Expeditions & Discoveries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805083200Author Paul SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991109449Author John S NagyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Prometheus Genesis PublishingPublisher Prometheus Genesis PublishingWeight(grams) 181g

In the winter of 1739, Georg Steller received word from Empress Anna of Russia that he was to embark on a secret expedition to the far reaches of Siberia as a member of the Great Northern Expedition. While searching for economic possibilities and...

Richard Garriott has been many things: video game pioneer; wildly successful entrepreneur; and daring adventurer. In 1997, Garriott, who is known online by the handle "Lord British," forever changed the video game industry when he published Ultima...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857064240Author Captain Joshua SlocumFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince their contemporaries of the merits of polar voyages. Much...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647483616Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm)...

Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish...

Utilizing forensic evidence that was ignored by the police, and documents that have never before been released to the public, Alan Strachan has produced the horrific account of a man who was wrongfully executed for rape and murder -- even though it is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911072331Author Ken LeesFormat HardbackImprint Skyscraper PublicationsPublisher Skyscraper Publications

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Memories of Chinatown is a Singapore classic and is now republished with a new visual interpretation by watercolour artist Graham Byfield. Both a memoir and a narrative guide to the vibrant spirit of a bygone Singapore, it is written by much loved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861519764Author John Odling-SmeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 202mm *...

This is a first edition case bound hardback, which contains a number of Photographs and maps of Antarctica which appeared with a Tom Crean feature after his death by Dennis Barry. The rest of the book contains photos showing Discovery just fitted out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940450103Author Francis ParkmanFormat HardbackPage Count 1504Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)...

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...

In the mid-1880s, Johnny Lind, a teenager from Pond Mills, Ontario, struck out for adventure and wealth. After a decade working as a railroader in the United States, Johnny headed north, to Yukon and Alaska, and he was mining gold nearby when the...

The authoritative biography of British explorer Sir Francis Drake, from the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Long considered one of the great heroes of British history, Sir Francis Drake was a brilliant navigator, intrepid explorer, and fearsome...

Captain Cook Rediscovered is the first modern study to frame Captain James Cook's career from a North American vantage. Although Cook is inextricably linked to the South Pacific in the popular imagination, his crowning navigational and scientific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982113346Author Andrea PitzerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226791050Author Mirela AlticFormat HardbackPage Count 504Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher University of Chicago PressWeight(grams) 178g

This vivid book retells the story of Captain Cook's great voyages in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers and the island peoples they "discovered." While Cook and his men were initially confounded by the Polynesians, they were...

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...

The "outstanding" biography of the Italian navigator and explorer from the bestselling author of The Great Siege (The New York Times). Christopher Columbus, credited with discovering America in 1492, was a great explorer who forever changed the world-but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629146997Author Garth James CameronFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause celebre of the nineteenth century. Just before sunset on August 8th 1882 HMS Cockatrice, a small...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814828413Author Juleen ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Marshall Cavendish EditionsPublisher Marshall Cavendish Editions

Prior histories of the first Spanish mariners to circumnavigate the globe in the sixteenth century have focused on Ferdinand Magellan and the other illustrious leaders of these daring expeditions. Harry Kelsey's masterfully researched study is the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439268018Author Professor Joy DunkerleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639361458Author Mick ConefreyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616402624Author Ibn BattutaFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187868Author Robin Hanbury-TenisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486833132Author Ernest ShackletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524747374Author Andrea WulfFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1406gDimensions(mm) 311mm * 248mm *...

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The late Samuel Eliot Morison was one of the most eminent American historians of the 20th century. The Great Explorers, an abridgement of his two-volume magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, vividly describes the early voyages that led to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904449157Author Guy YeomanFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Chaucer PressPublisher Chaucer Press

As he fell into the abyss, he asked himself: Why do explorers put themselves in dangerous situations. And, once the worst possible situation occurs, how do explorers find the resources to survive? In answering these questions, Benedict Allen weaves a...

The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850, offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people, plants, pathogens, products, and cultural practices-to mention some of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995130968Author Joan DruettFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Old Salt PressPublisher Old Salt PressWeight(grams) 140g