by Roger Canac · Presses Universitaires de Grenoble · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782706115189
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«Jacques Balmat dit Mont-Blanc» is the historical biography by Roger Canac published by PUG in paperback, with 154 pages in French.
In 1786, Jacques Balmat and Gabriel-Michel Paccard achieved the first ascent of Mont Blanc. Roger Canac presents Balmat as a man of legend: chamois hunter, shepherd and gold prospector. The book recounts the nickname «Balmat du Mont-Blanc» bestowed by the King of Sardinia and his encounters with Saussure, Alexandre Dumas or Bourrit.
The book belongs to the L'Empreinte du Temps collection of Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, which published it in 2009.
Work for readers interested in the history of alpinism, the mountain and biographies of legendary 18th-century figures.
