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Nepal

title: HILLARY ON EVEREST - SUNDAY COURIER 1953

subject date: 2002-05-22

caption: MOUNTAINEERING ''The summit of the world has been conquered. A British expedition team, composed of New Zealander Edmund Percival Hillary (July 20, 1919 – January 11, 2008) and Nepalese guide Tenzing Norgay (May 29, 1914 – May 9, 1986), has reached the summit of Everest (8,888 m), the highest point on Earth, with the aid of oxygen breathing apparatus. Three small flags were unfurled on the summit: those of Great Britain, the United Nations, and Nepal.'' Drawing by Walter Molino (November 5, 1915 – December 8, 1997) for the cover of ''La Domenica del Corriere'', the illustrated weekly supplement of the new Corriere della Sera. Milan, June 14, 1953.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Nepal

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 12778

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Asia

image century : XX

image epoch: Anni Cinquanta

licence: RM

subject century: XX

subject epoch: Anni Cinquanta

technique: Copertina

id: 9081

file name: FSNgilardi_12778.JPG

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