Expeditions books

Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved...  Read More >>

In 1820–3, Russian explorer Ferdinand von Wrangell (1797–1870) led an expedition to survey Siberia's north-eastern...  Read More >>

This 1793 publication was the first European study of Madagascar. Based on Alexis-Marie de Rochon's observations...  Read More >>

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This travelogue describes the sixth of a series of long distance journeys through South East Asia. It covers the...  Read More >>

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Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers realised his life’s ambition when he was selected for Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition...  Read More >>

The landscape, nature and day-to-day life of people on Spitsbergen - the Svalbard archipelago  Read More >>

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Translated from French and published in English in 1823, this work is an engaging and witty account of the scientific...  Read More >>

"""An astonishingly detailed account of the Geodesic Mission.... Gripping, authoritative, and fair.""-Washington...  Read More >>

Collects twenty-three stories that show the evolution of the adventurer's work, from ducking avalanches near the...  Read More >>

Collects twenty-three stories that show the evolution of the adventurer's work, from ducking avalanches near the...  Read More >>

Climbing Ramabang is Gerry Galligan's bold travel diary recounting his and a small team of Irish mountaineers' attempts...  Read More >>

This is the first English translation of the main contemporary accounts of the Crusade and death of the German Emperor...  Read More >>

Ex-Marine Phil Harwood embarked on an epic solo journey on the Congo, the eighth longest river in the world. He...  Read More >>

The story of an English woman's struggles as a volunteer teacher living and working with the refugee children of...  Read More >>

This book describes the fourth of a series of long distance journeys through South East Asia. It covers the trip...  Read More >>

This book describes the fifth of a series of long distance journeys through South East Asia. It covers the trip...  Read More >>

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First published in 1864, this two-volume work is an account by the American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821–71)...  Read More >>

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The book describes a railway journey through South East Asia. It covers the trip from Bangkok through the southern...  Read More >>