Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
Paperback. Recounts the great traveler Ibn Battuta's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460. A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century. 384 pages, illustrations. Recounts the great traveler Ibn Battuta's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; RGR. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 24. Weight: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272927
- ISBN
- 9780520272927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. A biography telling the exciting story of David Livingstone, a humble Scottish missionary who became Africa's most famous explorer Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; BGH; HBJH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554326
- ISBN
- 9781781554326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.44
€ 22.44
Paperback. Examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject. Series: Issues in Historiography. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; RGR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719067938
- ISBN
- 9780719067938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.60
€ 21.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 664 pages, 70 photos & maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 247 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2038.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578700
- ISBN
- 9781877578700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.93
€ 41.99
€ 32.93
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€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668071
- ISBN
- 9780712668071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.98
€ 21.99
€ 16.98
Hardcover. A century after Amundsen's triumph and Scott's tragedy, our fascination with Antarctica remains as acute as ever. This glorious visual history traces our search for the South Pole, from our earliest encounters through the Heroic Age to modern times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; HBJQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 276 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Conway
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844861378
- ISBN
- 9781844861378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 10.00
€ 24.99
€ 10.00
Paperback. In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. This title tells the story of their adventure travelled throughout Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; JFHF; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571243785
- ISBN
- 9780571243785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. As Scott and his two companions lay dying in their tent, elsewhere on the polar ice-cap six members of his ill-fated expedition, the Northern Party, were fighting for their lives. Led by Dr Levick, this title is based on his previously unpublished diaries, monographs, photographs and sketches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Publisher
- Pimlico London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712679954
- ISBN
- 9780712679954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BT; HBJK; HBLA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062407405
- ISBN
- 9780062407405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.02
€ 14.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 548 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553384574
- ISBN
- 9780553384574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.52
€ 20.99
€ 19.52
Paperback. 200 years after his birth, this book assesses David Livingstone's life, impact and legacy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; HRCX7; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Lion UK
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745955681
- ISBN
- 9780745955681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.95
€ 14.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, 22 halftones. 80 line illus. BIC Classification: RBKC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609331
- ISBN
- 9780691609331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.80€ 57.26
€ 74.80
€ 57.26
Paperback. 8vo.good copy. Maritime History.The Sea
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- North Carolina Div of Archives
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 12th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0254430
- ISBN
- 9780865261006
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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€ 24.65
€ 29.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Author and explorer Neider writes about his third trip to Antarctica, telling of the beauty of the desolate land, its history, and the current ecological debates surrounding it. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 1QMP; RGR; TQ; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815412359
- ISBN
- 9780815412359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.44
€ 19.44
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€ 10.34
€ 13.99
€ 10.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Lavishly illustrated with photos, maps, paintings and objects from the museum's many coll. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBTM; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472948694
- ISBN
- 9781472948694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.00
€ 21.99
€ 20.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062236784
- ISBN
- 9780062236784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.14
€ 14.99
€ 12.14
Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437536
- ISBN
- 9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.96
€ 16.99
€ 12.96