Historical geography books

This riveting firsthand account tells of Henry M. Stanley's long and arduous search for one of the greatest explorers...  Read More >>

This riveting firsthand account tells of Henry M. Stanley's long and arduous search for one of the greatest explorers...  Read More >>

This book is the second of a six volume series covering the expeditions into the Superstition Mountains to search...  Read More >>

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Hyunhee Park's book documents the relationship between the Islamic and Chinese worlds before the Europeans arrived....  Read More >>

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The likely real history of the Age of Discovery has been recovered in this startling 300+ page volume. Extant maps...  Read More >>

Ennis is the twenty-fifth in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, which assembles topographical documentations...  Read More >>

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Vast watercourse, boundary, and the gateway to North America - the St. Lawrence River has been an integral player...  Read More >>

Lust for Inca Gold will be your personal expedition into the mysterious Mountains of Llanganati. Through first hand...  Read More >>

Local history and reminiscences of Motcombe, Dorset, with illustrations, by former resident.  Read More >>

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Excerpt: ...the protection of the marines, whom I judged it prudent to land as a guard. For although, as yet, none...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...accuracy. He was, besides, illiterate, And therefore it is often extremely difficult to ascertain, from...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...or man-animals, who transform themselves at night into owls and shoot invisible arrows at their enemies....  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...and impracticable; yet, after hearing his reasonings, and an account of the course he proposed to steer,...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...The city of Leon stands twenty miles up the country in a sandy plain, near a peaked burning mountain,...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...to trace, but also added very largely to our knowledge of the country considerably to the westward of...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ... Barros could be relied on, we might conclude that some nameless Portuguese navigators had crossed the...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ... two had habergions, which they said they had procured from the Alani, who are excellent smiths and...  Read More >>