Expeditions & Discoveries
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Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
$20.00 Add to cartA “masterly” (Economist), prize-winning, internationally bestselling history of books in the ancient world
“Exquisite. . . . Beautifully translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who is able to co- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593312562
- Language: English
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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a jaw-dropping discovery of an Egyptian tomb opens up a slew of archaeological mysteries and deadly tales. Now in paperback with an E… [more below]
- Author: Preston, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1538741237
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
$22.99 Add to cart“Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope” (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the Califor… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1541672542
- Language: English
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
$32.50 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy–from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and De… [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0385543107
- Language: English
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
$19.00 Add to cartAN ECONOMIST AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indig… [more below]
- Author: Pennock, Caroline Dodds
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0593082532
- Language: English
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The Journals of Captain Cook
$18.00 Read moreThe writings of a first-rate scientist and daring adventurer–the subject of New York Times bestselling historian Hampton Sides’s The Wide Wide Sea
John Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacif… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Cook, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140436472
- Language: English
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The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell’s Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West
$19.00 Add to cart“A convincing case for Powell’s legacy as a pioneering conservationist.”–The Wall Street Journal
A timely, thrilling acc
“A bold study of an eco-visionary at a watershed moment in US history.”–Nature- Author: Ross, John F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0143128957
- Language: English
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Unsettled: Lord Selkirk’s Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada’s West, 1813-1816
$23.95 Read moreThe fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and letters
Unsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who
- Author: Lower, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1770417184
- Language: English
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$32.50 Add to cartWhether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges o
- Author: Light, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1324066210
- Language: English
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Beyond the Wonder: An Ecologist’s View of Wild Alaska
$40.00 Add to cartThe grizzly paused in knee-deep water, staring straight at the man behind the camera. Abruptly he bolted, racing full tilt toward Thomas Bancroft, his eyes glued to the photographer’s face. The bear k
- Author: Bancroft, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: August 31 2024
- ISBN10: 0874224357
- Language: English
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The Moon’s Galactic History: A Look at the Moon’s Extraterrestrial Past and Its Connection to Earth
$22.00 Read moreThe Moon’s Galactic History: A Look at the Moon’s Extraterrestrial Past and Its Connection to Earth, follows the past and present research about the Moon’s strange, enigmatic history, with a focus on … [more below]
- Author: Briggs, Constance Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 194880350X
- Language: English
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Joseph Banks’ Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage
$50.00 Read moreJoseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego
- Author: Gooding, Mel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0500022879
- Language: English
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Marianne North’s Travel Writing: Every Step a Fresh Picture
$35.00 Read moreA new collection of Marianne North’s letters and travel writing.
Marianne North’s Travel Writing offers fresh insight into the pioneering traveler and artist Marianne North (1830-1890). Excerpts from- Author: Payne, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1842467956
- Language: English
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Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams
$26.95 Read more2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Special Jury Mention
“A book every thoughtful adventurer and seeker of dreams should read.” — Outside- Author is a renowned writer in international climbing com
- Author: Ives, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1680515411
- Language: English
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Pacific Voyages: The Story of Sail in the Great Ocean
$49.95 Read more“Few artists are also historians, and few historians have the talent to illustrate the people and events they study. [Gordon Miller’s] paintings of ships under sail, wrecked on a lee shore, in storms
- Author: Miller, Gordon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1771623470
- Language: English
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The Blue Nile
$17.99 Add to cartIn the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterra
- Author: Moorehead, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0060956402
- Language: English
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The Seventymile Kid: The Lost Legacy of Harry Karstens and the First Ascent of Mount McKinley
$19.95 Read more* A true and complete account of the first successful ascent of Mount McKinley–setting the record straight
* The summer of 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the McKinley’s first ascent
* Features arc… [more below]- Author: Walker, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 25 2013
- ISBN10: 1594857296
- Language: English
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River Master: John Wesley Powell’s Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon
$16.95 Add to cartIn 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological s… [more below]
- Author: Kuhne, Cecil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1682685187
- Language: English
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The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend
$16.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Spellbinding adventure from Canada’s most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near the foothills of the remo- Author: Shoalts, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0735241066
- Language: English
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The Challenger Expedition: Exploring the Ocean’s Depths
$39.95 Read morePublished to mark the 150th anniversary of the launch of the Challenger expedition, The Challenger Expedition: Exploring the Ocean’s Depths tells the story of the groundbreaking voyage that transforme… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Erika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1906367973
- Language: English
