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| We are delighted to invite you to an Open Talk and Presentation of antique maps and fine reproductions at National Geographic’s Regent Street Store, highlighting the history of mapmaking from around the world followed by a viewing of the Antique Map Exhibition taken place in the Gallery. In 1888 the National Geographic Society was founded for, as one of its stated aims, “the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge” - no single object illustrates these principles better than a map. The National Geographic Store, in association with leading specialist Jonathan Potter, is excited to announce an exhibition of original antique maps and high quality reproductions in their award winning London store. Maps produced from the 1500s onwards combine artistic presentation, scientific techniques, the excitement of the unknown and the fascination of history – many are remarkably decorative and some very rare. Jonathan Potter has been buying and selling original antique maps in London for over 40 years, has written and lectured on the subject and, this year, was honoured with the International Map Collectors' Society Helen Wallis Award – a distinction rarely granted outside academic circles. His book Collecting Antique Maps, first published over 20 years ago, is widely regarded as one of the best introductions to a fascinating subject. Whether the interest is in coastal sea charts, local town plans, maps of the seventeenth-century world, areas before European discovery, or just showing where people live or holiday, antique maps satisfy the intellect while decorating a home or office. RETURN TO TOP |
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| Experience an afternoon that you can all enjoy courtesy of The National Geographic Store and AnimalMan. With the first session commencing at 1p.m. and hosted by Nick Spellman, you and your family will encounter an extensive range of live animals which include Owls, Lizards, Tortoise and Snakes and then from 2.30 pm it is all change, Nick introduces you to Arachnids, Insects and other invertebrates as well as mammals including Chinchilla, Pygmy Hedgehog, Skunk, Armadillo and Meerkats. There will be plenty of opportunities for the younger audience members to become involved under expert supervision. All presented with Nick’s renowned sense of humour, the day will be amusing, educational and appropriate for all ages - young and old. This will be a day out you will all enjoy, remember and love. AnimalMan will be with the National Geographic Store every second Sunday of the Month until January 2011. RETURN TO TOP |
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| For the launch of the film “The Wildest Dream” the National Geographic Store has the pleasure to host a open talk with Leo Houlding Leo is one of Britain’s, and the world’s, leading rock climbers. At just 28 years of age he has accomplished some extraordinary feats and has set a blazing trail through the climbing world with his adrenaline packed exploits. Leo is an adrenaline junkie athlete to look out for. Leo can be found participating in almost any high-adrenaline, high-risk and high-adventure activity, not only climbing and mountaineering but also skiing, snowboarding, surfing, skydiving, base jumping, slack-lining and deep water soloing. Leo has a true love for life, wild places and the extreme. Leo will talk about his experiences so far as well as ‘The Wildest Dream’ a film in which he recently featured. This stunning feature documentary directed by Emmy® award winning filmmaker Anthony Geffen retraces British explorer George Mallory’s final attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924 and become the first person to conquer the world’s highest peak. Dressed in gabardine and wearing hobnailed boots, Mallory risked everything in pursuit of his dream. He was last seen alive just 800 feet below the mountain’s peak, before the clouds closed in and he disappeared into legend. It is a story of obsession and breathtaking adventure, told through the explorer’s poignant and evocative correspondence with his wife and using previously unseen photos and archive footage. In 1999, renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker discovered Mallory’s frozen body high in the mountain’s “death zone” and his life became intertwined with Mallory’s story. Anker and British rock-climbing prodigy Leo Houlding embark on their own quest to conquer Everest, following the original North East Ridge route taken by Mallory in 1924 to discover whether he and fellow climber Andrew “Sandy” Irvine could have reached the summit. In their attempt they must free climb the infamous Second Step, a 90 foot sheer rock wall, just as Mallory and Irvine would have had to do eight decades earlier. THE WILDEST DREAM is narrated by Liam Neeson and features the voices of Ralph Fiennes as George Mallory, the late Natasha Richardson as Ruth Mallory, Hugh Dancy as Andrew “Sandy” Irvine and Alan Rickman as Noel Odell, the last person to see Mallory alive. RETURN TO TOP |
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| Discover the inspiration behind Disney’s hit stage musical THE LION KING in this exciting new exhibition, created exclusively for the National Geographic Store gallery. You’ll experience up-close some of the extraordinary costumes and masks from this ground-breaking production, along with full-scale puppets, original models, costume sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, interactive elements and much more!
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| Alison Wright, an internationally renowned photojournalist and social documentary photographer, has spent a lifetime traveling to all corners of the globe photographing endangered cultures and people as well as documenting issues concerning the human condition. In this photo presentation, “Learning to Breathe” Alison Wright, a freelance photographer with National Geographic will talk about her cultural images from around the world, including some of her latest work covering the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Alison travels to all corners of the globe, documenting issues concerning the human condition for her editorial, commercial and humanitarian aid clients. “As a documentary photographer, Alison has regularly traveled world-wide and bore witness almost on a daily level, to the dire needs and situations of the children and people in each of these countries. Alison’s photography is represented by National Geographic and Corbis as well as being published in world-wide periodicals such as National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Islands, Smithsonian, American Photo, Natural History, Time, Forbes, O: The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is a recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography and a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Award Travel Journalism Award Her writing and photographs have been published in her books, “Faces of Hope, Children of a Changing World” “The Dalai Lama, A Simple Monk,” and “The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile” as well as through the Discovery Channel Photo Journeys series. Alison’s recent memoir, “Learning to Breathe; One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival,” chronicles her inspirational story of survival and years of rehabilitation after a devastating bus accident on a remote jungle road in Laos, and her ongoing determination to recover and continue travelling the world as an intrepid photojournalist. Please see website for further details www.alisonwright.com RETURN TO TOP |
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| After teaching teenagers geography at a secondary school near Oxford for two years, Rob Lilwall decided to do something far more relaxing: he bought a one way plane ticket and then flew with his bicycle to the Far Eastern Edge of Siberia and set off to ride home again. The journey back to London would eventually cover over 30,000 miles, take over three years, and carry him through such wild corners of the world as the thick jungles of Papua New Guinea, the ice-bound passes of Tibet, and the lonely valleys of Afghanistan. Along the way he learnt to camp at minus forty, survived malaria, and was robbed at gunpoint. Rob’s book about his adventures was recently published to rave reviews from the press. He is also a very accomplished public speaker, having enthralled and motivated audiences around the world with the story of his adventure and the lessons he learnt along the way. But what makes Rob’s message particularly impacting, is that he does not claim to be exceptional in strength or physique, but rather to be a normal person, who learnt to take risks, keep going, and put his whole heart into what he did until he achieved his goal. As the Sunday Telegraph said, “Lilwall’s story is a remarkable one”. And as the Guardian said, Cycling Home From Siberia is “a two wheeled classic. I wanted to rise up singing” RETURN TO TOP |
