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by Antonio Galvano  Publisher Comments 1862. Galvano was governor of the Moluccas in the East Indies. Hakluyt, a British geographer, corrected, quoted, and published a translation of this work from the Portuguese.... (read more)  List Price $23.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Robert Poole Publisher Comments For more than one hundred years, the National Geographic Society has brought "the world and all that is in it" to millions worldwide. Through its unparallel led research, exploration, publications, and photography, the organization and its magazine have,... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $5.45 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Suzy Gershman Publisher Comments Who, at one time or another, hasn't dreamed of leaving her life behind and moving to Paris? Bestselling writer Suzy Gershman (dubbed "Super Shopper Suzy" by Oprah and "the most famous shopper in the world" by American Express Card Services) had always... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Kanigel Publisher Comments Founded by seafaring Greeks, colonized by Romans, and transformed by spoiled English aristocrats into an elegant stop on the Grand Tour, the city of Nice has beguiled travelers for two millennia. Once the winter playground for Russian royalty and an... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Worsley And Shackleton Publisher Comments First published in 1931, this is the legendary tale of Ernest Shackleton's grueling Antarctic expedition, recounted in riveting first-person detail by the captain of the HMS "Endurance." 20 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Max Alexander Publisher Comments The unlikely stories in this book are the musings of a Hollywood/New York player who decided to pack it in and head for the simple life in rural Maine.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon Allix Publisher Comments Today's young travelers are in many ways similar to those who in previous generations also set out to explore the world, both literally and in the imagination. But there are vital differences. Travelers now, as enthused as ever by cultures other than... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Isabella Bird Publisher Comments Isabella Bird visited the Sandwich Islands in 1871, when she was 40. Her letters to her sister have a remarkable freshness and spontaneity and reveal the transformation of a Victorian invalid into a fearless horsewoman and enthusiastic mountain-climber... (read more) Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Chatwin Publisher Comments Here is a journey into the interior of a celebrated novelist and traveler, charged with all of the narrative power and intellectual challenge of his fiction.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jon Ewbank Manchip White Publisher Comments Fascinating account of Egypt, predynastic civilization through Ptolemies: social and political structure, daily life, international relations, religion and cult of the dead, arts and crafts, science and medicine, sacred writing. Full reference to recent... (read more) List Price $2.50 Your price $1.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ron Miller Synopsis A unique travel autobiography, including 77 color photographs, 72 Black & White photographs, and numerous maps, Escape from the Happy Cannibal treats readers to in-depth spiritual and cultural observations gleaned first-hand by Ron Miller as he traveled... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael S Sanders 
Powells.com Staff Pick Immerse yourself in the customs and culture of Les Arques, France, a hilltop village untouched by the modern era that struggles to remain vital. Part travelogue, part exploration of French cuisine, Michael Sanders's charming book reveals the traditions... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Fleming Publisher Comments In his famously ironic style, Peter Fleming writes in the introduction to Brazilian Adventure, "Beyond the completion of a 3,000-mile journey, mostly under amusing conditions, through a little-known part of the world, and the discovery of one new... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Elinor Burkett Publisher Comments At a time when Americans are so riveted by questions about their place in a newly hostile world that they are swearing off air travel, Elinor Burkett does not just take a trip; she takes a headlong dive into enemy territories, crisscrossing back and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Annie Hawes Publisher Comments Chapter One Glamour, we soon spotted, was not the outstanding feature of the village of Diano San Pietro. As far as the crusty olive-farming inhabitants of this crumbling backwater were concerned, the Riviera, a mere two miles away, might as well be on... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Malise Ruthven Publisher Comments The magnificent canyons of Wadi Hadhramaut inspired Freya Stark to produce some of her best photographs. Dame Freya's particular empathy with local people resulted in charming pictures of people she worked or travelled with, and the homes and costumes of... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $24.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bea Buckley Synopsis My Malawi Journal is a travelogue in which the writer narrates her rich experiences of Malawi, a small landlocked country in east central Africa. As a Peace Corps volunteer, the author lives with her adopted village family and gains first-hand knowledge... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Howard G Franklin Publisher Comments "Chronicles the author's three-week journey through the Emerald Isle in 2001, where he was when the terror attacks of 9/11 occurred. Weaves humor and Irish history, literature, and culture with his travels around the country, relating the author's own... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jason Elliot Publisher Comments Filling a long-neglected gap in the travel writing of the region, Mirrors of the Unseen is a rare and timely portrait of the nation descended from the world's earliest superpower: Iran. Animated by the same spirit of exploration as its acclaimed... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Glyn Williams Publisher Comments This work recounts this classic story from sea history, detailing the dramatic hardships, diasters, mutiny and heroism that occurred.... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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