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Slave Captain: The Career of James Irving in the Liverpool Slave Trade

Slave Captain: The Career of James Irving in the Liverpool...

Author: Suzanne Schwarz (Department of History, Institute of Humanities & Creative Arts, University of Worcester (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781846310676
Format: Hardback
$92.40

As few accounts written by slave ship captains are known to have survived, the personal papers of James Irving are...  Read More >>

Seeds of Adventure: in Search of Plants

Seeds of Adventure: in Search of Plants

Author: Peter Cox ,  Peter Hutchison
ISBN: 9781870673587
Format: Hardback
$90.56

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A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador

A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador

Author: Mina Benson Hubbard ,  Sherrill E Grace
ISBN: 9780773527409
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter

Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter

Author: James McCarthy
ISBN: 9781904445616
Format: Paperback
$79.07

An 18th century Scottish plant collector who changed the face of gardens throughout Europe through his botanical...  Read More >>

John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition

John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition

Author: Philip Fennell ,  Marie King
ISBN: 9780814727744
Format: Paperback
$58.99

Details one of the most important rescues in Irish American history  Read More >>

Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd

Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd

Author: Lisle A. Rose
ISBN: 9780826217820
Format: Book
$92.27

Covers Richard E Byrd's life, from the early days of naval aviation through his years of political activism to his...  Read More >>

Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer

Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer

Author: Tim Jeal
ISBN: 9780571221035
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935-1939

Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological...

Author: Hester A. Davis
ISBN: 9780873659123
Format: Hardback
$92.40

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Our Atlantic Attempt

Our Atlantic Attempt

Author: H G Hawker ,  K Mackenzie Grove
ISBN: 9781845886035
Format: Paperback
$33.61

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Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas

Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey...

Author: Gary Geddes
ISBN: 9781402753442
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Features Afghan refugees, Pakistani dissidents, Tibetan monks, Buddhist scholars, mysterious cairns in Haida Gwaii,...  Read More >>

Conquering the Desert of Death: Across the Taklamakan

Conquering the Desert of Death: Across the Taklamakan...

Author: Charles Blackmore
ISBN: 9781845115821
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The Taklamakan desert, is known by the Chinese as the 'desert of death' - you go in but you don't come out. But,...  Read More >>

Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest

Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jiménez...

Author: J. Michael Francis
ISBN: 9780271029368
Format: Paperback
$47.99

In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep...  Read More >>

Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace

Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace...

Author: Brandon Wilson ,  Dr. Bob Rich
ISBN: 9780977053681
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Walking in the nearly forgotten footsteps of the legendary first Knights Templar, an American and a 68-year old...  Read More >>

Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism

Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing...

Author: Stephanie Barczewski
ISBN: 9781847251923
Format: Hardback
$75.00

Covers the two expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration: Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition...  Read More >>

Redfish, Bluefish, Sheefish, Snook: Far-Flung Tales of Fly-Fishing Adventure

Redfish, Bluefish, Sheefish, Snook: Far-Flung Tales...

Author: E. Donnall Thomas
ISBN: 9781602391192
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Takes fishermen on a road trip through Alaska, Costa Rica, Australia, and the Galapagos, fishing in oceans along...  Read More >>

The Heart of the Antarctic and South

The Heart of the Antarctic and South

Author: Ernest Henry Shackleton ,  Beau Riffenburgh
ISBN: 9781840226164
Format: Paperback
$21.09

Ernest Shackleton led two Antarctic expeditions, and died shortly after the beginning of the third. His expedition...  Read More >>

Fabulous Orients: Fictions of the East in England 1662-1785

Fabulous Orients: Fictions of the East in England 1662-1785...

Author: Ros Ballaster (Fellow in English Literature, Mansfield College, Oxford University)
ISBN: 9780199234295
Format: Paperback
$94.95

The first book-length study of the oriental tale in England since 1908, Fabulous Orients is an original work of...  Read More >>

In Leichhardt's Footsteps

In Leichhardt's Footsteps

Author: Bruce Simpson
ISBN: 9780733322426
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A wonderful mix of legends, stories, history and humour from the outback as Bruce Simpson explores Leichhardt's...  Read More >>

They Lived to Tell the Tale: True Stories of Adventure from the Legendary Explorers Club

They Lived to Tell the Tale: True Stories of Adventure...

Author: Richard Wiese ,  Richard Wiese
ISBN: 9781592289912
Format: Hardback
$73.79

A collection of adventure and exploration stories from some of the most daring and adventurous people in the world...  Read More >>

The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific

The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors...

Author: Charles Montgomery
ISBN: 9780226534862
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"When Charles Montgomery was ten years old, he stumbled upon the memoirs of his great-grandfather, a seafaring missionary...  Read More >>

Footsteps on the Ice: The Antarctic Diaries of Stuart D. Paine, Second Byrd Expedition

Footsteps on the Ice: The Antarctic Diaries of Stuart...

Author: Stuart D. L Paine ,  M. L Paine
ISBN: 9780826265920
Format: Electronic book text
$92.27

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Great Photographic Journeys: In the Footsteps of 19th Century British Photographers

Great Photographic Journeys: In the Footsteps of 19th...

Author: John Hannavy
ISBN: 9781904587545
Format: Hardback
$118.80

One hundred and fifty years ago travelling with a camera was both a novelty and an enormous challenge. The intrepid...  Read More >>

Unclaimed Coast: The First Kayak Journey Around Shackleton's South Georgia

Unclaimed Coast: The First Kayak Journey Around Shackleton's...

Author: Mark Jones ,  Graham Charles
ISBN: 9780143007326
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Unclaimed Coast is an enthralling tale of triumph, told by three men passionate about the environment and challenging...  Read More >>

From Cook to Convicts: A Voyage of Adventure, Mayhem and Discovery

From Cook to Convicts: A Voyage of Adventure, Mayhem...

Author: John Darkin
ISBN: 9781877437083
Format: Hardback
$16.99

In 1770, Captain James Cook sailed up the east coast of Australia in his ship, the HM Bark Endeavour. FROM COOK...  Read More >>

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