Illustration from the Strand Magazine

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The Lost World is an exploration of a dangerous and exotic place, where prehistoric creatures still thrive. Published in 1912, the book was inspired by H G Wells’s novella The Country of the Blind, 1904, which was also set in a secret South American valley (and which appeared, like much of Doyle’s own work, in the Strand magazine)

The Lost World is a  bold and imaginative account of an expedition to the Amazon Basin, led by Professor Challenger and his companions,  where they encounter prehistoric creatures.

"They shot the poor wretch over the precipice." An illustration by Harry Rountree for The Strand Magazine.