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Geographical discovery & exploration

Hardcover. This biography covers Livingstone's life and examines his relationship with his family who were the main casualties of his endless explorations. It looks at his legacy through to the modern day; he was an immensely curious person and made many observations of the flora and fauna. His legacy includes maps, geographical observations and samples. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553336
ISBN
9781781553336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

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

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

€ 20.99
€ 19.72

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

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

€ 19.95

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

€ 76.99

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

€ 36.99
€ 30.99

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
€ 12.61

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

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

€ 215.25

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

€ 174.90

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
€ 35.50

paperback. Describes an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. It features the journeys of renowned adventurers with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, and is intended to assist navigation and trade. Editor(s): Beeching, Jack. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430738
ISBN
9780140430738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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
€ 15.10

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

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

€ 99.88
€ 76.74

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
€ 10.89

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
€ 31.82

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

€ 767.66

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

€ 767.66

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