Dinotopía. Viaje a Chandara

After years of searching, artist James Gurney discovered the unpublished journal of 19th-century explorer Arthur Denison in a secondhand bookstore. Denison's earlier travelogues, published as 'Dinotopia: A Land Outside of Time' and 'Dinotopia: The Underground World,' featured a lost island where dinosaurs and humans coexisted in peaceful interdependence. This time, Professor Denison and his dinosaur companion, Bix, embark on a perilous journey to the forbidden empire of Chandara. When the emperor's personal invitation is lost, they are forced to cross the border in disguise and penniless. Along the way, Denison meticulously documents the creatures, people, and architecture he encounters: a village consisting of three boats propped up at one end, a fifteen-meter-tall brachiosaurus equipped for firefighting, an allosaurus caring for its young, young pilots competing in aerial combat over giant pterosaurs, and much more. The land of Dinotopia is evoked through a brief but vivid narrative and a captivating array of images, including maps, cross-sections, and mechanical diagrams. In this world, the lives of humans intertwine with those of dinosaurs and ancient mammals, real species depicted according to the latest scientific research. At times whimsical, dramatic, and philosophical, the journal radiates an optimistic view of life and sheds new light on the overlooked wonders of our own world.