Coronation Everest

Coronation Everest

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May 29, 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reach the summit of Mount Everest, and Coronation Day for a new Queen, Elizabeth II.

Genres: HistoryNonfictionTravelAdventureMountaineeringAsiaBiographyBritish LiteratureClimbingJournalism

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