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by Ernest Shackleton  Publisher Comments Comparable to "Into Thin Air" and "Alive, " this first-hand account of the expedition which is the subject of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Arctic Expedition" is written by the leader of the fateful expedition...
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Explorers: The Most Exciting Voyages of Discovery -- From the African Expeditions to the Lunar Landing
by Andrea De Porti Publisher Comments A superbly illustrated reference of great explorers and their expeditions since 1845. One the most exciting periods of exploration coincided with the invention of photography. As a result, the most important expeditions over the last 160 years were...
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Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest
by Ranulph Fiennes Publisher Comments The real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest is told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer," Sir Ranulph Fiennes....
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Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels: Travel and Colonial Writing in English, 1550-1630: An Anthology
by Andrew Hadfield Publisher Comments Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels is an accessible and unique anthology of travel and colonial writing in the English Renaissance, selected to represent the world-picture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers in England. It includes not just the...
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The Blue Nile
by Alan Moorehead Publisher Comments Chapter 1 The Blue Nile‘ Egypt is an acquired country, the gift of the river.'--Herodotus. The Blue Nile pours very quietly and uneventfully out of Lake Tana in the northern highlands of Ethiopia. There is no waterfall or cataract, no definite...
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ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by Jennifer Niven 
Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic. In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned. When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a...
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The Last Voyage of Captain Cook: Including the Siberian Journals and Selected Letters of John Ledyard
by John Ledyard Publisher Comments The Last Voyage Of Captain Cook Meet John Ledyard, perhaps the greatest little-known explorer in American history. Ledyard (1751-1789) sailed with Capt. James Cook, formed a fur trading company with John Paul Jones, and dreamed, with Thomas Jerfferson...
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The Ships of Christopher Columbus (Anatomy of the Ship)
by Xavier Pastor Publisher Comments This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and full descriptions of each ship's design, construction, operational history, and much more....
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The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1799
by James Cook Publisher Comments Cook's three great voyages into the uncharted Pacific, told in his own words. Travel classic recounts exploration of the eastern coastline of Australia, mapping of New Zealand, discovery of Hawaiian Islands, much more.<BR>...
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The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
by Joanna Kavenna Publisher Comments A legend, a land once seen and then lost forever, Thule was a place beyond the edge of the maps, a mystery for thousands of years. And to the Nazis, Thule was an icy Eden, birthplace of Nordic "purity." In this exquisitely written narrative, Joanna...
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The Travels Marco Polo (Penguin Classics)
by Marco Polo Publisher Comments Classic translation of Marco Polo's famous travels. Includes index and maps....
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The Travels of Marco Polo (Signet Classics)
by Marco Polo Publisher Comments His pilgrimage through the East began in 1271 when, still a teenager, he found himself traversing the most exotic lands-from the dazzling Mongol empire to Tibet and Burma. This fascinating chronicle still serves as the most vivid depiction of the...
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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
by Nancy Brown Publisher Comments Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after...
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Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude and Outright Lunacy
by Fergus Fleming Publisher Comments Barrow's Boys is a spellbinding account of perilous journeys to uncharted areas under the most challenging conditions. Fergus Fleming captures the passion for exploration that led a band of men into situations that would humble today's bravest...
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Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle
by Mike Horn Publisher Comments In August 2002, Mike Horn set out on a mission that bordered on the impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle - alone, against all prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation. This is the gripping...
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Hunting Pirate Heaven : in Search of Lost Pirate Utopias (01 Edition)
by Kevin Rushby Publisher Comments Hitching rides on a motley assortment of freighters, dhows, yachts, and fishing smacks, Kevin Rushby sailed up the east coast of Africa in search of the lost pirate settlements that, in the sixteenth century, were established on the islands and atolls in...
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Volume 2
by John Stephens Publisher Comments Volume 2 of two-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements--all of which makes this...
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Points Unknown: A Century of Great Exploration
by David Roberts Publisher Comments This collection of adventure writing ranges from Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry to Jon Krakauer's reckless solo climb of the Devil's Thumb to Tom Wolfe's brilliant portrayal of Chuck Yeager shattering the sound barrier in "The Right Stuff". A...
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Classic Exploration Stories: Enthralling Accounts of Journeys of Discovery
by Stephen Brennan Publisher Comments To boldly go where no one has gone before. That's the theme of Classic Exploration Stories. Editor Stephen Brennan invites us to return to bygone days when brave travelers could yet venture into uncharted regions. With Contributions from: Francis Parkman,...
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Voyages That Changed the World
by Peter Aughton Publisher Comments Dramatically told, often in the words of the voyagers themselves, and beautifully illustrated with maps, portraits and historic illustrations, these are the gripping stories of how a handful of sailors, adventures, pirates and mavericks shaped the course...
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