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Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl Publisher Comments Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl’s astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure—a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $6.75 Used - Hardcover
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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams Publisher Comments What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 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) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Latin American Literature & Culture #0010: Castaways by A N Cabeza De Vaca Publisher Comments This enthralling story of survival is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36). The author of Castaways (Naufragios), Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking nobleman and the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama by Nigel Cliff Publisher Comments In 1498 a young captain named Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage ever... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ranald MacDonald: Pacific Rim Adventurer by Jo Ann Roe Publisher Comments In 1848, Ranald MacDonald--son of a Hudson's Bay Company official and a Chincook Indian princess--convinced the captain of an American whaling ship to cast him adrift in a rowboat off the northern Japanese coast. Held captive for nearly a year, MacDonald... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America by Tony Horwitz Publisher Comments W hat happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Barry Cunliffe Publisher Comments Around 330 b.c., a remarkable adventurer named Pytheas set out from the Greek colony of Massalia (now Marseille) on the Mediterranean Sea to explore the fabled, terrifying lands of northern Europe. Renowned archaeologist Barry Cunliffe here re-creates... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures) by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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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) by Francis Drake Publisher Comments 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) List Price $41.50 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oxford Atlas of Exploration by Oxford Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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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) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Secrets of the Ice: Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life by Veronika Meduna Publisher Comments 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) List Price $40.00 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Columbus: The Four Voyages by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments 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) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes by Bill Green Publisher Comments “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) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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