Before there was Jurassic Park, there was a fantastical world where humans and dinosaurs lived together in peace.
By turns whimsical, dramatic, and philosophical, the journal radiates a life-affirming vision that will cast a new light on the overlooked wonders of our own world..
The lives of the humans are intertwined with those of the dinosaurs and ancient mammals, all of which are actual species portrayed according to the latest scientific research.
The land of Dinotopia is conjured by a brief but vivid narrative and a beguiling variety of visuals, including maps, cutaway views, and mechanical diagrams.
Every step of the way, Denison documents in exquisite detail and the creatures, characters, and architecture he encounters: a village composed of three ships propped by on end, a fifty-foot-tall Brachiosaurus outfitted for fire fighting, an Allosaurus tending its hatchlings, young pilots air jousting on giant pterosaurs, and much more.
When their personal invitation from the emperor goes missing, they are forced to cross the border penniless and in disguise.
Now Professor Denison and his saurian companion, Bix, set out on a perilous Journey to the forbidden empire of Chandara.
Denison\'s previous travel accounts, published as Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and Dinotopia: The World Beneath, introduced a lost island where dinosaurs and humans live together in peaceful interdependence.
After many years of searching, artist James Gurney discovered in a used bookstore a never-before-seen journal by the nineteenth-century explorer Arthur Denison.
Revisit this magical land in Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara.
Before there was Jurassic Park, there was a fantastical world where humans and dinosaurs lived together in peace
