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Geographical discovery & exploration

Paperback. This is the first full-scale biography of Nansen, drawing on a wealth of new material including diaries and other hitherto untapped documents. Num Pages: 768 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 49. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114927
ISBN
9780349114927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.39

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

€ 21.99
€ 15.79

Hardcover. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393249385
ISBN
9780393249385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849951661
ISBN
9781849951661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.38

Paperback. A story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RGBS; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353761
ISBN
9780393353761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Series: Naturalist's Guide Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RGR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 28.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762742370
ISBN
9780762742370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. The enthralling story of the courageous and stoical wife of the world-renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone. In the history books, Mary Livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputation. Yet she her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted Africa are unique. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
St Andrew Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715209660
ISBN
9780715209660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Paperback. Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. This book shows the reality of Stanley's life - his trans-Africa journey, a human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221035
ISBN
9780571221035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.21

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

€ 745.96

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

€ 74.87

Paperback. A fascinating 'dual' biography of Richard and Isabel Burton. Num Pages: 928 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 59. Weight in Grams: 966.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349110165
ISBN
9780349110165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437536
ISBN
9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. First published in the Utah Historical Quarterly, v. 7, nos. 1, 2, and 3, 1939. Editor(s): Gregory, Herbert Ernest. Num Pages: 143 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809626
ISBN
9780874809626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Lavishly illustrated with photos, maps, paintings and objects from the museum's many coll. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBTM; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472948694
ISBN
9781472948694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.88

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
€ 10.50

Paperback. Author and explorer Neider writes about his third trip to Antarctica, telling of the beauty of the desolate land, its history, and the current ecological debates surrounding it. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 1QMP; RGR; TQ; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815412359
ISBN
9780815412359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.55

Paperback. Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this narrative part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history brings our own world into sharper view." Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088078
ISBN
9780674088078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.37

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

€ 36.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. 8vo.good copy. Maritime History.The Sea
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
North Carolina Div of Archives
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
12th Edition
SKU
KEX0254430
ISBN
9780865261006
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, 22 halftones. 80 line illus. BIC Classification: RBKC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609331
ISBN
9780691609331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.77
€ 58.06

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