Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
 Six of Cook's successors and their Pacific journeys are revealed: Expeditions of adventure didn't end with the demise of Captain Cook in 1780: further expeditions were soon dispatched, but too few accounts provide general-interest readers with their [... more]
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Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History
10 Things to Love About This Book: Patrick Hunt put together a delightful little book from the themes he covers in a popular college course, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History. This well written book takes the reader on a journey across the globe and [... more]
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From Texas to San Diego in 1851: The Overland Journal of ...
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 917.9042 EAN: 9780896725973 ISBN: 0896725979 Number Of Pages: 356 Publication Date: 2007-07-15 Release Date: 2007-07-15 [... more]
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Before Columbus: Early Voyages to the Americas ...
Very interesting and thought provoking: In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue...and that's when America was discovered, right? Well, you may be surprised to find out that that isn't even close to the truth! We know for a fact that the Vikings sailed [... more]
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The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805: The Louisiana ...
Author: Trey Berry Author: Pam Beasley Author: Jeanne Clements Author: William Dunbar Author: George Hunter Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 973.46 EAN: 9780807131657 ISBN: 0807131652 Number Of Pages: 248 Publication Date: 2006-06 [... more]
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Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country: The Native ...
Book Description: Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country broadens the scope of conventional study of the Lewis and Clark expedition to include Native American perspectives. Frederick E. Hoxie and Jay T. Nelson present the expedition's long-term impact on [... more]
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. ...
Amazon.com Review: The expeditions of Magellan, Columbus, and Lewis and Clark have been well documented and are instantly familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in world history. But the average person is likely unaware of the U.S. Exploring [... more]
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Icebound: The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North ...
Well-Written Account of Enthralling, IncredibleTrue Story: Leonard Guttridge has managed to recreate with astonishing accuracy truly one of the most incredible stories of human endurance that I have ever known. I can only wonder why this story has not [... more]
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Sands of Death: Betrayal, Massacre and Survival Deep in ...
Interesting book but get it at the library: This is a straight forward narrative of an expedition into the heart of the Tuareg controlled Hoggar Mountains northern Africa. Led by a French officer, Paul Flatters, the expedition set out with the hopes of [... more]
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How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and ...
Author: Henry M. Stanley Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 916.7042092 EAN: 9781596055636 ISBN: 1596055634 Number Of Pages: 644 Publication Date: 2005-11-01 [... more]
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Journey to the East
Misleading mystical mystery tour with some occasional insights: When one thinks of a 'Journey to the East' one thinks of a trip to India or China. This is not however what this book is about. The only real place in this book is the mind of the writer. [... more]
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Amazon.com Review: Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art which chronicles "one of the greatest epics of survival in [... more]
$29.95
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