Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
Paperback. In 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations. This work features stories of mountain men including John Colter, George Drouillard, Hugh Glass, Andrew Henry and Kit Carson. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 illustrations, 24 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295643
- ISBN
- 9780803295643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Multiple-component retail product. This second set brings together voyages in the southern hemisphere and towards the Pole by James Cook as well as accounts of voyages of discovery in the southern oceans by other important figures. Num Pages: 3144 pages. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 3144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848857117
- ISBN
- 9781848857117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 759.36
€ 759.36
Hardback. A truly comprehensive account of sea and land voyages, covering a thousand years of exploration from the ninth century to the epic voyages of Captain Cook. With an introduction by a leading scholar this handsome 5 volume set presents Kerr's outstanding achievement in a unique and informative way. Num Pages: 2832 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1FB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848856134
- ISBN
- 9781848856134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 763.76
€ 763.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJP; 3JB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923847
- ISBN
- 9780939923847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.58
€ 47.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. Editor(s): Jones, Max. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 halftones, diagrams, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BJ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536801
- ISBN
- 9780199536801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Traces the development of the space shuttle, describes the political and technological problems the program faced, and looks at future uses of the shuttle. Num Pages: 223 pages, Illustrations, 1map,1plan,ports. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059244
- ISBN
- 9780231059244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48€ 75.66
€ 99.48
€ 75.66
Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy..Artic Travel
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Bobbs- Merrill Co. Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1950
- SKU
- KEX0254772
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340825563
- ISBN
- 9780340825563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The story of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who set out on an Antarctic expedition in 1934 with the aim of collating weather data and indulging his desire "to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are". But things went badly wrong and he was soon engaged in a battle for survival. Num Pages: 310 pages, maps, tables, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- None
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559634632
- ISBN
- 9781559634632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.14
€ 37.99
€ 35.14
Hardcover. Alexander von Humboldt explored the Spanish Empire on the verge of its collapse. He is the most significant German travel writer and the most important mediator between Europe and the Americas of the nineteenth century. His works integrated knowledge from two dozen domains. Editor(s): Clark, Rex; Lubrich, Oliver. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 3JH; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610. Alexander von Humboldt in Cultural Criticism. 364 pages, 7 ills. Editor(s): Clark, Rex; Lubrich, Oliver. Alexander von Humboldt explored the Spanish Empire on the verge of its collapse. He is the most significant German travel writer and the most important mediator between Europe and the Americas of the nineteenth century. His works integrated knowledge from two dozen domains. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 3JH; RGR. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452665
- ISBN
- 9780857452665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.89
€ 166.89
Hardcover. This collection of one-hundred texts features tales of adventure, travel reports, novellas, memoirs, letters, poetry, drama, screenplays, and even comics - many for the first time in English. This documented source book addresses scholars in cultural and postcolonial studies as well as readers in history and comparative literature. Editor(s): Clark, Rex; Lubrich, Oliver. Num Pages: 480 pages, 42 ills. BIC Classification: 3JH; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768. Alexander von Humboldt in World Literature. 480 pages, 42 ills. Editor(s): Clark, Rex; Lubrich, Oliver. This collection of one-hundred texts features tales of adventure, travel reports, novellas, memoirs, letters, poetry, drama, screenplays, and even comics - many for the first time in English. This documented source book addresses scholars in cultural and postcolonial studies as well as readers in history and comparative literature. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 3JH; RGR. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452658
- ISBN
- 9780857452658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.35
€ 205.35
Hardback. The fully illustrated edition of Britain's greatest living polar explorer's memoirs, with personal photographs, maps and diaries of his adventures. Num Pages: 256 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 1MTNG; 1MTS; BGA; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471153556
- ISBN
- 9781471153556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. The real story of one of the greatest explorers who ever lived by 'the world's greatest living explorer' (Guinness Book of Records). Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340826997
- ISBN
- 9780340826997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. Kennedy follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, intention to outcome, myth to reality. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJM; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503861
- ISBN
- 9780674503861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.90
€ 35.99
€ 30.90
Paperback. This new edition of the well-established Kearey and Brooks text is fully updated to reflect the important developments in geophysical methods since the production of the previous edition. The broad scope of previous editions is maintained, with even greater clarity of explanations from the revised text and extensively revised figures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 302 illustrations. BIC Classification: PHVG; RGR; RGV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632049295
- ISBN
- 9780632049295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.91
€ 75.91
Paperback. Examines topics such as expedition historiography, the participants' daily life, the beginnings of scientific ethnography and the connection between the expeditions' scientific objectives and their political ends. Editor(s): Moller, Peter Ulf; Lind, Natasha Okhotina. Series: Berengiana S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, port. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889320
- ISBN
- 9788772889320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.28
€ 19.28
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy..Artic Travel
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0254766
- ISBN
- 9780771030307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Peary, the wife of celebrated arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, joined her husband on his 1891-92 expedition to the Arctic Circle. Num Pages: 312 pages, 67. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411987
- ISBN
- 9780815411987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.97
€ 19.99
€ 18.97
Hardcover. Hardback, in good condition. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- SKU
- KRF0040243
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393249385
- ISBN
- 9780393249385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.39
€ 30.99
€ 27.39