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The 10 highest mountains in the world – and when they were first climbed
The highest mountains in ... s 1953 Everest success was as part of a British expedition. Nevertheless, the first Britons to ...
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The British Empire peaked 100 years ago this month
Abacus; £25 Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain. By Charlotte Lydia Riley. Bodley Head; 384 pages; £25 The British Empire ... ascended to the highest echelons of government ...
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Mount Everest: The deadly history of the world's highest peak
Reaching 29,032 feet (8,849 meters) above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth ... in 1921 by George Mallory during the British Reconnaissance Expedition, which was an ...