Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
The Lewis and Clark Journals. An American Epic of Discovery.
Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Members Of...
Paperback. Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. This title combines the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals. It explains their triumphs and terrors. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 497 pages, 6 illustrations, 13 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280397
- ISBN
- 9780803280397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.88
€ 26.99
€ 26.88
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€ 31.11
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€ 31.11
Hardcover. This is an English translation of Nicolas de La Salle's diary account of Rene-Robert Caveller, Sleur de La Salle's 1682 discovery expedition of the Mississippi River from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Editor(s): Foster, William C. Translator(s): Warren, Johanna S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations, 10 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Texas State Historical Assn
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876111963
- ISBN
- 9780876111963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006550334
- ISBN
- 9780006550334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
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€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. After James Cook's voyage in HMS Endeavour, Banks developed a network of scientists and explorers. Banks's correspondence is one of the great primary sources for studying the Pacific region during this important period of exploration and colonial expansion. Series: The Pickering Masters. Num Pages: 4288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 315 x 290 x 293. Weight in Grams: 9999.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 4288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848935266
- ISBN
- 9781848935266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,363.16
€ 1,363.16
Paperback. Explores the physical and organic phenomena of the Antarctic continent as well as its history. With chapters on the geography and formation of the continent, its exploration, its depiction in the arts and sciences, and its geopolitical treatment, the author places the remote land as central to the Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: Maps & photographs. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 699.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780295976785
- ISBN
- 9780295976785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. From 1539 to 1542, Hernando de Soto and several hundred armed men cut a path of destruction and disease across the Southeast, from Florida to the Mississippi River. This book investigates the broad cultural and literary aspects of the resulting social and demographic collapse or radical transformation of many Native societies. Editor(s): Galloway, Patricia Kay. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803271227
- ISBN
- 9780803271227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.67
€ 42.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. Profiles forty of the worlds greatest explorers, from Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 illustrations, 150 in colour. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1198. Good copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0007598
- ISBN
- 9780500251690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080462
- ISBN
- 9780802080462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.52
€ 44.99
€ 39.52
Paperback. Containing chapters that deal with travel narratives, cosmography, commerce, and medical botany, this book examines how ideas and methods are deployed to make German commentators experts in the overseas world, and how this incorporation established the discoveries as important intellectual, commercial, and scientific developments. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927343
- ISBN
- 9780813927343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.59
€ 33.59
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€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. The fascinating exploration of the Hermetic origins of modern science and the secret agenda behind the search for the truth from the bestselling team of Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPC; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124784
- ISBN
- 9781472124784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Benedict. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 44. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571206124
- ISBN
- 9780571206124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.18
€ 23.99
€ 16.18
Hardback. This is a remarkable story, not just about the extraordinary achievements of a family, but about the power of the individual to spur innovation, even when the consen Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGHA; BK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720890
- ISBN
- 9781780720890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06
Paperback. First published in volumes 16-17 of the Utah historical quarterly, 1949. Editor(s): Gregory, Herbert Ernest; Darrah, William Culp; Kelly, Charles. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809640
- ISBN
- 9780874809640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. This compilation of Clarence Bloomfield Moore's publications on East Florida provides all of his archaeological data on the region's mounds and prehistoric canals in a single volume. The author describes and analyzes Moore's work in East Florida, summarizing the sites Moore investigated. Editor(s): Mitchem, Jeffrey M. Series: Classics in Southeastern Archaeology. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HD; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 356 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817309503
- ISBN
- 9780817309503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Hardcover. A fascinating study of early geographical knowledge Series: Recentiores: Later Latin Texts & Contexts S. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3D; 3F; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472111329
- ISBN
- 9780472111329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.16
€ 89.16
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
€ 26.99€ 20.64
€ 26.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QMP; HBJQ; HBLL; RGR; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771510097
- ISBN
- 9781771510097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.77
€ 29.99
€ 19.77