A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 07
by Robert Kerr
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
by William Griffith
From Captain Scott's last diary entry in the blizzards of Antarctica to Stanley struggling lost and alone through the Congo, this collection of eyewitness accounts by the great explorers and adventurers of yesterday presents the opening-up of the world as living history. John Keay has selected the passages, provided an introduction to the book and editorial notes on each account. Each exploration is also accompanied by a full-page map, and 16 pages of black-and-white archival photographs are inc...
The Pacific War Atlas, 1941-45
Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus
by James W Loewen
In "Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus," the bestselling author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me" offers a graphic corrective to the Columbus story told in so many American classrooms. First published over fifteen years ago and long out-of-print, the poster and accompanying paperback book sum up the mis-tellings--and reveal the real story--in a graphically appealing and accessible format. In vintage Loewen fashion, the poster juxtaposes short quotes from a range of high school textbo...
The Dig Tree the Dig Tree the Dig Tree
by Sarah Murgatroyd and Sarah P Murgatroyd
A famed British neurologist embarks on an expedition in Brazil to follow the trail of Percy Fawcett, an occult-obsessed explorer who went missing in the Amazon rainforest and was the subject of the 2016 film The Lost City of Z. As a boy growing up near Liverpool in the 1950s, Andrew Lees would visit the docks with his father to watch the ships from Brazil unload their exotic cargo of coffee, cotton bales, molasses, and cocoa. One day, his father gave him a dog-eared book called Exploration Fawc...
Audubon's Western Journal
by John Woodhouse Audubon, Maria Rebecca Audubon, and Frank Heywood Hodder
Summary and Analysis of the Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Smart Summaries)
Guide books led the traveller in the 19th century, giving the latest information on travelling conditions as well as instructing on the places to visit. Murray and Baedekers guides, as well as covering all parts of Europe, featured Peking, Canada, the United States, Japan and New Zealand. This book contains unusual information taken from Alan Sillitoe's collection of guides. He becomes an imagined 19th-century tourist and visits Switzerland where he explains the dangers and delights of Alpine cl...
Paranormal Investigation Journal - That's the Spirit (Elitic Ghost Hunters, #2)
by Elitic Limited
On 17 January 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions of the British Antarctic expedition finally reached the South Pole, only to find that the Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it by 34 days.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22
by Sir John Franklin
In Boone and Crockett Club's newly reprinted edition of Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies, readers will join early B&C members William T. Hornaday and John M. Phillips as they travel through the mountains in British Columbia by horseback on an expedition to collect museum specimens and to hunt for the region's various big game animals. Readers will be delighted with the 70 high-quality photographs taken more than a hundred years ago...mostly in risky and daring situations. The images complement...
The History of the Life and Deeds of the Admiral Don Christopher Columbus (Repertorium Columbianum, #13)