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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... (read more)  Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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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... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $4.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John E Mack 
Publisher Comments When this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography first appeared in 1976, it rescued T. E. Lawrence from the mythologizing that had seemed to be his fate. In it, John Mack humanely and objectively explores the relationship between Lawrence's inner life and his... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Balzar Publisher Comments The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is one of the most challenging sporting events in the world. Every February, a handful of hardy souls spends over two weeks racing sleds pulled by fourteen dogs over 1,023 miles of frozen rivers, icy mountain... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jennifer Niven Publisher Comments Based on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, this is the chilling true story of the "Karluk's" doomed 1913 exploration of the Arctic and the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot through... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ken Mcgoogan Publisher Comments John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of honors and international fame. No explorer even approached Rae's prolific record: 1,776 miles surveyed of uncharted territory; 6,555 miles hiked on snowshoes... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Kirkpatrick Sale Publisher Comments Christopher Columbus' arrival on a small Bahamian island in 1492 is often judged to be a defining moment in the history of mankind, changing forever the map of the world. Kirkpatrick Sale offers readers a unique take on Columbus and his legacy... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jon Turk Publisher Comments Evocative and mesmerizing, Cold Oceans is the thrilling story of Jon Turk's expeditions to some of the most inhospitable regions on earth. Guided by his restless spirit and tales of Elizabethan explorers, Turk first heads off alone to kayak around Cape... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Officer Publisher Comments Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and stamina. A Fabulous Kingdom: Tales of the Arctic charts these quests and the eventual race for... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $1.99 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ronald H Fritze Synopsis Travel Legend and Lore is your Baedeker. More than 200 A-to-Z entries (each with leads to further reading) transport you to the places, real and imaginary, that have lured armchair travelers for millennia, from the ancient Greeks to the American pioneers.... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ranulph Fiennes Publisher Comments The real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer," Sir Ranulph Fiennes.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Francis Galton Publisher Comments "Carrion is not noxious to starving men." This is one of the countless potentially useful bits of information contained within Sir Francis Galton's fascinating but unwieldy (366 pages) The Art of Travel. First published in 1855, the book became a bible... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Larner Publisher Comments In this engaging and authoritative book, historian John Larner provides a fresh view of the enigmatic Marco Polo, who, despite a deliberate cultivation of impersonality, continues today to engage the attention of readers. 14 illustrations, 9 in color.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Flannery Publisher Comments The colourful and unforgettable life story of Scots sailor, John Nicol, who circumnavigated the globe twice in the seventeenth century, visiting every inhabited continent. A tale of maritime pioneers, in the tradition of Giles Milton's "Nathaniel's... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 $25.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Fergus Fleming Synopsis Adventure literature at its best: the breathtaking story of England's heroic 19th-century expedition to the Arctic, the heart of Africa, and Antarctica, under the command of John Barrow.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Logan Allen Publisher Comments The three volumes that will encompass North American Exploration appraise the full scope of the exploration of the North American continent and its oceanic margins from prior to the arrival of Columbus until the end of the nineteenth century. More than... (read more) List Price $110.00 Your price $22.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert E Peary Publisher Comments Was Robert Peary the first man to reach the North Pole, as he claimed, on April 6, 1909? Rival explorer Frederick A. Cook called Peary's announcement a hoax, a conspiracy to fame supported by Peary's moneyed financiers.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $3.10 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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