Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
hardcover. Argues that Fremont used both a radical form of the picturesque and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic craving for expansion Num Pages: 1 photograph, 23 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803238077
- ISBN
- 9780803238077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.48
€ 30.99
€ 28.48
Hardcover. *A fascinating study of the early American experience in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean *Includes previously unpublished and rarely seen personal travel accounts complemented by more than 30 illustrations Num Pages: 432 pages, 33 colour in 20pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 36. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166679
- ISBN
- 9789774166679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.96
€ 46.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848327023
- ISBN
- 9781848327023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.66
€ 25.99
€ 23.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBJQ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486477329
- ISBN
- 9780486477329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.32
€ 20.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1M; 3J; HBJM; HBLH; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925377323
- ISBN
- 9781925377323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.12
€ 35.99
€ 26.12
Hardback. A collection of stories and myths about geography, navigation, and geodesy - the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface - that reaches far beyond dry scientific texts to concentrate on the people behind the discoveries. Series: Explorations in World Maritime History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; PDX; RGR; RGY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780275988951
- ISBN
- 9780275988951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 53.95
€ 59.09
€ 53.95
Hardcover. This is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this without the aid of navigational equipment, and with the aim of proving that their ancestors had done just the same thousands of years earlier. Illustrator(s): Rhodes, Richard. Num Pages: 401 pages, 84 figures, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JHM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080027
- ISBN
- 9780520080027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; JFSJ1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759632
- ISBN
- 9781894759632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
The World's Columbian Exposition. The Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
Bolotin, Norman; Laing, Christine
paperback. This exceptional chronicle takes readers on a visual tour of the glittering "white city" that emerged along the swampy south shore of Lake Michigan as a symbol of Chicago's rebirth and pride twenty-two years after the Great Fire Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AGC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252070815
- ISBN
- 9780252070815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.80
€ 24.99
€ 22.80
paperback. Illustrator(s): Jacques, Francis Lee. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 1KBCO; HBJK; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816609192
- ISBN
- 9780816609192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Hardcover. Hardback, in good condition. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- SKU
- KRF0040236
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Before Captain Cooks three voyages, the world was uncertain and dangerous; after them, it was clear and safe. Written as a conceptual field guide, this book offers a rereading of both the voyages and of modern political philosophy; the voyages offering new ways of thinking about the world and about the place of human beings have in that world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811897
- ISBN
- 9780774811897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.37
€ 119.37
Paperback. This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cook's voyages and how they affected the European world view. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811903
- ISBN
- 9780774811903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.40
€ 46.99
€ 45.40
Paperback. "Nail-biting true adventure."--Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTN; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393327380
- ISBN
- 9780393327380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.69
€ 16.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Boxer, C. R. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QS; HBG; HBLH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638901
- ISBN
- 9780816638901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
Paperback. Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. This title tells the story of these voyages. Editor(s): Edwards, Philip. Num Pages: 688 pages, maps, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1M; BGHA; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436471
- ISBN
- 9780140436471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849951661
- ISBN
- 9781849951661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.44
€ 25.99
€ 22.44
Hardcover. Explores "The First Kamchatka Expedition", a classic among the voyages of discovery, famous for the discovery of the Bering Strait between Asia and North America. This journal is the only official document that preserves its history in detail, day by day. It includes introductory articles and commentary by specialists, a glossary, and maps. Editor(s): Urness, Carol L.; Fedorova, Tatiana S.; Sedov, Viktor G. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illus & tables. BIC Classification: 1QSPN; 3JF; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779343146
- ISBN
- 9788779343146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.95
€ 23.95
paperback. In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of cartier on the last voyage. Many of these letters appear for the first time in English. Editor(s): Cook, Ramsay. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Nachdruck
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802060006
- ISBN
- 9780802060006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.94
€ 40.99
€ 37.94
paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BGA; HBJK; RGR; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643943
- ISBN
- 9780816643943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35