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Penguin Classics #217: The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives.. by Christopher Columbus Synopsis To present a consecutive narrative of Columbus' voyages to the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Trinidad, and the mainland of America, this book combines reports and letters written by Columbus with large passages from the biography prepared by his son and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Book Club Paperback
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Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments A fascinating account of the ten weeks which Sara Wheeler spent in Antarctica as "writer in residence". Combining her wry observations on the insular lives of the ice-bound scientists with appreciation of the stark beauty of the landscape and its... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ring of Ice True Tales of Exploration by Peter Stark Publisher Comments Well into the nineteenth century Arctic explorers believed that they needed only to smash their ships through a ring of ice circling the top of the globe and from there they could tack easily on soft breezes to the North Pole. Acting on this belief... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.97 Sale - Hardcover
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The Land of the Great Image by Maurice Collis Synopsis This book chronicles the great diplomatic coup of Friar Manrique's career, opening the kingdom of Arakan, now Burma to the Church and to Portuguese trade.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Karluk by William La Mckinlay Synopsis Written as a tribute to human courage this book traces the ill-fated expedition of the "Karluk" which set sail to the Arctic in June 1913. The Canadian explorer and captain led 25 crew members - seamen and scientists - on a journey from which 11 of them... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Women Explorers (Women Who Dare) by Sharon M Hannon Publisher Comments From the South Pole to the Sahara, women, as avidly as their male counterparts, have sought adventure around the globe. Not always accepted, more often than not these female explorers have had to struggle against restrictive societal mores in addition to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Heart of the Antarctic: The Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 by Ernest Shackleton Publisher Comments This is the story of Shackleton's first polar expedition in solo charge, 1907-9. It is an account of his never-ending quest to reach the South Pole. Within ninety-seven miles of his goal, appalling weather forces him to abandon this expedition in a... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Search for the North West Passage by Ann Savours Publisher Comments The search for the North West Passage to the Far East was the main driving force behind British arctic exploration from the 16th to the mid-19th century. It included the famous and ill-fated John Franklin expedition--the disappearance of which and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Across the Top of the World: To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker (Delta Expedition) by David E Fisher Publisher Comments A chronicle of the history of polar exploration describes the 1991 expedition of a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker across the polar ice cap and discusses previous expeditions to the North Pole and the explorers who took part.... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The World of Columbus by James R Mcgovern Book News Annotation Six essays survey the ideas that directly and indirectly influenced Christopher Columbus, showing how he was a product of his time. The topics include the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella, artistic discovery, science, navigation and ships, and music... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A Cook Publisher Comments The subzero temperatures were only one of the dangers explorer Frederick Cook (1865–1940) faced in his attempts to reach the North Pole. During his extraordinary and harrowing journey, he fought off arctic wolves and polar bears, lived through ice... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole by Preston Publisher Comments On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought -- the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Scotts Last Journey :Scott by Peter King Synopsis This entirely new edition of explorer Robert F. Scott's journal is a first-hand account of his final, ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1910, with more than 150 never-before-seen photographs.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossible by F Fernandez Armesto Synopsis This controversial biography of Christopher Columbus argues that he is best understood as a primitive celestial navigator, fuelled by a progressive religiosity yet strongly influenced by mysticism and millennarianism.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia: Volume 1 (Duckworth Discoverers) by Henry M Stanley Publisher Comments Sir Henry Stanley is best known for his expeditions and explorations in Africa. However as a journalist he spent much time in other continents before his famous search for Livingstone. In this gripping volume, he writes poignantly about his journeys to... (read more) List Price $37.75 Your price: $2.75 Sale - Hardcover
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A First-Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole by Diana Preston Publisher Comments On November 12, 1912, a rescue party trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier found what they had set out to find: the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lying... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Zia Book) by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Publisher Comments Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to cross the North American continent. This remarkable book is his odyssey, first written in 1542 as an official report to the king of Spain under the title La Relación.... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Customs of the Kingdoms of India by Polo Publisher Comments Gleaned during his voyage along the coasts of India, Marco Polos mystified reports include the story of a giant bird that eats elephants, along with many other tales both reliable and fantastical.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Icemen by Mick Conefrey Publisher Comments Conefrey and Jordan profile legendary adventurers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook as well as lesser-known Arctic explorers who left their marks. Photos.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $2.98 Used - Hardcover
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