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We Came Naked and Barefoot: The Journey of Cabeza De Vaca across North America by Alex Dony Krieger Publisher Comments Perhaps no one has ever been such a survivor as lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca. Member of a 600-man expedition sent out from Spain to colonize "La Florida" in 1527, he survived a failed exploration of the west coast of Florida, an open-boat crossing of the Gulf... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions by Kieran Mulvaney Publisher Comments Explores the history of the Arctic and Antarctic, examining their landscapes, resources, native peoples, and the legacy of human exploration and exploitation of these lands.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $28.88 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson by Peter C. Mancall Publisher Comments Examines the events of English explorer Henry Hudson's final expedition in the winter of 1610 and the mutiny that followed; resulting in Hudson, his son, and other crew members being forced off the boat and sent adrift in the frigid Hudson Bay.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $24.93 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Reading Columbus by Margarita Zamora Publisher Comments Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $24.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane, and Discovery by Martin Dugard Publisher Comments An account of Columbus's fourth and final voyage describes the aging captain's determination to find a passage to the Orient, recounting how his efforts were challenged by shipwreck, mutiny, and political treachery. By the author of Farther Than Any Man.... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West by Francis Parkman Publisher Comments Traces La Salle's third and fatal attempt to discover the mouth of the... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Land so Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza De Vaca by Andre Resendez Publisher Comments In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $15.68 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments A voyage into history, a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages, a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power, and more, this captivating tale rivals the most exciting thriller fiction.... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation by Antonio Pigafetta Publisher Comments Remarkable firsthand account by one of the few survivors of Magellan's epochal journey (1519–1522). Remarkably detailed record of new lands, flora and fauna, shipboard life, etc. Introduction. 28 halftones. Map.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $11.49 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Explorers: Tales of Endurance and Exploration by DK Publishing Publisher Comments From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. Explorers tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people... (read more) Your price: $25.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Columbus in the Americas by William Least Heat Moon Publisher Comments The author of PrairieEarth and Blue Highways revisits the controversy surrounding the arrival of Columbus in the New World, offering a fresh perspective on this pivotal historical event. 75,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Under Polaris: An Arctic Quest by Tahoe Talbot Washburn Publisher Comments Tahoe Talbot Washburn first visited the Arctic in 1938 with her graduate student husband Lincoln. The journals she kept of their adventures over the next three years -- written in tents and snow houses, at missions and Hudson's Bay Company posts -- form... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Travels and Journal of Ambrosio Bembo by Ambrosio Bembo Publisher Comments In 1671, Ambrosio Bembo, a young nobleman bored with everyday life in Venice, decided to broaden his knowledge of the world through travel. That August he set off on a remarkable, occasionally hazardous, four-year voyage to Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $24.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America by David Boyle List Price $11.99 Your price: $11.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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