Historical geography books

This is an abridged one volume edition of Fridtjof Nansen's account of his 1893 expedition to reach the North Pole....  Read More >>

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing...  Read More >>

The Early Presidents of the Panama Railroad Company, is about a portion of the untold history of the Panama Railroad...  Read More >>

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From the crude maps of ancient Babylon to the satellite-fueled precision of Google Maps, cartography has been both...  Read More >>

New York Times bestselling author and Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives....  Read More >>

Originally published: New York: Viking Adult, 2011.  Read More >>

Environment at the Margins brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue, challenging...  Read More >>

A lavish visual survey of more than 80 of the world's greatest mountaineers--who they were, where they went, and...  Read More >>

From early medieval times to the twenty-first century, what is the beguiling draw of the north? What manner of men...  Read More >>

With the end of World War II, Australians turned to rebuilding their nation, placing the perceived educational and...  Read More >>

This 1865 publication describes the many difficulties encountered by Livingstone's unsuccessful expedition up the...  Read More >>

In this account, first published in 1896, the clergyman, linguist and traveller Charles Henry Robinson recalls his...  Read More >>

In this important study, first published in 1821, the geographer James MacQueen documents his discoveries about...  Read More >>

In the two-volume work, published in 1860, British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–90) recounts his journey...  Read More >>

In this two-volume work, published in 1860, British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–90) recounts his journey...  Read More >>

A scientific writer, translator and traveller, John Reinhold Forster (1729–98) took part in Cook's second Pacific...  Read More >>

This 1855 publication by the leader of an unsuccessful search for missing Arctic explorers describes the harsh conditions...  Read More >>

First published in 1876, this volume contains first-hand accounts of the first voyages to Tibet by British diplomat...  Read More >>

This book is a groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor in Graeco-Roman antiquity...  Read More >>

Published in 1855, this two-volume account by the captain of H.M.S. Assistance describes his unsuccessful mission...  Read More >>

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing...  Read More >>

From the crude maps of ancient Babylon to the satellite-fueled precision of Google Maps, cartography has been both...  Read More >>

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