Historical geography books

In the summer of 1579 Francis Drake and those aboard the Golden Hind were in peril. The ship was leaking and they...  Read More >>

Drawing on Álvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's own reports and on other sixteenth-century documents, both in English translation...  Read More >>

Drawing on a thousand years of European travel writing and mapmaking, Dym suggests that after centuries of text-based...  Read More >>

"Adventure awaits as you ride along on the journey of a lifetime as best-selling author and explorer Dr. Jim Rankin...  Read More >>

This volume brings together diverse contributions from leading archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, covering...  Read More >>

"Adventure awaits as you ride along on the journey of a lifetime as best-selling author and explorer Dr. Jim Rankin...  Read More >>

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There was only one survivor of the ill-fated Burke and Wills Expedition from Melbourne to the north coast of Australia...  Read More >>

"""The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors...  Read More >>

"""The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors...  Read More >>

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"Christophe Colomb est un célèbre explorateur qui a navigué sur l'océan bleu. Et vous êtes-vous déjà demandé ce...  Read More >>

"Cristóbal Colón es un famoso explorador que navegó por el océano azul. ¿Y te has preguntado alguna vez qué hizo...  Read More >>

""Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and...  Read More >>

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (1912) is a memoir by Matthew Henson. Published a few years following an expedition...  Read More >>

Major histories of cartography have, until recently, ignored women’s contributions to mapmaking and the assumption...  Read More >>

In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, the contributors examine Mississippian artistic...  Read More >>

"“[A] vivid travelogue.” New Statesman “Has much to offer.” The Spectator ""Sparks the imagination."" BBC History...  Read More >>

"""Do you want to hike the Appalachian Trail again?"" he asked. Although DP Turner had hiked 1,500 miles of that...  Read More >>

Cruachan Hill Press proudly presents this new edition of John O'Kane Murray's classic biography of Christopher Columbus....  Read More >>

Learn About The Mysterious Origin of The Deadliest Pandemic in Modern History and Find Out How it Compares to Covid-19!...  Read More >>

Esta obra tiene como propósito dar a conocer las prácticas mortuorias, materialidades y tradiciones culturales de...  Read More >>

From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and...  Read More >>

Ever held a marble and wondered about its history? There is always something surprising (sometimes dark and unbelievable)...  Read More >>

The older island has undergone more substantial changes, due to both natural causes and human impacts. After the...  Read More >>