Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery: An Anthology
by Peter C Mancall


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The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoples. Aided by the invention of the printing press in Europe, travelers were able to... (read more)

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The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration
by Simon Nasht




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This riveting biography recounts the life of the world's first truly modern explorer, a life of unrelenting adventure and the high drama of polar exploration. Hubert Wilkins was the most successful explorer in history: no one saw with his own eyes more... (read more)

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Voyage Discovery V2
by Robert Falcon Scott


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This publication reproduces in facsimile the rare, lavishly illustrated deluxe edition. Robert F. Scott is best known for his failed, fatal efforts to be the first to reach the South Pole, but his initial Antarctic expedition aboard the Discovery from... (read more)

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Some Like It Cold
by Neville Shulman


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From the icy plains of the Arctic to the glacial wilderness of the Antarctic, Neville Shulman embarked on two epic journeys to achieve his dream of reaching both the North and South Poles. Throughout his adventures, Shulman recounts the stories of the... (read more)

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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
by Preston And Scott


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On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier found what they sought--the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. 3 maps. Two 8-page inserts.... (read more)

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University of Alaska Press - Lives of Great Explorers #01: Storms and Dreams: The Life of Louis De Bougainville
by John Dunmore


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Witty, charming, and fiercely intelligent, Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729–1811) managed, in the course of a long life, to play a part in nearly every facet of eighteenth-century life and culture. Storms and Dreams is a lively... (read more)

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The Voyage of the Vizcaina: The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship
by Klaus Brinkbaumer


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Lying in only twenty-five feet of water in a small gulf off the coast of Panama, a shipwrecked vessel managed to escape detection for centuries before it was discovered in the mid-1990s. In 2002, Klaus Brinkba umer and Clemens Ho ges, journalists with... (read more)

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The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery
by Martin Dugard


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Columbus' fourth voyage is a saga of shipwreck, mutiny, discovery, and political treachery, yet his quest to find a passage to the Orient drove him onward in the face of peril.... (read more)

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The Fatal Voyage: Captain Cook's Last Great Journey
by Peter Aughton


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Cook was the greatest explorer of his age and his voyages of discovery are the stuff of legend. During two long journeys, he circumnavigated the globe twice, charted the east coast of Australia, the whole of New Zealand and many islands in the Pacific... (read more)

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The Voyage of the Vizcaina: The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship
by Klaus Brinkbaumer


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Of all the great seafaring vessels of the Age of Discovery, not one has been recovered or even--given the lack of detailed contemporary descriptions--accurately represented. Then, in the mid-1990s, a sunken ship was found in a small, shallow gulf off the... (read more)

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