T e H euheu T ukino al IV-lea 268 Uganda
Silver City 346 Statul W ashington 114 tehuelche (populaţia) 397
Simpson, Alfred 235 Stânca de Obsidian 316 Teleki von Szek, contele Samuel R uw enzori 34—36
Simpson, deşertul 235-237 Stâncile Celor Şapte Surori 437 32-33 Virunga, Munţii 50-52
sioux 308 Stâncile Olga 226-229 Tclford, Thom as 104 U jung Kulon, Insula 205
sisteme de irigaţie 21, 114—115, steaua-de-mare 248 Tenere, deşertul 22—23 Ukko, Insula 107
Steel, William Gladstone 322 Uluru, Parcul Naţional 222-223
119, 187 Stenuit, R obert 96 Uppsala 336
Skaftafell 91 Upsala, Gheţarul 394
Skardu 167

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Urgiip 144 vreme 428-431 Tarawera 258, 259 Wright, Valea 404
Uriaşul din Atacama 389 vulcani 410, 415-417, 418-419 T ocorpuri 388 W u, cheile 179
ursul brun (grizzly) 290, 301 Tongariro 264, 266-268
ursul negru 301, 312 Aconcagua 424 Turrialba 359 X
urşi 290, 301,312 Avaşinskaia 155 Um m una 30
ute 321 Chimborazo 424 U nzen-D ake 417 Xiling, cheile 178-179
Cosiguina 359 Vezuviu 417 Xintan, cataracta 179
V Egmont 264-265 Volcan Poâs 358-359
Erciyas Dagi 145-146 Waialeale 273—275 Y
Vadheim 110 Erebus 405-408 vulturi 18, 66, 118—119
Vaitape 277 Erie Ale 29-31 vulturul Bonelli 18 Yangtze, cheile 178-179
Valea celor Zece Mii dc Fumuri Etna 134-137, 417 vulturul himalayan 171 yardang 444
Faial 418 vulturul imperial spaniol 118—119 Yeats, W . B. 100
291 Fuego 359 Yei 341
Valea Elbei 132—133 Fuji 175-177, 415 w Yichang 178
Valea luduşului 166—167 Gorelîi H rebet 154 yi (populaţia) 192
Valea Vânturilor 226, 229 Grimsvotn 89, 90 W aimangu, valea 259 Yosemite, Cascada 309—312
Valea Vulcanilor 392-393 Haleakala 269—272 Waiotapu 259 Yosemite, Valea 189, 419,
Val Gardena 138 Helgafcll 90 Walker, căpitanul Joseph 352
Valle de los Cristales 371 Katmai 290-291 Wallaman, cascada 253 442
Vancouver, George 283 Kelut 417 wallaroo 223, 226 yucca săpunariţă 346
Vatnajokull 88-91 Kilauea 415, 416 Warburton, Peter 238 Yunnan, provincia 190, 434
Văile Uscate (Antarctica) 404 Kliucevskaia 154 W arrumbungles 251—252
văi secate 432—434 Krakatau 201-205, 417 Wasdale Head 102, 103 z
Venezuela Kronoţki 154 Wast W ater 102-103
Laki 89-90, 417 Weano, Defileul 214 Zafferana 135—136
Angel, Cascada 366-369, 370 Masaya 359 W egener, Alfred 412-414 Zagros, munţii 427
Lumea pierdută a Venezuelei Mauna Loa 189, 415, 416 Weissner, Fritz 319 Zambia, platoul central 74
Mazama 322, 323 welwitschia, planta 56 Zambia
370-374 Nevado del Ruiz 417 W estern Brook Pond 299
Verdon, cheile 124 Ngauruhoe 266-268 Whakarewarewa 258 Victoria, Cascada 72-74
vestitorul furtunii 243 Novarupta 291 Whillans, D on 397 Zavodovski, Insula 402—403
Vestmannaeyjar, Arhipelagul 90 Nyamulagira 50 W hin Sili 419 zebra 47
Victoria, cascada 72—74 Nyiragonga 50—52 W hite, Patrick 246 Zhengzhou 439
Victoria, valea 404 W hite Sands (Nisipurile Albe) Zidul lui Hadrian 337, 419
vidră 104 Ojos del Salado 416 Z im babw e
viermi de mătase 48 O l Doinyo Lengai 37-39 346-347
vikingi 89, 106, 111 Oraefajokull 91 Whitewater, Golful 351 M atopo, dealurile 71
Vikos, cheile 434 Pacaya 359 Whymper, Edward 128-129 Victoria, cascada 72-74
Vinson, masivul 426 Paricutin 415, 416 Wilson, dr. Bill 224 zooxantele 248
violetele de Etna 135 Pele 417 Windham, William 125-126 zuluşi 76
Virginia, cascada 295-298 Pico de Teide 112—113 W izard Island 322—323
Virunga, munţii 50-52 R uapehu 266—268 W ounded Knee Creek 308
Volcan Poâs 358-359 St Helens 416, 417
Voortrekkers 76 Ştiubelia 154
Tambora 204, 416, 417

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Sursa ilustraţiilor 164-5 Ric Ergenbright, 165 J Explorer/P. Montbazet, 166 Mountain Park Service, 320 J David Muench Photography. 321S NHPA/John Shaw,
Light/© Galen Rowell, 1986,168-9 Novosti/A. Lyskin, 170-1 John Cleare/ 322 D Bruce Coleman/Michael Freeman, 323 Lloyd Smith,
Imaginile din Descoperiţi minunile lumii au fo st furnizate Mountain Camera, 172-3 Mountain Light/© Galen Rowell, 174 S The 324-5 Colorific/Michael J. Howell, 326-7 Je ff Gnass Photography,
de către persoanele din lista de mai jos. Fotografiile Aerial Display Company/ Mandy Dickinson, CSf The Aerial Display 327 S T o m Bean, 328 S The Image Bank/James H. Carmichael Jr,
cu Copyright R eader's Digest sunt d ate în cursive. Company/Leo Dickinson, 175 S Colorific/Lee E. Battaglia, 176 Magnum/H. J S t David Muench Photography, 329 D Magnum/Michael Nichols,
Hamaya. 176-7 Bruce Coleman/Orion Press, 177 SD Courtesy of the 330 Magnum/Michael Nichols, 331 CD & J Magnum/Michael Nicols,
S - sus; C - centru; J - jos; D - dreapta; St - stânga. Trustees of the Victoria and A lbert Museum, London, C The Bridgeman 332-3 Dietrich Stock Photos, Inc, 334 S David Muench Photography/Marc
A rt Library/Private Collection, 178-9 Aspect/Tom Nebbia, 180 J ET Muench, J David Muench Photography, 335 C S t Smithsonian Institution
2-3 Digital Vision, 4-5 istockphoto.com, 12 The Image Bank/ Keone, Archive/National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 180-1 China Travel & Tourism (1,591) CD Private Collection. J T o m Bean, 336 C S t Magnum/ Bruno
13 Explorer/Bruno Guiter, 14 CSf Colorific/Pierre Boulat, CD Bruce Press, 182-3 Lu Kai Di, 184-5 Aspect/Peter Carmichael, 186 S f & JD A J Barbey, BL National Geographic Society/EC. Erdis, JD Loren Mclntyre,
Coleman/Giorgio Gualco, 15 J Colorific/Sylvain Grandadam, 16 SSf Jean- Eavis, 187 S John Hillelson/ Georg Gerster. J Explorer/Jean-Louis 336-7 Fundal Vernon Morgan, S Svenska Acro-Bilder AB/G. Soderberg,
M arc Durou, C Syndication International, 17-19 (o//) Philippe Lafond, Gaubert, 188 S S t Frank Spooner/ Greg Lowe, C Christian Bonington, 337 SD Aerofilms, C S t John Hillelson/Brian Brake, CD Richard Alexander
20-21 Daniele Pellegrini, 22-23 Odyssey Images/Colorific/J.L. Manaud, 188-9 Colorific/© James Balog (Black Star), Fundal Vernon Morgan, Cooke III, J Slide File, 338-9 W oodfin Camp & Associates/Jonathan
23 SD Colorific/J.L.Manaud, 24-25 Chris Johns, 26-27 AlIStock/ Chris 189 SSt Mary Evans Picture Library, SD Explorer/Katia Krafft, Blair, 339 Courtesy of Dept. o f Library Services, Am erican Museum of
Johns, 28 (toate) AlIStock/Chris Johns, 29 John Hillelson/Georg Gerster, J S t Yosemite National Park Research Library/George Fiske, JD Network/
Serraillier (Rapho). 190-1 The Image Bank/Nevada Wier, 192 Robert Natural History, Negative no. 329148,340-1 David Muench Photography,
30 AlIStock/Chris Johns, 31S AlIStock/Chris Johns, C Patrick Frilet, Harding Picture Library/A.C. Waltham, 193 D Bruce Coleman/John 341 SD National Archives, Washington, Neg. no. 75-BAE-2421B-6,
Waters, 194 J Taroko National Park, 195 Taroko National Park, 196-7 Robert JD David Muench Photography/Bonnie Muench. 342 S Peter L Kresan
32 COsterreichische National Bibliothek, D Douglas Botting, Harding Picture Library/Robert Francis, 198-9 Robert Harding Picture Photography, C David Muench Photography, 343 S t David Muench
33 Colorific/Mirella Ricciardi, 34 J GEO/Uwe George, 35 Guy Yeoman, Library/Robin Hanbury-Tenison, 199 CD Robert Harding Picture Library/ Photography, 344 C S t Colorific/ Michael Melford, 344-5 S f Ric
SSf Colorific/© James Sugar/Black Star, 37 J AlIstock/Chris Johns, A.C. Waltham, 200 ZEFA/D AM M -ZEFA, 201 S f Bruce Coleman/Dieter & Ergenbright, 345 CD John Hillelson/Georg Gerster, 346 SD Bruce
38 Planet Earth Pictures/Sean Avery, 39 S t Gerald Cubitt, JD Magnum/ M ary Plage, 202-3 John Hillelson/ Georg Gerster, 204 Explorer/Katia Coleman/Charlie Ott, 347 Je ff Gnass Photography, 348 J S t David
George Rodger, 40-41 Planet Earth Pictures/A & M Shah, 42-43 National Krafft, 205 J Bruce Coleman/Dieter & M ary Plage, 206-7 A. Compost, Muench Photography, JD Library o f Congress Neg. no. 300195 LC-262
Geographic Society/Robert Caputo, 43 StanleyThe Mansell Collection, 210-11 Bill Bachman, 212-13 R. Woldendorp, 213 Bill Bachman, 214 D Bill 78279,349 D DRK/M arty Cordano, 350 David Muench Photography,
JD The Hulton Picture Company, 44-45 John Hillelson/Georg Gerster, Bachman, 215 J Photo Index/R. Woldendorp, 216 J Photo Index/R. 350-1 Carr Clifton, 352-3 Warren Marr, 354-5 Eduardo Fuss, 356 S t David
45 Royal Geographical Society, 46-47 Minden Pictures/Frans Lanting, Woldendorp, 217 Bill Bachman. 218-19 John Hillelson/ Georg Gerster, Muench Photography, JD Courtesy o f The Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery
47 Minden Pictures/Frans Lanting, 48 Chris Johns, 49 AlIStock/Chris 220-1 Robin Morrison, 222-3 Auscape/Reg Morrison. 223 J C După o o f Photography/Photo by David Scheinbaum, 357 Photographers
Johns, 50-51 AlIStock/Chris Johns, 51 Magnum/Michael K. Nichols, fotografie de I.R. McCann/Australasian Nature Transparencics, Aspen/David Hiser, J Colorific/© John Running (Black Star).
52 S Colorific/© James Sugar (Black Star), 53 J Minden Pictures/ Jim 224 S S t David Muench Photography, C S t Photograph courtesy of Hirschl 358-9 Colorific/Michael Melford, 359 Loren’ McInlyre, 362 Kinkajou După
Brandenburg, 54-55 Gerald Cubitt, 55 J S t Minden Pictures/Jim &. Adler Galleries, Inc., New York/The Collection of M r & Mrs. C. Kevin o fotografie de Loren Mclntyre, S Loren Mclntyre, 363 NHPA/George
Brandenburg, 56 S S t Anthony Bannister Photo Library, C Bruce Landry, CD Royal Geographical Society, JD Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog Bernard, 364 C S t Loren Mclntyre, 364-5 Loren Mclntyre, 366-7 GEO/
Coleman/ Eckart Pott, 57 J Anthony Bannister Photo Library, House, NZ, 224-5 Fundal Vernon Morgan, S Lent by U.S. Department of Charles Brewer-Carias, 368-9 GEO/Uwe George, 370-1J The Lost W orld
58 S St John Hillelson/ George Gerster, 58-59 Anthony Bannister Photo the Interior, Office of the Secretary, 225 SD Michael D. Yandell, C S t The Balloon Society/Michael Lawton, 371C National P ortrait Gallery, London,
Library, 60-61 Minden Pictures/Frans Lanting, 61 Robert Estall/David Bridgeman A rt Library/Pushkin Museum, CD Yale Center fo r British CD John Murray (Publishers) Ltd./Sir Arth ur Conan Doyle, TheLost
Coulson, 62 S Anthony Bannister Photo Library, J Minden Pictures/Frans Art/Paul Mellon Collection, J S t Colorific/Patrick Ward, JD Bruce World, 372-3 Ardea, London/Adrian Warren, 374 GEO/Uwe George,
Lanting, 63 S N H PA/ Peter Johnson, J Anthony Bannister Photo Library, Coleman/ Geoff Dore, 226-7 John Hillelson/Georg Gerster, 228-9 Auscape/ 375 J Loren Mclntyre, 376-7 Nigel Press Associates Ltd, 377 JD Loren
64 S S t Courtesy of Dept. o f Library Services, American Museum of Gunther Deichmann, 230 Auscape/Jcan-Paul Ferrero. 231 SSt Auscape/ Mclntyre, 378-9 N H PA/M artin Wendler, 379 C Explorer/Jose Moure,
Natural History Neg. No. 410988, Photo: Shackelford, C S t Impact/Alain Jean Paul Ferrero, SD JohnHillelson/Georg Gerster, 232-3 Photo Index/R. 380 SSt Photographers Aspen/Nicholas Devore III, SD Bruce Coleman/
Le Garsmeur, 64-65 Fundal Vernon Morgan, C Doug Scott, J Royal Woldendorp, 234 S Auscape/Jean-Paul Ferrero, 235 C S t Auscape/D. Gunter Ziesler, 381S Loren Mclntyre, 382-3 Loren Mclntyre, 384-5 Loren
Geographical Society, 65 TL Fondation Alexandra David Neel, TR Parer & E. Parer-Cook, 236-7 Auscape/Reg Morrison, 238 S f Bill Mclntyre, 385 Magnum/F. Scianna, 386-7 Rex Features Ltd/Michael
Mountain Light/© Galen Rowell, CD Planet Earth Pictures/Howard Platt, Bachman, 239 S Bill Bachman, 240 David Austen, 240-1 Bill Bachman, Friedel, 388 Loren Mclntyre, 388-9, Loren Mclntyre, 390 S Loren
66 J Minden Pictures/Frans Lanting, 67 Aspect/Antoniette Jaunet, 242-3 AIIStock/Art Wolfe, 243 Auscape/J.M. La Roque, 244-5 Auscape/ Mclntyre, 391 «/South Am erica Pictures. 392-3 Loren Mclntyre,
68-69 NetWork/ Herman Potgieter, J C The Hulton Picture Company, Jean-Paul Ferrero, 246 S Bill Bachman, J După o fotografie de A.P. 394 JT ru stee s of the British Museum (Natural History), 394-5 Explorer/
J J o h a n W Elzenga, 72-73 National Geographic Society/James L. Sm ith/Australasian Nature Transparencies, 247 J Photo Index, 248 CD Revel, 395 JD Aspect/ Julia Bergada, 396-7 Colin Monteath Hedgehog
Stanfield, 73 J S t Royal Geographical Society, J C Gerald Cubitt, J Gerald & JD Auscape/L. Newman & A. Flowers, 248-9 Colorific/ Penny Tweedie, House, NZ, 397 CD The Mansell Collection, B Colorific/© Olaf Soot (Black
Cubitt, 76 SSt & SC Peter Newark's Pictures, 77 Photo Access/David 250 S Auscape/Kevin Deacon, J Auscape/L, Newman & A. Flowers, Star), 398-9 Daniele Pellegrini, 402-3 Jim Snyder, 404 National
Steele, 78 SD Bruce Coleman/ Gerald Cubitt, CD A rt Publishers, 251J Auscape/Jaime Piaza van Roon, 252 C & D Auscape/ Reg Morrison, Geographic Society/George Mobley, 405 S Colin Monteath Hedgehog
Durban/John Hone, J Photo Access/ W alter Knirr, 80 W alter Knirr, 253 R. Armstrong, 254 S David & Anne Doubilet, 258-9 Explorer/ Katia House, NZ, 406-7 Colin Monteath Hedgehog House, NZ, 408 J S t & JC
80-81 W alter Knirr, 83 Minden Pictures/ Frans Lanting, 84-85 Minden Krafft, 259 Alexander Turnbull Library, NZ/ Auckland Star Collection, Popperfoto, 409 Colin Monteath Hedgehog House, NZ/Pat Tinnelly,
Pictures/Frans Lanting, 85 A fter a photograph by Frans Lanting, 260-1 Bruce Coleman/Frances Furlong, 261 CD Brian Enting Projects. 410-11 Thomas Ives, 412 S Images Unlimited, Inc./AI Giddings, J Biofotos,
88-89 Photographers Aspen/Paul Chesley, 89 S Robert Harding Picture Greenstone figure Bruce Coleman/J. Fennell, 262 John Hillelson/ Brian 412-13 National Geographic Society/ Emory Kristol, 414 S Icelandic Photo
Brake, 263 S Auscape/Kevin Deacon, C Alexander Turnbull Library, & Press Service/Mats W ibe Lund, J Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz,
Library/L. Giraudou, CSamfoto/Kim Hart, 90-91 Explorer/Katia Krafft, NZ/Gifford Collection, 264 JD Colin Monteath Hedgehog House, NZ/Pat 415 Ardea, London/Francois Gohier, 416 SSt & JC Explorer/Katia Krafft,
Barrett. 264-5 Bruce Coleman/ G. Egger, 266-7 Bill Bachman, 268 John 416-17 j Explorer/Katia Krafft, 417 SSf, SC, SD, © Gary Rosenquist,
91 JD Private Collection/University of Heidelberg, 93 Samfoto/Pal Hillelson/Brian Brake, 269 S The Tmage Bank/List Dennis, 270-1 The 1980. Editura nu a reuşit să contacteze fotograful, 418-19 S Andreas
Hermansen. 94-95 Paul Wakefield, 96 SD Ulster Museum, Belfast, Image Bank/Margarette Mead, 272 SSt NHPA/Stephen Krasemann, Stieglitz, 419 S C Colorific/P. M aitre (Odyssey), SD Entheos/Steven C.
CD National M aritim e Museum, London, J Ulster Museum, Belfast, SO Th e Hulton Picture Company, J David Muench Photography, Wilson, J Daniele Pellegrini, 420 J S t Colorific/© James Sugar (Black
97 Paul Wakefield, 98-99 Paul Wakefield, 100-1 Slide File, 102-3 Jon 273 J Minden Pictures/ Frans Lanting, 274-5 The lm age Bank/Don King, Star), JD Icelandic Photo & Press Service/Mats W ibe Lund,
Wyand, 103 C Ronald W . Clark, JD John Cleare/Mountain Camera, 275 J Minden Pictures/ Frans Lanting, 276-7 Network Hans-Jurgen 421S Colorific/© James Balog (Black Star), J S t Natural Science Photo?
104 S Images Colour Library, 105 Patricia Macdonald, 106 J David Noton, Burkard (Bilderberg), 280-1S D R K / Krasemann. J Planet Earth Pictures/ A.J. Sutclîffe, JD Photo Researchers, Inc./Ronny Jaques, 422 J S t Rob
107«/Colorific/ Mike Yamashita, 108-9 M artti Rikkonen, 110-11 Jim Brandenburg, 282 J S t National Geographic Society/Collection Lewine, JC John S. Shejton, 423 SSf Guillermo Aldana, 424 Explorer/
Husmofoto, 111 W erner Forman Archive/Statens Historiska Museum, Robert E. Peary, JC Reed Consumer Books Picture Library, 283 Tom K. Krafft, 425 Ric Ergenbright, 426Telegraph Colour Library,
Stockholm, 112-13 Patrick Frilet, 113 Explorer/Jean Loup, 114 S Library of Bean, 284-5 Je ff Gnass Photography, 286-7 Tom Bean, 287 Science Photo 426-7 Geoscience Features, 427 SD Aerofilms, C Robert Harding Picture
Congress (USF34-4052-E), C S t Thomas Stephan, CD John Hillelson/ Library/Jack Finch. 288-9 S Network/© 1991 Sarah Leen (Matrix), Library/A.C. Waltham, JD Mountain Camera/ John Cleare, 429 S John
Georg Gerster, J The lm age Bank/Guido Alberto Rossi, 114-15 Fundal «/Colorific/© James Balog (Black Star), 290-1 Tim Thompson Cleare (Mountain Camera), J S t JD Network/H. Silvester (Rapho),
Vernon Morgan, 115 S ZEFA/Rossenbach, C Aspect/Geoff Tompkinson, Photography, 291C National Geographic Society, 292-3 Colorific/Erich 430 SSf & C David Gasser, 430-1S Minden Pictures/ Frans Lanting,
J S t Thomas S. Lang, JD Roger-Viollet, 116-17 Odyssey Productions/ Spiegelhalter, 293 Fred Bruemmer, 294 S Colorific/Erich Spieglehalter, J John Hillelson/Georg Gerster, 431 SD DRK/Stephen J. Krasemann,
Robert Frerck, 118 St Network/ Silvester/Rapho, 119S Network/ 295 J M a tt Bradley, 296-7 M a tt Bradley. 298 S & C S t M att Bradley, JD Landscape Only/Images Colour Library Limited Roger Moss,
Silvester/Rapho, 120-1 Network/ Silvester/Rapho, 122-3 Odyssey 299 JD Yva Momatiuk/John Eastcott, 300 J The Image Bank/ W illiam A. 432 J S t David Muench Photography, 432-3 J Peter Dombrovskis/West
Productions/ Robert Frerck, 124 J S t Scope/Jacques Sierpinski, Logan, 300-1 Ric Ergenbright, 302 SSt The Ronald Grant Archive W ind Press, 433 SSf Geoscience Features, 434 SSf Robert Harding
125 S f John Cleare/ Mountain Camera, 126 SD The Mansell Collection, Diamond Film s Ltd (Paramount), C S t Cinema Bookshop/ Colombia Picture Library/Daphne Pochin-Mould, SD Bruce Coleman/Geoff Dore.
127 S & C Eisriesenwelt, 128 J Images Colour Library, 129 SC & SD Pictures, C Camera Press/Snowdon, JD The Kobal Collection/Colombia C Robert Harding Picture L ib ra ry /N A Callow, 435 Photo Index/R.
Ronald W . Clark, 130 J C Overseas/E. Gavazzi, 130-1 Gerhard & Waltraud Pictures, 302-3 Fundal Vernon Morgan, J The Kobal Collection/MGM, Woldendorp, 436 TL DRK/Stephen J. Krasemann, 436-7 S David M uen:-
Klammert, 132-3 Helga Lada Fotoagentur/Ernst Wrba, 133 Bildarchiv 303 S Sf British Film Institute/ Universal, C The Ronald Grant Archive, Photography, 437 SD The Image Bank/Steve Proehl, C S t The Tmage
Huber/ R. Schmid, 134-5 Explorer/Katia Krafft, 135Etna Violet După o CD The Kobal Collection, 304-5 ZEFA/S. Dauner, 305 J S t The Mansell Bank/Alain Choisnet, JD Sheila & Oliver Mathews, 439 S S t Geoscience
fotografie de E. Poli Marchese, 136-7 Daniele Pellegrini, 138-9 Ric Collection, 306-7 Larry Ulrich Photography. 308 S Peter Newark's Features/Dr. B. Booth, C S t Ardea, London/Adrian Warren, J S t The
Ergenbright, 139 Daniele Pellegrini/Dottore Lino Pellegrini, 140-1 Network/ Pictures, 309 JD Sierra Club/William E. Colby Memorial Library, J Planet Image Bank/Barrie Rokeach, JD The Image Bank/Tom Mareschal,
Klaus D. Francke (Bilderberg), 141 NHPA/David Woodfall, 144-5 Colorific/ Earth Pictures/Robert A Jureit, 310 Je ff Gnass Photography, 440 Aspect/Rob Moore, 441 SC Satellite image data processing by
© 1992, Lee Day (Black Star), 145 Robert Harding Picture 311C University of California/The Bancroft Library, D Proprietar Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ER1M), Ann Arbor,
Library/Nicolas Thibaut, 146 Explorer/R. Mattes, 147 D Colorific/Richard necunoscut, Poster in Yosemite National Park Collection/ Photograph by Michigan, C National A ir Photo Library, Canada, J S t David Muench
Nowitz, 148-9 A spect/Peter Carmichael, 150 John Hillelson/Georg Bob W oolard, J David Muench Photography, 312 SSf David Muench Photography, 442 SD Kort-OG Matrikelstyrelsen, Copenhagen, J S t Coiin
Gerster, 151 Robert Harding Picture Library/J. Edwardes, Photography, D Planet Earth Pictures/John Downer, 313 Photographers Monteath Hedgehog House, N Z/M ark Jones, 443 S S t Photographers
152-3 Aspect/Barrie Christie, 153 J S t Aspect/Barry Christie, 154 JA g e n ce Aspen/Paul Chesley, 314-15 National Geographic Society/W.A. Allard, Aspen/Paul Chesley, 445 S S t David Muench Photography, SD Colorific/
de Presse/Vadim Gippenreiter, 155 S ZEFA/Vadim Gippenreiter, 316 SSf David Muench Photography, 316-17 Ric Ergenbright, 317 J S t Jeff Koene, JG E O /U w e George, 446 Impact/Yann Arthus-Bertrand
JD Agence de Presse/ Vădim Gippenreiter, 156 S NHPA/John Hartley, Gnass Photography. 318-19 Mountain Light/© Galen Rowell, 319 C National (Altitude), 446-7 The Image Bank. 447 TL Mountain Light/© Galen
157 Wolfgang Kaehler, 158-9 Daniele Pellegrini, 160-1 Novosti/Piotr Rowell, SC John Hillelson/Georg Gerster, SD Loren Mclntyre.
Malinovskij, 161JDTyne and W ear Museums, 162-3 NHPA/John Hartley,

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