Modern Library Exploration
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The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen’s Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
$22.00 Add to cartAt the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer … [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Exploration
- Author: Huntford, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 07 1999
- ISBN10: 0375754741
- Language: English
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The Brendan Voyage: Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints
$19.00 Add to cartCould an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medi… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Exploration
- Author: Severin, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0375755241
- Language: English
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Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North
$27.00 Add to cartIn 1893, Fridjtof Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the sea’s drift closer to the … [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Exploration
- Author: Nansen, Fridtjof
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0375754725
- Language: English
