Topographic Memory and Victorian Travellers in the Dolomite Mountains

William Bainbridge is a Lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire. He received his PhD in Historical Geography from the University of Durham, and has been a fellow at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities. He acts as a consultant on heritage matters internationally, including for UNESCO and ICOMOS.

'In its discussion of the representation of a specific and previously sparsely considered region, Topographic Memory and Victorian Travellers in the Dolomite Mountains collates a broad range of contextual material and an overview of key debates influencing the understanding of the region by British audiences.''-Kathryn Walchester, Victorian Studies , Vol. 65, N. 1, Autumn 2022,

• Introduction: Tools for Unravelling Heritage, Part One: Matrices of Topographic Memory, 1. The Alps and the Grand Tour, 2. The Laboratory of the Picturesque, 3. The Golden Age of Mountaineering, Part Two: The Invention of the Dolomites, 4. The Silver Age of Mountaineering, 5. Titian Country, 6. Picturesque Mountains, 7. Dolomite Close-Ups, 8. King Laurin's Garden,Epilogue: Messner Country, Bibliography, Index.