This book is so cool! Anybody who hasn't read this needs to!!!!

This is a wonderfully fun book for little adventurers (and their parents too)! This large book contains fourteen two-page foldouts, approx. 14 inches high by 19 inches across, and each picture is packed with informative, and often humorous, images, labels and text, surrounded by a decorative border. The fourteen "maps and sketches of lost worlds and mysterious places" are: the Garden of Eden; Atlantis; Noah's Ark; the Tower of Babel; Ancient Egypt, depicting the construction of a necropolis for Ramses II; King Solomon's Mines; Homer's Odyssey; Man Against Woman, showing a gladiatorial combat between men and women that took place in Pompeii two days before it was destroyed by Vesuvius; the Seven Cities of Gold; Sherwood Forest inhabited by Robin Hood and his merry men; King Arthur and his knights; Genghis Khan and the Great Wall of China; Dracula's castle; and Conan Doyle's Dinosaur Island.

Each pre-folded out page has several paragraphs of explanatory text that are intriguing and funny. A flat magnifier is attached to the book by a ribbon. The end pages show maps, explorer's tools and silly photographs of the author on his treks, while the book cover looks like Prof. Al Lorenz's travel-worn satchel.

This is a fun concept-book, well-executed and a pleasure for readers (of any age) who are adventurers at heart.

The illustrations in this book are phenomenal!

I boughtthis book and I don't even have children!

The level of detail in theillustrations is staggering, and one will be drawn to the book again,as there is always something new to discover.

I applaud thecreators and hope that there will be more good things to come.

I have never seen any illustration like this one. This is truly a great book for all ages. a must buy!

Althought the drawings are very good in TRACE, they are NOT to scale! Look closely at the 1/2 inch scale, and you will see that the reclining woman is 8 feet tall! The page header indicates that the drawings are to scale, and as designers, we need them to scale, the fact is this is a misrepresentation. I am surprised that this error, which occurs frequently in this book, escaped the editing process!

I rate this book 5 Stars because it is so comprehensive in its variety of people and objects. The sheer volume of choices of style, poses, type of items -- this is like an artist's candy store.

I used this book first as a student, and now as an interior designer. It is a helpful tool to be used to augment visual presentations. The addition of these items adds "life" to otherwise static room renderings.

While it is true that a VERY FEW drawings are not actually to scale, the vast majority of this book is extremely accurate. Some sections state scale specifically, others indicate "random scale." It's up to designers to have the ability to tell whether something fits the scale of the drawing they are working on.

I don't hesitate to recommend this book for anyone who wishes to add a little life to their drawings.