Historical geography books

From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced...  Read More >>

A history of Scotland told from the innovative perspective of maps and map-making, beautifully illustrated throughout...  Read More >>

Naval operations and warfare were, and remain, a key element for mapping. Maps were vital for commanders in drawing...  Read More >>

The latest in the British Historic Towns Atlas series explains the history of Winchester, a city which has played...  Read More >>

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India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source...  Read More >>

A visually stunning account of how naval conflict was recorded and planned, using contemporary mapping.  Read More >>

The book describes the world's oldest human settlements during the rather long and diversified sets of civilizations...  Read More >>

Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. Published in association...  Read More >>

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In the days of Plato, imagination found its way, before the mariners, to a new world across the Atlantic, and fabled...  Read More >>

"*Includes pictures *Includes various explorers' accounts of Zanzibar at different times *Includes online resources...  Read More >>

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In 1874, the brilliant civil engineer Sarat Chandra Das was recruited by the British as a spy in Darjeeling. The...  Read More >>

The Voyage of the Beagle is the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks,...  Read More >>

Six Months in Mexico from Nellie Bly. Was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.She was...  Read More >>

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A unique history of the River Clyde and the communities and industries it has supported over a period of almost...  Read More >>

Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des européens dans les deux Indes. T. 1 Date...  Read More >>