text: Slide 32 of 51: This horn-shaped mountain in the Swiss Alps, six miles (10km) southwest of Zermatt, gained global recognition when its summit was first conquered by British explorer Edward Whymper on 14 July 1865. Tragically however, four of his party fell to their deaths on the way down. In 1971, Whymper published a book about his experience climbing the mountain, Scrambles Among the Alps, which became a global bestseller and sent tourists flocking to the Matterhorn. Pictured here are vacationers on a viewpoint on the Italian side of the mountain in the 1950s.