Geographical discovery & exploration
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Geographical discovery & exploration
Hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729648
- ISBN
- 9781560729648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.19
€ 49.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. A riotously colorful history of adventures, chronicling more than 400 years in the exploration of the world's most formidable and enigmatic river system. Photographs and maps. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30ill.15M. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763378
- ISBN
- 9780226763378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.29
€ 47.99
€ 37.29
paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBT; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639526
- ISBN
- 9780816639526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.42
€ 21.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and their reputations in the name of this quest. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571249763
- ISBN
- 9780571249763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.93
€ 16.99
€ 13.93
Hardback. A study of cross-cultural engagements between the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and Spanish explorers during the early modern period. It analyses eight main voyages, their aims and outcomes, looking at the different patterns of contact and the use of gift-giving and bartering as social cement. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBLH; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077791
- ISBN
- 9780719077791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.49
€ 153.49
Hardcover. Hardback, in good condition. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRF0040239
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The true story of John Rae - Arctic traveller and Hudson's Bay Company doctor - a tale of imperial ambition and high adventure. In 1854 Rae solved the two great Arctic mysteries: the fate of the doomed Franklin expedition and the location of the last navigable link in the Northwest Passage. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814934
- ISBN
- 9780553814934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Explorer and adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes explores the concept of fear, and shows us through his own experiences how we can push our boundaries in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 page colour insets. BIC Classification: BM; JMQ; KJMB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473618008
- ISBN
- 9781473618008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Fremont's report documents the opening of the West even as it offers a firsthand look at the making of the American myth Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 photograph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271357
- ISBN
- 9780803271357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.10
€ 31.99
€ 31.10
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
Hardcover. As Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves set out in 1851 to explore the southern portion of the Four Corners region, his party included Dr Samuel Woodhouse, a thirty-year-old physician and naturalist who kept a journal of their travels from New York to California. This title offers Sam Woodhouse's private journal. Editor(s): Wallace, Andrew; Hevly, Richard H. Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest. Num Pages: 356 pages, 13 color & 12 b/w engravings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725973
- ISBN
- 9780896725973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.39
€ 46.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. The Franklin expedition was not alone in suffering early and unexplained deaths. This title makes the case that this illness was due to the crews' overwhelming reliance on a new technology, namely tinned foods. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244. The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. The Franklin expedition was not alone in suffering early and unexplained deaths. This title makes the case that this illness was due to the crews' overwhelming reliance on a new technology, namely tinned foods. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTN; BTP; RGR. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight: 198.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Rev Pbk ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747577270
- ISBN
- 9780747577270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Hardcover. This book examines British scientific and antiquarian travels in the "North," circa 1790-1830. British perceptions, representations and imaginings of the North are considered part of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century processes of British self-fashioning as a Northern nation, and key in unifying the expanding North Atlantic empire. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311313
- ISBN
- 9781137311313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34
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. * New perspective on the history of geographical exploration (concerned with the relationships between culture, science and empire). * Brings together a wealth of unpublished and published material in an engaging, well--illustrated and accessible book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201120
- ISBN
- 9780631201120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.10
€ 50.10
Hardback. Taking into account the relationship between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire, this book examines the actors, agencies, and cultural factors that underpinned nineteenth century British exploration. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201113
- ISBN
- 9780631201113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.49
€ 139.49
paperback. George Drouillard's service to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was long obscured by the light cast on the leaders and Sacagawea. Drawing from various journals of the expedition, and from obscure documents, letters, and legal records, this book presents an account of the pursuits in which he engaged, but also an idea of the kind of man he was. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293090
- ISBN
- 9780803293090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.48
€ 20.99
€ 20.48
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
Paperback. This is a factual account, written with the pace of fiction, of hundreds of dramatic losses, heroic rescues, and violent adventures at the stormy meeting place of northern and southern winds and waters - the Graveyard of the Atlantic off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Num Pages: 287 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807842614
- ISBN
- 9780807842614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
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