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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
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)

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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
by Mark Adams
Publisher Comments
From the star of Discovery Channel's Naked and Marooned comes a a riveting, adventurous account of one manand#8217;s history-making journey along the entire length of the Amazonand#151;and through the most bio-diverse habitat on Earth.and#160; Fans of... (read more)

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
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)

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Columbus in the  Americas
Columbus in the Americas
by William Least Heat-Moon
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A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down, and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and... (read more)

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The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name
The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name
by Toby Lester
Publisher Comments
Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemuller world map of 1507. So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name. For... (read more)

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The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake: Being His Next Voyage to That to Nombre de Dios (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration)
The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake: Being His Next Voyage to That to Nombre de Dios (Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration)
by Francis Drake
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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished... (read more)

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Penguin Classics #217: The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives..
Penguin Classics #217: The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives..
by Christopher Columbus
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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)

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Oxford Atlas of Exploration
Oxford Atlas of Exploration
by Oxford
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The history of exploration is the history of human fascination with the world. Almost from the beginning of humanity, people have felt impelled to venture into unknown regions, displaying incredible endurance and bravery in the face of harsh environments... (read more)

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Great Exploration Hoaxes (Modern Library Exploration)
Great Exploration Hoaxes (Modern Library Exploration)
by David Roberts
Publisher Comments
Did Peary reach the North Pole? Was Admiral Byrd the first to fly over it? Did Frederick Cook actually make the first ascent of Mt. McKinley? Spanning 450 years of history, Great Exploration Hoaxes tells the spellbinding stories of ten men who pursued... (read more)

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Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle
Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle
by Mike Horn
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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... (read more)

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The Book of Exploration
The Book of Exploration
by Ray Howgego
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A chronological tour of the history of exploration in the style of The Map Book, by the world's leading expert.  Before the turn of the 19th century, ventures into uncharted lands required material or spiritual reward to justify the perils of... (read more)

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Secrets of the Ice: Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life
Secrets of the Ice: Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life
by Veronika Meduna
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Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. More than just a frontier for exploration, Antarctica is now understood to be a crucial part of a global climate and environment. Each year... (read more)

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Columbus: The Four Voyages
Columbus: The Four Voyages
by Laurence Bergreen
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From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the... (read more)

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Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes
Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes
by Bill Green
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“Nature writing of a very high order . . . a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature.”—San Francisco Chronicle “[Bill Green’s] prose rings with the elemental clarity of... (read more)

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Dead Reckoning: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Golden Age of Exploration,1800-1900 (Outside Books)
Dead Reckoning: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Golden Age of Exploration,1800-1900 (Outside Books)
by Helen Whybrow
Publisher Comments
The excerpts are as varied as the voyages themselves - some humorous and light-hearted, others desperate and thrilling. From the search for the source of the Nile to the first crossing of the Himalayas, this book ranges the globe and captures the... (read more)

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Points Unknown: A Century of Great Exploration
Points Unknown: A Century of Great Exploration
by David Roberts
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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... (read more)

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Across the Top of the World: To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker (Delta Expedition)
Across the Top of the World: To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker (Delta Expedition)
by David E Fisher
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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)

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Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in Age of Columbus (08 Edition)
Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in Age of Columbus (08 Edition)
by David Abulafia
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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 Canary... (read more)

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My Attainment of the Pole
My Attainment of the Pole
by Frederick A Cook
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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)

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Great British Journeys
Great British Journeys
by Nicholas Crane
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BBC-TV personality Nicholas Crane follows in the footsteps of eight intrepid early explorers who set out to chronicle the state of the British nation. These travelers range from Gerald of Wales, who embarked on a seven-week journey around that country in... (read more)

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