Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
Paperback. Collects the accounts that provide a narrative of the author's voyages in the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442175
- ISBN
- 9780140442175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Captain James Cook was one of the world's greatest explorers. He was born in 1728 in the tiny farming village of Marton in North Yorkshire, now part of modern Middlesbrough. This book presents an account of Cook's life. It examines his early life in Cleveland. Num Pages: 96 pages, Approx 60. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGH; RGR; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439952
- ISBN
- 9780752439952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.17
€ 13.99
€ 13.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: RGR; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559210799
- ISBN
- 9781559210799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.18
€ 33.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FKN; BGH; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841192116
- ISBN
- 9781841192116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422572
- ISBN
- 9781421422572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.14
€ 32.99
€ 28.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 45 photos & illus. BIC Classification: BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395108
- ISBN
- 9780888395108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.47
€ 20.99
€ 15.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: BG; RGR; WSS; WSSN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493026814
- ISBN
- 9781493026814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.09
€ 26.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL9; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699421
- ISBN
- 9780816699421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158212
- ISBN
- 9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.09
€ 25.99
€ 20.09
Paperback. This book explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and set up links with Africa, Asia and the Americas. Series: Lancaster Pamphlets. Num Pages: 84 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415279963
- ISBN
- 9780415279963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Hardback. Peter Pond, a fur trader, explorer, and amateur mapmaker, spent his life ranging much farther afield than Milford, Connecticut, where he was born and died (1740-1807). This book presents Pond's life as part of a generation of traders who came of age between the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803246324
- ISBN
- 9780803246324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.07
€ 74.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 55 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212754
- ISBN
- 9780300212754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.28
€ 15.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Explores the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary perspectives, the text considers the ways in which the world of the 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, and exploration and argument. Editor(s): Livingstone, David N.; Withers, Charles W. J. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 halftones, 9 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBTP; JFCX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226487212
- ISBN
- 9780226487212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.97
€ 50.99
€ 39.97
Paperback. The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause celebre of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBTP; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785352423
- ISBN
- 9781785352423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.12
€ 20.99
€ 19.12
Paperback. In July 1903, Leonidas Hubbard set out to explore the uncharted interior of Labrador by canoe, accompanied by Dillon Wallace. Bad luck and bad judgment led the expedition into disaster. Reconstructing the story from the long-lost journals and diaries of the 1903 and 1905 expeditions, this book traces the explorers' routes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773530751
- ISBN
- 9780773530751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.72
€ 27.99
€ 26.72
Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont. Series: McLellan Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 71 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991184
- ISBN
- 9780295991184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991177
- ISBN
- 9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.21
€ 132.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MTN; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 206 x 13. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759380
- ISBN
- 9781894759380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Hardcover. The first colonial cartographer of New Mexico, he helped create the culturally unique santero tradition that still thrives today. Editor(s): Diaz, Josef. Num Pages: 156 pages, 61 colour & 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGB; BGF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135853
- ISBN
- 9780890135853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.65
€ 46.99
€ 33.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 131 pages, Maps, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804009737
- ISBN
- 9780804009737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.94
€ 34.94