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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
by Tony Horwitz  
Powells.com Staff Pick With the same sly humor and neighborly curiosity he brought to Confederates in the Attic and Blue Latitudes, in A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz roams the New World, surveying the destinations of history's foremost explorers: Leif Eiriksson...
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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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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventure of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
by Giles Milton
Publisher Comments A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas. The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored. Yet 370 years ago, Run's...
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The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus
by David Abulafia Publisher Comments The first landings in the Atlantic World generated striking and terrifying impressions of unknown peoples who were entirely foreign to anything in European explorers’ experience. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the...
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by Tony Horwitz
Powells.com Staff Pick In a highly entertaining adventure, Tony Horwitz rides the wake of Captain James Cook, recreating the history of his pioneering voyages, the stories of his island landings, and the lasting impact his contact had on the indigenous populations...
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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
by Martin Dugard Publisher Comments With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David...
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
by Daniel J. Boorstin
Publisher Comments Daniel Boorstin, former librarian of the Library of Congress, gives a fascinating history of world civilization. From astronomical development, microscopes, telescopes, medicine, vaccines, genetics and map-making, this book delves into the discoveries of...
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This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
by Gretel Ehrlich
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-361) and index....
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by Tony Horwitz
Powells.com 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. Recommended by...
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The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole (Modern Library Exploration)
by Roland Huntford
Synopsis The definitive account of the contest between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Raoul Amundsen for the most coveted prize in the age of modern exploration: Antarctica. "One of the great debunking biographies."--"The New York Times Book Review."...
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Discoveries: Exploration of Africa (Discoveries)
by Anne Hugon Synopsis The latest in the Discoveries series, here is the compelling story of the great explorers of the African interior--the men and women who traveled to the sources of the Nile and tracked the course of the Congo and Zambezi rivers. This compelling story of...
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Did Marco Polo Go to China?
by Frances Wood Publisher Comments We all “know” that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo...
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)
by Laurence Bergreen
Powells.com Staff Pick Laurence Bergreen brings Magellan's groundbreaking circumnavigation of the globe to life in this excellent, highly readable history. Through exhaustive research, including many first person accounts previously unavailable in English, Bergreen weaves...
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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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Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious...
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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...
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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...
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Endurance
by Alfred Lansing From Powells.com Days before the outbreak of World War One renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail to attempt the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. More than eighty miles from their destination, however, their...
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by Tony Horwitz
Powells.com Staff Pick In a highly entertaining adventure, Tony Horwitz rides the wake of Captain James Cook, recreating the history of his pioneering voyages, the stories of his island landings, and the lasting impact his contact had on the indigenous populations...
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