Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
Paperback. David Thompson (1770-1857) is considered to have been the important surveyor of North America. Documenting Northwest Company's efforts to find trade routes across Canadian Rocky Mountains, this book reveals Thompson's interest in mapping the great river of the West sought by generations of explorers. It traces fur trade's westernmost expansion. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773533257
- ISBN
- 9780773533257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.46
€ 33.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. The fascinating recounting of the daring first English voyage in search of a Northwest Passage. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773531550
- ISBN
- 9780773531550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.16
€ 41.16
Paperback. In July 1903, Leonidas Hubbard set out to explore the uncharted interior of Labrador by canoe, accompanied by Dillon Wallace. Bad luck and bad judgment led the expedition into disaster. Reconstructing the story from the long-lost journals and diaries of the 1903 and 1905 expeditions, this book traces the explorers' routes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773530751
- ISBN
- 9780773530751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.81
€ 27.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. A record of the early days of the Grenfell mission and of social conditions in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1890s. Eliot Curwen joined Grenfell on the second expedition, his journal and photographs reveal the heart of the colonial society he encountered. Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; BG; HBJK; HBLL; JHM; RGR; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 216. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773518704
- ISBN
- 9780773518704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.64
€ 40.64
Paperback. To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. This expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the party surveyed no less than 675 miles of Arctic coastline. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JH; BG; BJ; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773512221
- ISBN
- 9780773512221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Paperback. First published in 1634, this book provided reliable, first-hand information on British America for prospective colonists. Part 1 offers descriptions of New England's natural environment, and part 2 describes the daily life of Indian tribes. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870238901
- ISBN
- 9780870238901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
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
€ 60.52
€ 60.52
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
€ 25.99€ 25.04
€ 25.99
€ 25.04
Hardcover. A fascinating study of early geographical knowledge Series: Recentiores: Later Latin Texts & Contexts S. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3D; 3F; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472111329
- ISBN
- 9780472111329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.99
€ 109.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Vevier, Charles. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FCS; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 2, Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299026745
- ISBN
- 9780299026745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.57
€ 39.57
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
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
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
€ 30.99€ 27.89
€ 30.99
€ 27.89
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
€ 23.33
€ 23.33
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
€ 23.13
€ 23.13
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€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
paperback. In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of cartier on the last voyage. Many of these letters appear for the first time in English. Editor(s): Cook, Ramsay. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Nachdruck
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802060006
- ISBN
- 9780802060006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MTN; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 206 x 13. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759380
- ISBN
- 9781894759380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.71
€ 25.99
€ 17.71
Hardcover. The first colonial cartographer of New Mexico, he helped create the culturally unique santero tradition that still thrives today. Editor(s): Diaz, Josef. Num Pages: 156 pages, 61 colour & 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGB; BGF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135853
- ISBN
- 9780890135853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.51
€ 35.99
€ 33.51
Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus' own writings - chronologically arranged, and translated into idiomatic English - to relate his self-perception and personal history, as far as is possible, in his own words. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841344
- ISBN
- 9781603841344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.61€ 41.09
€ 52.61
€ 41.09
paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QMP; HBJQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 33. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771510844
- ISBN
- 9781771510844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.77
€ 30.99
€ 20.77