Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
paperback. Illustrator(s): Jacques, Francis Lee. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 1KBCO; HBJK; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816609192
- ISBN
- 9780816609192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.17
€ 18.99
€ 18.17
paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BGA; HBJK; RGR; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643943
- ISBN
- 9780816643943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.17
€ 18.99
€ 18.17
hardcover. Argues that Fremont used both a radical form of the picturesque and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic craving for expansion Num Pages: 1 photograph, 23 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803238077
- ISBN
- 9780803238077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
paperback. George Drouillard's service to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was long obscured by the light cast on the leaders and Sacagawea. Drawing from various journals of the expedition, and from obscure documents, letters, and legal records, this book presents an account of the pursuits in which he engaged, but also an idea of the kind of man he was. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293090
- ISBN
- 9780803293090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.44
€ 20.99
€ 20.44
paperback. This is a factual account, written with the pace of fiction, of hundreds of dramatic losses, heroic rescues, and violent adventures at the stormy meeting place of northern and southern winds and waters - the Graveyard of the Atlantic off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Num Pages: 287 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807842614
- ISBN
- 9780807842614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover. From whaling museums to National Geographic television specials to "tiki bars," the high seas have enchanted modern Americans as an adventurous frontier. This work presents a cultural history of America's exploration of the ocean and critically analyzes the legacies of seven marine explorers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: RBKC; RGR; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615674
- ISBN
- 9780700615674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.09
€ 65.09
The Lewis and Clark Journals. An American Epic of Discovery.
Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Members Of...
Paperback. Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. This title combines the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals. It explains their triumphs and terrors. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 497 pages, 6 illustrations, 13 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280397
- ISBN
- 9780803280397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.12
€ 25.12
Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the Making of Am...
Edited By Douglas Seefeldt, Jeffrey L. Hantma...
Hardcover. Across the Continent is an examination of Lewis and Clark's expedition. Essays look at the global politics that provided the context for the expedition and at the interest in science that grew from it and justified its undertaking. It considers the legacies of it on Native Americans and the control of the expansion of the American Empire. Editor(s): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; JPSL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923130
- ISBN
- 9780813923130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Hardback. One of the great first-person accounts of the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century, this new translation makes Cabeza de Vaca's adventures available to a wide English-speaking audience for the first time. Translator(s): Morrow, Baker H. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JB; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826350633
- ISBN
- 9780826350633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Hardcover. As Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves set out in 1851 to explore the southern portion of the Four Corners region, his party included Dr Samuel Woodhouse, a thirty-year-old physician and naturalist who kept a journal of their travels from New York to California. This title offers Sam Woodhouse's private journal. Editor(s): Wallace, Andrew; Hevly, Richard H. Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest. Num Pages: 356 pages, 13 color & 12 b/w engravings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725973
- ISBN
- 9780896725973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.39
€ 46.99
€ 40.39
Hardcover. What baggage do explorers bring to their experiences? This book summarises the various factors that influence the writing & interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw & what the text describes. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: DS; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552380628
- ISBN
- 9781552380628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803251380
- ISBN
- 9780803251380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.70
€ 23.99
€ 21.70
"Originally published in hardcover as Down the World's Most Dangerous River by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929." Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK; RGR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826351555
- ISBN
- 9780826351555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.26
€ 20.99
€ 19.26
In 1826, Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, was part of a team sent to explore what is now northern Mexico and the Gulf Coast of Texas. Here, historian Russell Lawson tells the story of this multinational expedition, using Berlandier's copious records as a way of conveying his view of the natural environment. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBTP; RGR; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826352170
- ISBN
- 9780826352170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.50
€ 59.50
Paperback. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080462
- ISBN
- 9780802080462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.05
€ 45.99
€ 41.05
The Antarctic is the last, vast terrestrial frontier on Earth. Less than a century ago, no one had ever seen the South Pole. Today, odd machines and adventure skiers from many nations converge there every summer. They arrive from many starting points on the Antarctic coast and go back some other way. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b&w photographs & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612344515
- ISBN
- 9781612344515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.70
€ 41.99
€ 35.70
Hardcover. 8vo.Slightly worn copy in original cloth
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1928
- SKU
- KEX0254751
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664366
- ISBN
- 9781624664366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; HBJF; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664373
- ISBN
- 9781624664373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.31€ 42.04
€ 53.31
€ 42.04
Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy..Artic Travel
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Bobbs- Merrill Co. Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1950
- SKU
- KEX0254772
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. One of the greatest 19th-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his descriptions of the flora and fauna of the continent'. Translator(s): Wilson, Jason. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DNF; PD; RGR; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445534
- ISBN
- 9780140445534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.60
€ 19.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy original cloth ..Artic Travel
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- National Defense University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KEX0254784
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Peter Pond, a fur trader, explorer, and amateur mapmaker, spent his life ranging much farther afield than Milford, Connecticut, where he was born and died (1740-1807). This book presents Pond's life as part of a generation of traders who came of age between the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803246324
- ISBN
- 9780803246324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.07
€ 74.07
Hardback. Editor(s): Klemun, Marianne; Spring, Ulrike. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; PDX; RGR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581051
- ISBN
- 9781137581051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.62
€ 133.62