Expeditions & Discoveries

Go Simple, Go Solo, Go Now In 1958, while flying from one island to another, Audrey Sutherland sees the remote and roadless northeast side of Molokai, with its spectacular sea cliffs and waterfalls. Always an adventurer, she decides that she must find...

Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during...

By the time he became president in 1801, Thomas Jefferson had already been looking west for decades. He saw the country's population expanding and he judged that America's territory must expand too, lest America become as crowded and conflict-prone as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803502Author Constance Victoria BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996345552Author John M ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Maury BooksPublisher Maury BooksWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788307703Author Paul ClutterbuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Local prosecution associations were a method of controlling crime which was devised in the second half of the eighteenth century, fifty years before the introduction of police forces. They were a national phenomenon, and it is estimated that by the end...

This Fully illustrated book covers Germany in Antarctica from the 1900s to the 1940s, starting with Erich von Drygalsky's 1901 Gauss expedition, then on to the 1939 Schwabenland Expedition which is well covered in the book with many never seen before...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Audacious...Life on the Mississippi sparkles." -The Wall Street Journal * "A rich mix of history, reporting, and personal introspection." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch * "Both a travelogue and an engaging history lesson about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307276568Author Anthony BrandtFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 412gDimensions(mm)...

The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey , acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647483326Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)...

The former launch commentator "offers a personal-and sometimes painful-look back at one of the darkest chapters in US human spaceflight" (Space.com). On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street JournalThe riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which...

The American Diaries of Count de Berlaymont is the first-ever English translation of a nineteenth-century French travel narrative, outlaying the adventurous travels of Count Guy de Berlaymont throughout the United States and Cuba. Perhaps most...

Bob Golan was twelve years old when the Nazis invaded his homeland from the west and the Soviets from the east. He and his family fled from Poland to the Ukraine and were later forcibly resettled in Siberia. Golan and his brother finally came to...

The many attempts by navigators to find a Northwest Passage via its Pacific portal all ended in failure; however, their discoveries spurred expansionist developments that would forever alter the landscape of North America. In Discovering Nothing, David L...

This engaging reference examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by the Ancient Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese seamen. Day...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560378037Author Barbara FiferFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Farcountry PressPublisher Farcountry Press

The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties to...

The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing...

Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solis de Meras, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of America's oldest...

Authors Angus Konstam and Roger Michael Kean reveal the truth behind our myths, fairy tales, and Hollywood-inspired images. The reality is, unbelievably, even more intriguing than the flashing swords, talking parrots, and mysterious eye patches portrayed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874224153Author David L. NicandriFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Washington State University PressPublisher Washington State University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982123550Author Andrew RaderFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 272g

In 1842, when famed world explorer James Douglas first encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he described it as "A perfect Eden." He was just one among many European explorers to experience the intense beauty of the...

In the age of adventure, when dirigibles coasted through the air and vast swaths of the Earth remained untouched and unseen by man, one pack of relentless explorers competed in the race of a lifetime: to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole...

An exciting collection of dangerous adventures, harrowing travels, and heart-stopping journeys, Incredible Adventure and Exploration Stories compiles tales from around the globe that are sure to amaze. Popular and well-known tales of exploration...

Heroic endeavour or diaster of hemispheric proportions? What is certain is that Columbus's discovery of the New World resulted in biological and cultural exchanges unprecedented in the history of human populations. This volume brings together 11...

Jacques Cartier's voyages of 1534, 1535, and 1541constitute the first record of European impressions of the St Lawrence region of northeastern North American and its peoples. The Voyages are rich in details about almost every aspect of the region's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061735134Author Nigel CliffFormat PaperbackPage Count 547Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 467g

For more than a century, The Explorers Club has been the meeting place for some of the most daring adventurers on the planet. It's a legendary oasis, where a man just back from the Gobi Desert might kick back and, over some port, have a chat with a...

John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based, Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject, William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763546867Author Peter R. DawesFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307390660Author Andrea Di RobilantFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812979497Author James M. TaborFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

"That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486431802Author Alvar Nunez Cabeza DeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781400078455Author David GrannFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060597689Author Nina BurleighFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...