Expeditions books

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Ismailïa: Volume 2: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Ismailïa: Volume 2: A Narrative of the Expedition to...

Author: Samuel White Baker
ISBN: 9781139014502
Format: Undefined
$224.40

The detailed account of a military expedition ordered by Ismail Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Egypt, to suppress the slave...  Read More >>

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean: Volume 2, From the Year 1579, to the Year 1620

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South...

Author: James Burney
ISBN: 9780511783722
Format: Undefined
$224.40

James Burney (1750–1821) was an accomplished sailor best known for this monumental compilation of summaries of European...  Read More >>

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean: Volume 3, From the Year 1620, to the Year 1688

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South...

Author: James Burney
ISBN: 9780511783739
Format: Undefined
$224.40

James Burney (1750–1821) was an accomplished sailor best known for this monumental compilation of summaries of European...  Read More >>

Himalayan Journals: Volume 1: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.

Himalayan Journals: Volume 1: Or, Notes of a Naturalist...

Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker
ISBN: 9780511996757
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

Himalayan Journals: Volume 2: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.

Himalayan Journals: Volume 2: Or, Notes of a Naturalist...

Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker
ISBN: 9780511996764
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean: Volume 1, Commencing with an Account of the Earliest Discovery of that Sea by Europeans, and Terminating with the Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, in 1579

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South...

Author: James Burney
ISBN: 9780511783715
Format: Undefined
$224.40

James Burney (1750–1821) was an accomplished sailor best known for this monumental compilation of summaries of European...  Read More >>

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Volume 2: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Volume 2:...

Author: Marco Polo ,  Henry Yule
ISBN: 9780511702747
Format: Undefined
$224.40

The Book of Ser Marco Polo is an edition of the famous travelogue describing the travels of Marco Polo through Asia,...  Read More >>

Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

Author: Tor Bomann-Larsen ,  Pen Hadow
ISBN: 9780750943444
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick

Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures: Together with a...

Author: David Livingstone ,  Adam Sedgwick
ISBN: 9780511706943
Format: Undefined
$224.40

First published in 1858, this book contains two lectures given by the missionary and explorer, David Livingstone,...  Read More >>

Inca Land - Explorations in the Highlands of Peru

Inca Land - Explorations in the Highlands of Peru

Author: Hiram Bingham
ISBN: 9781907256691
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Hiram Bingham (1875 - 1956) was an academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician from the United States. He...  Read More >>

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place...

Author: James M. Tabor
ISBN: 9781849018562
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The New York Times bestselling account of a thrilling real-life journey into deepest cave on earth.  Read More >>

Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B., P.R.S.: During Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768–71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, etc.

Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B.,...

Author: Joseph Banks ,  Joseph Dalton Hooker
ISBN: 9780511996573
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820) was a British botanist and one of the most influential scientific patrons of the eighteenth...  Read More >>

The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: Volume 1: From the Earliest Date to the Present Day

The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and...

Author: William Howitt
ISBN: 9780511996863
Format: Undefined
$224.40

In 1865, following a two-year visit to Australia, the prolific English writer William Howitt published this two-volume...  Read More >>

The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru: Volume 2

The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru: Volume 2

Author: Pedro de Cieza de León ,  Clements R. Markham
ISBN: 9780511697692
Format: Undefined
$224.40

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early...  Read More >>

He is No Loss: Robert McCormick and the Voyage of HMS Beagle

He is No Loss: Robert McCormick and the Voyage of HMS...

Author: Emily Steel
ISBN: 9780906450185
Format: Paperback
$25.88

Robert McCormick was surgeon and naturalist on HMS Beagle, 1831-1832. He left at Rio de Janeiro angry that Charles...  Read More >>

The Longest Winter: Scott's Other Heroes

The Longest Winter: Scott's Other Heroes

Author: Meredith Hooper
ISBN: 9780719595905
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The untold story of Scott's Northern Party and their incredible survival of an Antarctic winter  Read More >>

Or Perish in the Attempt: The Hardship and Medicine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Or Perish in the Attempt: The Hardship and Medicine...

Author: David J. Peck ,  Moira Ambrose
ISBN: 9780803235113
Format: Paperback
$63.23

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Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World

Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That...

Author: Larrie Ferreiro
ISBN: 9780465017232
Format: Hardback
$73.92

An award-winning historian of science reveals the riveting and little-known story of a team of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Fram: To the Ends of the Earth

Fram: To the Ends of the Earth

Author: Christopher Routledge
ISBN: 9780956887801
Format: Paperback
$27.80

"""Finally Fram showed herself in all her glory as the best sea-boat in the world. It was extraordinary to watch...  Read More >>

Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole

Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole...

Author: Felicity Aston
ISBN: 9781849531344
Format: Paperback
$26.99

In 2009, Felicity Aston led a team of ‘ordinary’ women – some of whom had never even seen snow or slept in a tent...  Read More >>

Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak

Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak...

Author: Maurice Herzog ,  Joe Simpson
ISBN: 9780099541462
Format: Paperback
$24.99

In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French...  Read More >>

ARCTIC BRUCE PARRY

ARCTIC BRUCE PARRY

Author: Bruce Parry ,  Huw Lewis-Jones
ISBN: 9781844861309
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Explorer Bruce Parry takes an epic Arctic journey, following the six-month Polar summer through Greenland, Canada,...  Read More >>

El Lago Español

El Lago Español

Author: O.H.K. Spate
ISBN: 9781920942564
Format: Paperback
$48.00

"En sentido estricto, ""el Pacífico"" no existió como tal hasta que en 1520-21 Fernao de Magalhãis, más conocido...  Read More >>

Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution

Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the...

Author: Iain McCalman (University of Sydney)
ISBN: 9780393338775
Format: Paperback
$53.25

"""Sparkling…an extraordinary true-adventure story, complete with trials, tribulations and moments of exultation.""...  Read More >>

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