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Expedition into Empire: Exploratory Journeys and the Making of the Modern World by Martin Thomas
RRP: €52.35€45.74Expeditionary journeys have shaped our world, but the expedition as a cultural form is rarely scrutinized. This book is the first major investigation of the conventions and social practices embedded in team-based exploration. In probing the politics of... -
Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World by Brian W. Richardson
RRP: €103.53€89.88Before 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... -
Adventures in Polar Reading: The Book Cultures of High Latitudes by David H Stam
RRP: €38.08€32.78Borrowing from his naval experience and his expertise as a historian, David Stam performed extensive archival and secondary research for this study of the printed needs of several polar expeditions, including those of Adolphus Greely in the International... -
Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment by Alexander Cook
RRP: €57.11€49.75The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection of essays traces the concept of `humanity' through revolutionary politics, feminist biography, portraiture, explorer narratives, libertine... -
North American Exploration by Michael Golay
RRP: €34.50€34.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471391487Author Michael GolayFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 1140g -
Routledge Handbook on Sufism by Lloyd Ridgeon
RRP: €45.21€39.72This is a chronological history of the Sufi tradition, divided in to three sections, early, middle and modern periods. The book comprises 35 independent chapters with easily identifiable themes and/or geographical threads, all written by recognised... -
Nature Shock: Getting Lost in America by Jon T. Coleman
RRP: €32.73€32.05An award‑winning environmental historian explores American history through wrenching, tragic, and sometimes humorous stories of getting lost"Fascinating. . . . Underlying . . . is a deep belief in the importance of collaboration and cooperation between... -
The South American Expeditions, 1540-1545 by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
€56.73First published in 1555, Cabeza de Vaca's narrative of his South American expeditions is a detailed account of his five years as governor of Spain's province of the Rio de la Plata in South America. Cabeza de Vaca was already a celebrated explorer by the... -
Pacific Voyages: The Story of Sail in the Greatest Ocean by Gordon Miller 9781771623476
RRP: €42.83€28.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771623476Author Gordon MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre -
Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond by Niles Eldredge 9780231153164
RRP: €35.70€27.72All 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... -
The Tenochca Empire of Ancient Mexico: The Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan by Pedro Carrasco 9780806141992
€40.88The most important political entity in pre-Spanish Mesoamerica was the Tenochca Empire, founded in 1428 when the three kingdoms of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan formed an alliance that controlled the Basin of Mexico and other extensive areas of... -
A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America by Tony Horwitz 9780312428327
RRP: €29.75€18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312428327Author Tony HorwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
The Dutch East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from Spain by Captivating History 9781647480028
RRP: €35.69€21.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647480028Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 66Imprint Ch PublicationsPublisher Ch PublicationsWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The New World: A Captivating Guide to the Americas, Age of Discovery, Christopher Columbus, and Transatlantic Slave Trade by Captivating History 9781637162125
RRP: €36.88€26.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637162125Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 474Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 798gDimensions(mm)... -
Trespassers on the Roof of the World by Peter Hopkirk 9780192851321 [USED COPY]
RRP: €10.70€3.65Hidden behind the Himalayas and ruled over by a God-king, Tibet has always cast a powerful spell over travellers form the West. In this remarkable, and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval land... -
Exploration Map by Map DK 9780241682791
RRP: €35.70€30.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780241682791Author DKFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint DKPublisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd -
Losing Sight of the Shore: Scotland's Medical Explorers 1815–1915 Wendell McConnaha 9781849955942
RRP: €22.60€19.21A compelling history of the lives of five Scottish medical explorers set in the context of British dominance in exploration. It opens a new and enlightening window on this great era of exploration. -
Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money Jim Willis 9781578598670
RRP: €51.16€41.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578598670Author Jim WillisFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press -
Stranded at the Top of the World: A Story of Exploration and Heroic Rescue in the Arctic Mary R. Tahan 9783031562877
RRP: €35.69€32.61This book provides a well-researched, well-structured, interesting, and informative narrative depicting the little-known yet successful efforts of the Captain Arve Staxrud Norwegian Arctic Rescue Expedition of 1913 that searched for and saved members of... -
The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820: Volume I: 1767–1794 Neil Chambers 9781032530321
RRP: €160.65€139.56This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered... -
Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money Jim Willis 9781578598557
RRP: €17.84€15.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578598557Author Jim WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press -
Explorers: A New History Matthew Lockwood 9781324073871
RRP: €20.22€17.18The impulse to seek out new worlds is universal to humanity. In a truly inclusive account of exploration, historian Matthew Lockwood interweaves stories of famous figures—including Sacagawea, Pocahontas and Dr Livingstone—with tales of individuals who... -
The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering Daniel Light 9781324066217
RRP: €29.16€24.79Whether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges of the Himalaya, The White Ladder follows a cast of...