Expeditions & Discoveries

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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...

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...

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In Gilded Age America, Arctic explorers were fabulous celebrities - assured of riches and near-immortality so long as they reached the North Pole first. Of the many attempts to meet that goal, three American expeditions, launched from the Russian...

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...

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...

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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...

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

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In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989676199Author Bert EntwistleFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Black Mule PressPublisher Black Mule PressWeight(grams) 431g

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An important new contribution to the history of northern Canada and Alaska.An important new contribution to the history of northern Canada and Alaska.About the AuthorCAReviews"This book makes a very important contribution to the history of northern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395567562Author Sanche De GramontFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 500g

In 1507, a map was published labelling a portion of the southern continent across the Atlantic Ocean with the name America. Although the map was based on the work of Italian scientist and explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, this work looks at the history behind...

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

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In 1875, a team of cartographers, geologists, and scientists under the direction of Ferdinand V. Hayden entered the Four Corners area for what they thought would be a calm summer's work completing a previous survey. Their accomplishments would go down in...

The extraordinary story of the world's last major exploration and experience of first-contact-a 1938-39 Australian expedition of three thousand kilometres by foot, through the mountainous western highlands of Papua New Guinea.The pale skin of the...

William Clark, co-captain of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition, devoted his adult life to describing the American West. But this task raised a daunting challenge: how best to bring an unknown continent to life for the young republic? Through Clark's...

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