Latitude Zero review by Denis Minev

		Latitude Zero: Tales of the Equator by Gianni Guadalupi Edition: Hardcover Availability: In Stock
NICE TIDBITS OF HISTORY IN THE TROPICS, July 23, 2006 The tropics have always fascinated European explorers with tales of monsters and incredible nature. In this book, the authors tell the stories of a few handpicked explorers of the tropics.  The stories are divided among continents:  1. In South America, we have Orellana (first man down the Amazon), Aguirre (insane explorer in the Amazon), Raleigh (Brit up in Guyana) and Condamine (the French measurer of the Earth).  2. In Africa, Livingstone, Burton, Speke, Conrad, among others.  3. In Asia, Magellan (first around the world), Stevenson (of literary fame), and Brooke (the white Raja).  These are just short stories, of maybe 5-15 pages per explorer, and the choice of explorers is not necessarily the best, given the limited space in the book.