Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835073
- ISBN
- 9781843835073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.31
€ 33.99
€ 28.31
Paperback. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival.. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; BGH; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553815399
- ISBN
- 9780553815399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772030204
- ISBN
- 9781772030204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FKN; BGH; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841192116
- ISBN
- 9781841192116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this narrative part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history brings our own world into sharper view." Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088078
- ISBN
- 9780674088078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.37
€ 29.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The ship sank, leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days. This edition brings together the harrowing tales of the survivors. Editor(s): Philbrick, Nathaniel; Philbrick, Thomas. Num Pages: 256 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1QSP; FC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437966
- ISBN
- 9780140437966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821411926
- ISBN
- 9780821411926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.42
€ 47.99
€ 42.42
Paperback. In 1940, the author sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. This book offers a log of the expedition, combining combines science, philosophy and adventure. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; PSPM; RBKC; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186078
- ISBN
- 9780141186078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.31
€ 21.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. Kennedy follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, intention to outcome, myth to reality. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJM; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503861
- ISBN
- 9780674503861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.07
€ 35.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006550334
- ISBN
- 9780006550334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. This title tells the story of these voyages. Editor(s): Edwards, Philip. Num Pages: 688 pages, maps, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1M; BGHA; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436471
- ISBN
- 9780140436471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Hardback. After James Cook's voyage in HMS Endeavour, Banks developed a network of scientists and explorers. Banks's correspondence is one of the great primary sources for studying the Pacific region during this important period of exploration and colonial expansion. Series: The Pickering Masters. Num Pages: 4288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 315 x 290 x 293. Weight in Grams: 9999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 4288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848935266
- ISBN
- 9781848935266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,277.42
€ 1,277.42
Paperback. Explores the physical and organic phenomena of the Antarctic continent as well as its history. With chapters on the geography and formation of the continent, its exploration, its depiction in the arts and sciences, and its geopolitical treatment, the author places the remote land as central to the Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: Maps & photographs. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780295976785
- ISBN
- 9780295976785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.36
€ 40.99
€ 35.36
Paperback. From 1539 to 1542, Hernando de Soto and several hundred armed men cut a path of destruction and disease across the Southeast, from Florida to the Mississippi River. This book investigates the broad cultural and literary aspects of the resulting social and demographic collapse or radical transformation of many Native societies. Editor(s): Galloway, Patricia Kay. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803271227
- ISBN
- 9780803271227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.42
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€ 42.42
Hardcover. Profiles forty of the worlds greatest explorers, from Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 illustrations, 150 in colour. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1198. Good copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0007598
- ISBN
- 9780500251690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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
Paperback. Collects the accounts that provide a narrative of the author's voyages in the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442175
- ISBN
- 9780140442175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. The fascinating exploration of the Hermetic origins of modern science and the secret agenda behind the search for the truth from the bestselling team of Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPC; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124784
- ISBN
- 9781472124784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Benedict. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 44. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571206124
- ISBN
- 9780571206124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.79
€ 21.99
€ 15.79
Hardback. This is a remarkable story, not just about the extraordinary achievements of a family, but about the power of the individual to spur innovation, even when the consen Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGHA; BK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720890
- ISBN
- 9781780720890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.65
€ 26.99
€ 18.65