Expeditions books

Published in 1792, this is the first of three volumes describing the author's experiences as a trader and explorer...  Read More >>

First published in 1823, this book recounts the harrowing expedition led by Sir John Franklin up the Arctic Coppermine...  Read More >>

The diplomat and M.P. William Hamilton (1805–67) was also a keen geologist and a protégé of Sir Roderick Murchison....  Read More >>

Published in Danish in 1885, and translated into English in 1889, this is a sympathetic biography of the great Danish...  Read More >>

French explorer, author and legislator Gabriel Bonvalot (1853–1933) received funding from the French government...  Read More >>

This new Norton Critical Edition recounts the 1527–36 expedition of Cabeza de Vaca, the first Spanish explorer to...  Read More >>

Published in 1893, this is an account of the journey that took Robert Peary's 1891 expedition to explore Greenland,...  Read More >>

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"""Vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky...  Read More >>

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Ernest Powell Giles (1835–97) embarked on five expeditions attempting to discover an overland route between Adelaide...  Read More >>

First published in 1823, this work recounts the 1822 penultimate journey to the Arctic regions of scientist and...  Read More >>

Written by his son, the Rev. Edward Parry, this 1857 memoir describes the life and times of Rear-Admiral Sir W....  Read More >>

This illustrated 1908 publication by the businessman and anthropologist Henry Ling Roth (1855–1925) explores the...  Read More >>

Explorer and geologist Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901) is best known as leader of the 1878–80 expedition in...  Read More >>

First published in 1899, this entertaining account of two expeditions into the Arctic regions is a glimpse into...  Read More >>

The Antarctic is the last, vast terrestrial frontier on Earth. Less than a century ago, no one had ever seen the...  Read More >>

Sir Samuel Baker (1821–93) was one of the most famous Victorian explorers, and the memoir of his celebrated expedition,...  Read More >>

Ernest Powell Giles (1835–97) embarked on five expeditions attempting to discover an overland route between Adelaide...  Read More >>

In 1800–2 the naval officer James Grant (1772–1833) sailed the Lady Nelson to Australia in order to test a new design...  Read More >>

After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage,...  Read More >>

Self-taught in sailing skills, Dave Clarke sailed solo and unsupported from Falmouth to Barbados across the North...  Read More >>

One hundred years ago, Captain Scott, naval officer and explorer wanted to be the first person to reach the South...  Read More >>

Stunning, powerful photographs, illuminated by contributions from some of the most eminent writers, thinkers, and...  Read More >>