Edward Brooke-Hitching - An Explorers Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds

I would like to express my deep appreciation to all who provided such indispensable help in the creation of this book: to Charlie Campbell at Kingsford Campbell, to Ian Marshall at Simon & Schuster, and Laura Nickoll and Keith Williams for their tireless work in creating such a beautiful book. Thank you to Franklin Brooke-Hitching for enduring years of questions, and to my entire family for their support. Thanks also to Alex and Alexi Anstey, Jason Hazely, Daisy Laramy-Binks, Megan Rosenbloom, Lindsey Fitzharris, Matt, Gemma and Charlie Troughton, Georgie Hallett and Thea Lees, and to my friends at QI: John, Sarah and Coco Lloyd, Piers Fletcher, James Harkin, Alex Bell, Alice Campbell Davies, Jack Chambers, Anne Miller, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, James Rawson, Dan Schreiber, Mike Turner and Sandi Toksvig.

I am especially grateful to those who have been so generous in lending expertise and allowing the reproduction of the magnificent images collected here, in particular: Daniel Crouch and Nick Trimming at Daniel Crouch Rare Books and Maps, Richard Fattorini at Sothebys, the staff of Boston Rare Maps, Southampton, Mass., USA, and HS Rare Books, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thanks also to the wonderful staff of the British Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Wellcome Collection and the John Carter Brown Library.

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