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Three Rivers of the Amazon by Tim Biggs 9780620398169
RRP: €20.23€19.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620398169Author Tim BiggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Tim BiggsPublisher Tim BiggsWeight(grams) 621g -
Morning of Fire: America's Epic First Journey Into the Pacific by Scott Ridley 9780061700194
RRP: €29.74€19.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061700194Author Scott RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Endeavour Journals: Captain Cook in Australia by John MacDonald 9781399064095
RRP: €41.65€28.91In 1770 H.M. Bark Endeavour arrived in New Holland, Australia, the 'Continent of Smoke'. On board were Lieutenant James Cook, gentleman naturalist Joseph Banks, natural history artist Sydney Parkinson, and Midshipman James Magra. For the first time, this... -
The History of the Life and Deeds of the Admiral Don Christopher Columbus by Ilaria Luzzana Caraci 9782503521923
€85.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503521923Author Ilaria Luzzana CaraciFormat HardbackPage Count 468Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1188g -
Clarence Van Buuren: Knew the Words But Not the Music by Chris Marnewick 9781869197735
RRP: €21.36€18.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869197735Author Chris MarnewickFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 798g -
The Life and Times of a Norfolk Boy: From the Cradle to the Grave by Neville Pearson 9781804676219
€17.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804676219Author Neville PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 57Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 434g -
Columbus on Himself by Dr. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 9781603841344
RRP: €53.54€43.55Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus's own writings--chronologically arranged, and translated into idiomatic English--to relate his... -
Mapping Christopher Columbus: An Historical Geography of His Early Life to 1492 by A. Mario Rocca 9781476687551
RRP: €42.83€36.13The impact of Christopher Columbus's first transatlantic voyage launched an unprecedented explosion of European exploration. Throughout the last 500 years, scholars have recognized this transforming event, and they have written extensively on the subject... -
Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World by Brian W. Richardson 9780774811903
RRP: €41.65€36.58Before Captain Cook's three voyages, to Europeans the globe was uncertain and dangerous; after, it was comprehensible and ordered. Written as a conceptual field guide to the voyages, Longitude and Empire offers a significant rereading of both the... -
Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination by Joyce Appleby 9780393349795
€15.54When Columbus first returned to Europe from the Caribbean, he presented King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with exotic parrots, tropical flowers and bits of gold. The search for riches spurred Columbus and others to voyage the oceans with similar... -
The Voyage of Archangell: James Rosier's Account of the Weymouth Voyage of 1605 by David C. Morey 9780884482710
RRP: €23.80€16.04He and his crew spent twenty-nine days in May and June of 1605 sounding and exploring a very small area of the coast, which included an anchorage at the Georges Islands and the discovery of a "great river." Which river? This question has been an... -
Survival On Westward Trek: 1858-1859: The John Jones Overlanders by Dwight L. Smith 9780821409213
RRP: €36.89€19.27When gold was discovered in the Fraser River country of British Columbia in the 1850s, St. Paul, Minnesota became the departure point for the plunge westward, as was St. Louis for the American gold rushes. Minnesotans soon caught the fever. Nine young... -
From Maps to Metaphors: The Pacific World of George Vancouver by Robin Fisher 9780774828154
RRP: €46.41€41.08During the summers of 1792-94, George Vancouver and the crew of the British naval ships Discovery and Chatham mapped the northwest coast of North America from Baja California to Alaska. Vancouver's voyage was the last, and longest, of the great Pacific... -
Eastbound through Siberia: Observations from the Great Northern Expedition by Jonathan C. Slaght 9780253047779
RRP: €77.35€66.75In 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... -
Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond by Niles Eldredge 9780231153171
RRP: €29.75€23.31All organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species-interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"-are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist... -
Journal of Midshipman Chaplin: A Record of Bering's First Kamchatka Expedition by Carol L. Urness 9788779343146
RRP: €27.07€20.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788779343146Author Carol L UrnessFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University Press -
The Description of the World by Marco Polo 9781624664373
RRP: €54.73€44.49Composed in a prison cell in 1298 by Venetian merchant Marco Polo and Arthurian romance writer Rustichello of Pisa, The Description of the World relates Polo's experiences in Asia and at the court of Qubilai, the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. In... -
Columbus on Himself by Dr. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 9781603841337
RRP: €20.22€16.81Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus's own writings--chronologically arranged, and translated into idiomatic English--to relate his... -
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific by Geoffrey Blainey 9781566638258
RRP: €23.79€18.35In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship, the St. Jean-Baptiste, commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval vessel, the Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook. That Christmas, in... -
A Classic Adirondack Paddle: Including a Visit with Noah John Rondeau the Hermit of Cold River Flow by William J O'Hern 9781493078912
RRP: €29.75€22.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493078912Author William J O'HernFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press -
Historic Maritime Maps by Donald Wigal 9781646997374
€43.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646997374Author Donald WigalFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited -
Country Never Trod: William Lewis Manly's 1849 Voyage down Utah's Green River by Michael D. Kane 9781493060955
RRP: €29.75€22.06Country Never Yet Trod: William Lewis Manly's Voyage Down the Green River, traces Manly's little-known descent of the Green River, twenty years before John Wesley Powell's famous first expedition, followed by his overland trek through some of the most... -
The Enlightenment Rediscovery of Egyptology: Vitaliano Donati's Egyptian Expedition, 1759-62 by Angela Scattolin Morecroft 9780367342784
RRP: €52.35€45.74In 1759 the botanist and scientist Vitaliano Donati led an expedition to Egypt under the patronage of King Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia, to acquire Egyptian antiquities for the Museum in Turin. Charting his tumultuous expedition, this book reveals how,... -
Pioneers of the Pacific Coast: A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Agnes C. Laut 9781926971001
RRP: €13.08€8.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926971001Author Agnes C. LautFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co... -
Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins by Lee Berger 9781426223884
RRP: €29.74€19.97In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have... -
Far From the Truth: Distance, Information, and Credibility in the Early Modern World by Michiel van Groesen 9781032433912
RRP: €160.65€140.04Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was... -
From Yellow to Golden: The Stately Heritage of the Golden Retriever by Malcolm Morecroft 9780955672262
€31.20From the forests of Inverness-shire to fashionable Park Lane, London, this is the fascinating story of a small group of individuals, whose lives intertwined across the social classes to develop one of today's most beloved breeds of dog - the Golden... -
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston 9781455569410
RRP: €51.17€36.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455569410Author Douglas PrestonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)... -
A Voyage Round the World by George Anson 9780994517883
RRP: €16.65€13.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994517883Author George AnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Thalassic PressPublisher Thalassic PressWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm... -
The Karluk's Last Voyage: An Epic of Death and Survival in the Arctic by Capt. Robert Allen Bartlett 9781590774762
RRP: €17.84€13.72"We did not all come back." Thus begins the rare firsthand account of the extraordinary ordeal of the Karluk, the flagship of explorer Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Arctic expedition of 1913-1916. When ice trapped the Karluk, Stefansson abandoned Captain... -
The Fourth Part of the World: An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America by Toby Lester 9781416535348
RRP: €23.79€16.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416535348Author Toby LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 167mm... -
The Polar Book: British Polar Exhibition 1930 Bernacchi by Louis Charles Bernacchi
RRP: €41.65€39.38The Polar Book created as a facsimile of a now very scarce publication for the British Polar Exhibition of 1930 that celebrated the history of Polar discoveries and expeditions of the day. This is the first edition as a case bound hardback, complete with... -
The Final Voyage of the Valencia: Amazing Stories by Michael C Neitzel
RRP: €13.08€8.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772033151Author Michael C NeitzelFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co... -
We Could Perceive No Sign of Them: Failed Colonies in North America, 1526-1689 by David MacDonald
RRP: €33.32€20.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594163883Author David MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Westholme PublishingPublisher Westholme PublishingWeight(grams) 152g -
Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, 1500-1800 by Daniela Bleichmar
RRP: €78.54€68.22This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800. Authored by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the United... -
Finding Dr. Livingstone: A History in Documents from the Henry Morton Stanley Archives by Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi
RRP: €46.41€40.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780821425138Author Mathilde Leduc-GrimaldiFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Ohio University PressPublisher Ohio University PressWeight(grams) 178g -
One Time Fits All: The Campaigns for Global Uniformity by Ian R. Bartky
RRP: €73.78€63.74One Time Fits All provides the first full framework for understanding attributes of civil time, which is used throughout the world today. It focuses on three components of uniform time all linked to the prime meridian at Greenwich-the International Date... -
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer
RRP: €22.61€13.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982113353Author Andrea PitzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 140g -
Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes by David L. Nicandri
RRP: €47.60€37.06Captain 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... -
Patrons of Paleontology: How Government Support Shaped a Science by Jane P. Davidson
RRP: €38.08€33.57In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C...