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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick

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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
David Grann

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis

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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Laurence Bergreen

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The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition
The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition
Caroline Alexander

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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Nathaniel Philbrick

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Charles C. Mann

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Expeditions & Discoveries

The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean
Paul Theroux

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Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
Ken McGoogan

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Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
Frank A. Worsley

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The White Rock
The White Rock
Hugh Thomson

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The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives
The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives
Cristoforo Colombo

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Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
Edward Dolnick

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Cold Comfort: My Love Affair With the Arctic (Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern)
Cold Comfort: My Love Affair With the Arctic (Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern)
Graham W. Rowley

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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
Nancy Marie Brown

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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
Diana Preston

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The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic
The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic
Edward Beauclerk Maurice

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The Sea Hunters
The Sea Hunters
Clive Cussler

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Columbia Journals
Columbia Journals
David Thompson

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Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Button
Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Button
Nick Hazlewood

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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580
The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577-1580
R. Samuel Bawlf

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Travels of William Bartram
Travels of William Bartram
William Bartram

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The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adenture
The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adenture
Robert McGhee

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The Journals of Captain James Cook
The Journals of Captain James Cook
James Cook

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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
Robert Whitaker

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The Heart of the Antarctic: The Farthest South Expedition, 1907-1909
The Heart of the Antarctic: The Farthest South Expedition, 1907-1909
Ernest Henry Shackleton

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Nathaniel's Nutmeg
Nathaniel's Nutmeg
Giles Milton

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Arctic & Antarctica

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Hampton Sides

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South With Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917, The Photographs of Frank Hurley
South With Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917, The Photographs of Frank Hurley
Frank Hurley

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The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
Pierre Berton

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Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
William W. Fitzhugh

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Leading at the Edge : Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
Leading at the Edge : Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
Dennis N.T. Perkins

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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Anthony Brandt

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The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen
The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen
Stephen R. Bown

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Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship
Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship
Martin W. Sandler

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The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
Alec Wilkinson

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Shackleton's Forgotten Men
Shackleton's Forgotten Men
Lennard Bickel

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The Home of the Blizzard: A True Story of Antarctic Survival
The Home of the Blizzard: A True Story of Antarctic Survival
Douglas Mawson

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Tom Crean: Unsung Hero of the Scott and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions
Tom Crean: Unsung Hero of the Scott and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions
Michael Smith

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Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
Leonard F. Guttridge

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True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole
True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole
Bruce Henderson

from $4.39

The Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor's Memoir of Arctic Disaster
The Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor's Memoir of Arctic Disaster
William Laird McKinlay

from $7.09

Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
Peter C. Mancall

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Nansen: The Explorer as Hero
Nansen: The Explorer as Hero
Roland Huntford

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Étoiles et tempêtes
Étoiles et tempêtes
Gaston Rébuffat

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Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
Scott Cookman

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Captain Scott
Captain Scott
Ranulph Fiennes

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Modern History Books

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier
Peter Stark

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The Voyage of the Beagle
The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin

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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Matthew Goodman

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Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations
Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations
Nigel Cliff

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Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan
Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan
Hugh Thomas

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Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Tim Jeal

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The Suppressed History of America: The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Suppressed History of America: The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Paul Schrag

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Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
Henry Kamen

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Lewis and Clark Among the Indians (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Lewis and Clark Among the Indians (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
James P. Ronda

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The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
Linda Colley

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Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
Nicholas Thomas

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Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
Nina Burleigh

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Big Chief Elizabeth : The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
Big Chief Elizabeth : The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
Giles Milton

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The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
Samuel Eliot Morison

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Cooper's Creek
Cooper's Creek
Alan Moorehead

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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens
Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens
Andrea Wulf

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The Dig Tree The Extraordinary Story of the Ill-Fated Burke and Wills Expedition
The Dig Tree The Extraordinary Story of the Ill-Fated Burke and Wills Expedition
Sarah Murgatroyd

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Yellowstone and the Great West: Journals, Letters, and Images from the 1871 Hayden Expedition
Yellowstone and the Great West: Journals, Letters, and Images from the 1871 Hayden Expedition

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Points Unknown: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Twentieth Century
Points Unknown: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Twentieth Century
David Roberts

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Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America (John MacRae Books (Hardcover))
Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America (John MacRae Books (Hardcover))
Paul Schneider

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Travel

The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Susan Casey

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National Geographic 125 Years: Legendary Photographs, Adventures, and Discoveries That Changed the World
National Geographic 125 Years: Legendary Photographs, Adventures, and Discoveries That Changed the World
Mark Jenkins

from $9.39

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
Carl Hoffman

from $5.09

Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Theodore Roosevelt

from $8.29

Wonderful Things: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
Wonderful Things: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
Howard Carter

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Captain James Cook: A Biography
Captain James Cook: A Biography
Richard Hough

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The Essential Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
The Essential Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Landon Y. Jones

from $5.19

The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest
Conrad Anker

from $4.59

Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine
Eric R. Simonson

from $5.49

Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America
Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America
Jack Nisbet

from $5.09

The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success
The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success
Martin Dugard

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The Lost World of the Kalahari
The Lost World of the Kalahari
Laurens van der Post

from $6.39

Ra
Ra
Thor Heyerdahl

from $5.99

The Lewis and Clark Journals (Abridged Edition): An American Epic of Discovery
The Lewis and Clark Journals (Abridged Edition): An American Epic of Discovery
Meriwether Lewis

from $6.79

Exploration Fawcett
Exploration Fawcett
Percy Harrison Fawcett

from $6.09

Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure (Kodansha Globe)
Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure (Kodansha Globe)
James West Davidson

from $6.19

Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: An Interactive History with Removable Artifacts (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: An Interactive History with Removable Artifacts (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Rod Gragg

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Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
Felipe Fernández-Armesto

from $7.99

Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure
Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure
Christopher S. Stewart

from $5.29

The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
Barry W. Cunliffe

from $7.09

World

Atlas of the World
Atlas of the World
Keith Lye

from $5.19

Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark
Dayton Duncan

from $5.29

Die Weiße Spinne
Die Weiße Spinne
Heinrich Harrer

from $4.99

The White Nile
The White Nile
Alan Moorehead

from $4.89

Scott and Amundsen
Scott and Amundsen
Roland Huntford

from $5.99

The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Making of History's Greatest Map
The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Making of History's Greatest Map
Toby Lester

from $4.19

Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Wade Davis

from $8.09

A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century
Andrés Reséndez

from $19.79

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
James M. Tabor

from $4.49

Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark
Sam Abell

from $6.09

The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery
The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery
Martin Dugard

from $4.99

Fram over Polhavet. Den norske polarfærd 1893–1896
Fram over Polhavet. Den norske polarfærd 1893–1896
Fridtjof Nansen

from $17.97

White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
William Dalrymple

from $5.39

Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Lennard Bickel

from $6.69

Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Tim Jeal

from $5.39

Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
Richard Evelyn Byrd

from $10.29

The Blue Nile
The Blue Nile
Alan Moorehead

from $4.69

Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado
Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado
Douglas Preston

from $7.99

The Course of Empire
The Course of Empire
Bernard DeVoto

from $5.29

Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America
Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America
Gary B. Nash

from $4.09

World History Books

1421 The Year China Discovered the World
1421 The Year China Discovered the World
Gavin Menzies

from $4.39

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
Jim Lovell

from $4.49

Il milione
Il milione
Marco Polo

from $4.99

The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913
Apsley Cherry-Garrard

from $10.49

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Wallace Stegner

from $5.59

In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
Valerian Albanov

from $6.19

They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Ivan Van Sertima

from $18.29

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz

from $4.19

Canyons of the Colorado
Canyons of the Colorado
John Wesley Powell

from $4.19

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Martin Dugard

from $6.39

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Caroline Alexander

from $4.69

The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
Jennifer Niven

from $3.99

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Gary Kinder

from $4.79

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
Kate Summerscale

from $4.29

The Discovery of the Titanic
The Discovery of the Titanic
Robert D. Ballard

from $4.19

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Tony Horwitz

from $4.39

La Relación
La Relación
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

from $4.39

Columbus: The Four Voyages
Columbus: The Four Voyages
Laurence Bergreen

from $5.19

Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
Frank A. Worsley

from $5.59

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
Owen Beattie

from $5.59

The list of books provided is related to expeditions and discoveries. The books cover various topics such as historical accounts of famous explorers, travelogues, true stories of survival, scientific investigations, and biographies. Many of the books focus on polar expeditions, while others explore the exploration of the Americas and other parts of the world. Some notable books include a comprehensive biography of Captain James Cook, a thrilling account of Ernest Shackleton's harrowing journey in Antarctica, and a historical investigation into the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis.

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