Ripley's Believe It or Not! Souvenir Guidebook [antikvár]

obert Ripley's life was 11 unbelievable acIventure, For thirty-fíve years he explored the uncanny and wítnessed the amazing. He was a world traveler who visited over 200 countríes, seeing places few people had even heard of, from the tömbe of the Ming Emperors in China, to a town calied Hell ín Norway! Ripley was an artist, a reporter, an explorer, and a fcolléctor.' The stories he gathered, illustrated by Ripley himself, woufd later appear in his popular newspaper cartoon featune BeÜeve It or Not! Today the Believe.lt or. Ngtl cartqons ar§ still enjoyed by miliions of readers around the world. Wherever Ripley went, he searched for the odd and the unusual. In his quest, he documented thé customsjand belíefs of many ancient and exotic cívilizations.'Whenever possible he brought home artifacts from his journeys, which today form the heart of the greatest collection of oddities ever assembled. Today ' these artifacts can be seen ín Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums around the world. Every year miliions of people visít these museums to take part lg an adventure, one ín which they experience first hand the incredible world of Róbert Ripley!