About this Book

For over one hundred years, National Geographic has brought “the world and all that's in it†to millions of people worldwide. Through its unparalleled research, exploration, publications, and photography, the organization and its magazine have, in many ways, defined how we see the world. Now Robert Poole's Explorers Houseoffers a vibrant, behind-the-scenes look at National Geographic, from its start in 1888 under the leadership of Alexander Graham Bell and the Grosvenor family to its evolution into one of the world's most esteemed institutions. With unprecedented views and details of some of the magazine's most groundbreaking articles and explorations, Explorers Housepresents National Geographic from the inside out, from its remarkable family to the very ends of the earth it investigates. “A wonderfully subtle and exhaustive—and even shocking—portrait of an age and of an institution.†— Paul Theroux “A great journey.†—Caroline Alexander, author of The Bountyand The Endurance