Geographical Discovery & Exploration
"Okavango River"A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure
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Paperback, 424 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 547g.
Author: Andersson, Charles J.
ISBN: 190574854X
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Great Explorers of the World"Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Vasco Da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Captain Cook, Lewis and Clark, Livingstone and Stanley, the Apollo Mission to the Moon
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Here are the stories of nine great adventures and the men who took part in them. They pushed back the frontiers of man's knowledge of the world by their vision, courage and sheer doggedness. Their journeys are placed within their historical context, but also contain the words of the men themselves. Cd-Audio, Size: 127 x 140 mm. Weight: 363g.
Author: Angus, David
ISBN: 9626342919
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Date: 2003 (Hong Kong)
Readership: Primary & Secondary Education Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwo'Ra and Bi'nue (Commonly Known as the Niger and Tsadda) in 1854"
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Paperback, 480 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 635g.
Author: Baikie, William Balfour
ISBN: 1905748434
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources"
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2vol set Paperback, Weight: 1117g.
Author: Baker, Sir Samuel White
ISBN: 1905748558
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Ismailia"A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade
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2vol set Paperback, Weight: 505g.
Author: Baker, Sir Samuel White
ISBN: 1905748086
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel"
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2vol set Paperback, Weight: 532g.
Author: Bates, Henry Walter
ISBN: 1905748183
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Pilgrims on the Ice"Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition
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Robert Falcon Scott's 1901-4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E Peary. This book studies the purpose, composition, and real accomplishments of the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott. With 6 line drawings, 2 maps. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 226 x 154 mm. Weight: 489g.
Author: Baughman, T. H.
ISBN: 0803216394
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Travellers in Arabia"
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In this book, Robin Bidwell tells the story of the great explorers of Arabia. The exploits of Niebuhr, who made the first intrepid exploration into the interior of southern Arabia in the 1760s, of Burton and Philby, of Charles Montagu Doughty, freya Stark and many others are recounted. With 2 maps, 16 colour and 116 black and white illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 238 x 165 mm. Weight: 533g.
Author: Bidwell, R.L.
ISBN: 1873938233
Publisher: Garnet Publishing Ltd
Date: 1994 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Conquering the Desert of Death"Across the Taklamakan
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The Taklamakan desert, is known by the Chinese as the 'desert of death' - you go in but you don't come out. But, Charles Blackmore together with a team of British, Chinese and Uyghurs, set out to cross the Taklamakan. This work presents a story of an adventure that can go down in history as one of the great achievements of exploration. With 8pp colour plate section and 8pp b&w plate section. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 198 x 126 mm. Weight: 316g.
Author: Blackmore, Charles
ISBN: 1845115821
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Roald Amundsen"
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Christophersen, Ingrid (trans.) Presents the biography of Polar explorer, Roald Amundsen. This work uncovers the life of the determined, pugnacious pioneer, using accounts from his diaries and own books to tell the story. It explores the drama, humour, and adventure of Amundsen's life, and reveals the character of this man who was prepared to do anything to reach his goal. With 80 illustrations. Hardback, 368 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Bomann-Larsen, Lene
ISBN: 0750943432
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2006 (UK)
Readership: General Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"The North Pole"A Narrative History
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The story of the race to the North Pole is told through memoirs, letters, ships' logs, and diaries of Arctic explorers, documenting the motives, modes of travel, and remarkable men who endured the extremes of physical hardship and grim competition, including Robert Peary, Richard Byrd, Fridtjof Nans With 20 b&w photos. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 152 x 229 mm. Weight: 593g.
Author: Brandt, Anthony
ISBN: 0792274113
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, Down to the Occupation of Labuan"From the Journals of James Brooke, Esq., Rajah of Sarawak, and Governor of Labuan
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2vol set Paperback, Weight: 484g.
Author: Brooke, James (Mundy, Rodney, ed.)
ISBN: 1905748027
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Lake Regions of Central Africa; a Picture of Exploration"
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Paperback, Weight: 1206g.
Author: Burton, Richard F.
ISBN: 1905748221
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah"
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3vol set Paperback, Weight: 1705g.
Author: Burton, Richard F.
ISBN: 1905748213
Publisher: Rediscovery Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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"66 Days Adrift"A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Open Sea
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The lure of paradise was unmistakable, and Bill Butler was on a quest to find it with his wife Simonne - riding the Pacific currents on their sloop Siboney, with a world of possibilities ahead. This title tells a tale of their battles against nature, despair, and their own demons. With illustrations. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 226 x 152 mm. Weight: 384g.
Author: Butler, William
ISBN: 0071438742
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration
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