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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. With more than 400 photos, this beautiful book celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest and chronicles the history of exploration of the world's highest peak. Dust jacket has a closed tear to rear foredge. 370 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sport::Climbing & Mountaineering; Mountaineering; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9781743316290. Inventory No: 263910. . 9781743316290
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Everest: Summit of Achievement
by Stephen Venables / Royal Geographical Society, London
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Fragile Eden : Ride Through New Zealand
by Robin Hanbury Tenison
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Arrow Books, London, England, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A ride through new Zealand. B/W photos. Foxing to the outer edges. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Exploration; Exploration; ISBN: 0099727005. ISBN/EAN: 9780099727002. Inventory No: s14036.. 9780099727002
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by J. M. Scott
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Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain, 1937. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. 352 pages. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dust jacket has rubbing, chips and tears to edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Exploration. Inventory No: 241282. .
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The Great Explorers
by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
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Thames & Hudson, Great Britain, 2010. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. What inspires explorers to push back the boundaries of the known world? Why do they risk their lives in unforgiving conditions far from home? How do they survive at the limits of human endurance? Who are the great pioneers of land, sea and space? Where next? This book charts the great expeditions of forty of the world's most intrepid explorers, from da Gama to Gagarin. Gertrude Bell plotted the desert sands, politics and poetry of Arabia; Francis Garnier was driven almost insane on the banks of the Mekong; Edward Wilson twice tried to reach the South Pole with Scott; Nain Singh mapped the vast spaces of Tibet, counting every step. Written by a host of distinguished travel writers, broadcasters and historians, here are journeys to savour from every corner of the earth - and beyond. 256 pages. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Exploration; Exploration.…
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The Guinness Book of Exploreres and Exploration
by Michele Gavet-Imbert [Editor]
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Guinness Publishing, Great Britain, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Whether impelled by greed or curiosity, by national pride or a thirst for scientific knowledge, explorers have always had gripping tales to tell. Not only were there the dangers - of fevers, hostile tribes, impenetrable forests and icy water - but also the beauties and mysteries of the unknown. Covering the ancient world to the space age, this book recounts the stories of famous explorers - Alexander the Great, Columbus, Captain Cook, Livingstone, Scott and many others. It also includes many less well-known expeditions, such as the bloody conquest of Kamchatka, the ancient Carthaginian who might have sailed to West Africa, the medieval Arab who reached China and the French expedition to Australia. Background information is provided on each phase of exploration, the equipment and technology available and the people and places discovered. 280 pages. Dust jacket has fading to spine edge. Quantity Available: 1.…
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Historical Atlas of Exploration 1492-1600
by Angus Konstam
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Mercury Books, London, 2006. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. From the beginning of time, humankind has been fascinated with areas of the world and historical periods beyond our immediate experience. The Historical Atlas series offers a highly visual and compelling presentation of the history and development of different lands and empires throughout the world and across time. Each volume pairs lively "you are there" accounts with a superb combination of detailed maps, stunning photographs and illustrations, profiles of key figures, timelines, and much more to provide new and unique insights into the world's history. 192 pages. Fully Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Exploration; Exploration. ISBN: 1904668089. ISBN/EAN: 9781904668084. Inventory No: 263596. . 9781904668084
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A History of Polar Exploration
by L. P. Kirwan
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Penguin Books, England, 1962. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Penguin Books 1705 108 pages. Pages browned. Previous owners details on title page. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Exploration; Exploration. Inventory No: 250446. .
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Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott; Shackleton and Amundsen
by Peter Fitzsimons
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William Heinemann, Australia, 2012. Softcover. Very Good Condition. History comes to life with Peter FitzSimons in the story of Australia s most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration- Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton. Sir Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, remains Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, his Australasian Antarctic Expedition left Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below Australia, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. He was on his way to fulfil a national dream he had first conceived three years earlier, while on his first trip to the frozen continent on the Nimrod expedition under the leadership of the charismatic Anglo-Irishman Sir Ernest Shackleton. Even as Mawson and his men were approaching Antarctica, two other famous Antarctic explorers were already engaged in nothing less than a race to become the first men to reach the South Pole. While Roald Amundsen of…
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A Quarter Century of Exploration from Manchuria to Tibet
by Wong How Man
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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. This book chronicles a quarter of a century of explorer Wong How Man's Inner Asian expeditions, providing a rare glimpse of ethnic groups whose lives and customs mirror the enchanting yet sometimes brutal environments in which they live. Here in the hinterlands of Asia, from Manchuria and Mongolia to the Silk Road and Tibetan Plateau, traditions carry on as they have for centuries, as modernisation slowly makes its way to what Wong calls the 'Backyard of Asia'.From Mongolia to Tibet transcends political boundaries to focus on the diversity and interconnectedness of unique peoples in beautifully unusual landscapes. More than a photoessay, this publication delves into the history, traditions, stories and dreams of colourful indigenous peoples and their surroundings, often in formidable terrain.The author has spent 25 years focused on these remote areas of Inner Asia, where…
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The Royal Geographical Society History of World Exploration
by John Keay [General Editor]
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Hamlyn, Great Britain, 1991. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. The most up-to-date and authoritative work on the subject world exploration. This book contains specially commissioned maps showing all the principal exploration routes, many traced from first-hand accounts. Chronologies listing key dates in the opening of each continent and the text is accompanied by unique collection of photographs, paintings and engravings. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Exploration; Exploration; ISBN: 0600568199. ISBN/EAN: 9780600568319. Inventory No: 259635. . 9780600568319 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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The Shackleton Voyages: A Pictorial Anthology of the Polar Explorer and Edwardian Hero
by Roland Huntford; Julie Summers; David Rowley
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Ernest Shackleton is best known for his ENDURANCE expedition, but he took part in four Antarctic expeditions in all - the DISCOVERY (1902-4), the NIMROD expedition (1907-9), the ENDURANCE - AURORA expedition (1914-17) and QUEST, his final journey in 1921. Roland Huntford looks at Shackleton, the explorer and leader of men, the hero of his day, who was knighted by King Edward VII. This is a riveting story in words and pictures of rivalry, survival, comradeship and courage in the face of danger and hardship. Includes 100 photographs not published before, including Shackleton's own, and from personal archives in the UK, New Zealand & Australia. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Exploration; Exploration; ISBN: 0297843168. ISBN/EAN: 9780297843160. Inventory No: 258209. . 9780297843160 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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Tibetan Adventure In The Country of the Ngolo-Setas [Second Guibaut-Liotard Expedition]
by Andre Guibaut
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Reader's Union, London, 1949. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Translated by Lord Sudley. 206 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Exploration; Inventory No: 258406. .
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Women of Discovery: A Celebration of Intrepid Women Who Explored The World
by Milbry Polk; Mary Tiegreen
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Scriptum Editions, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The stories of more than eighty extraordinary explorers and adventurers are vividly recounted and stunningly illustrated in Women of Discovery. Here for the first time are gathered the tales of early voyagers, such as the valiant tenth-century Viking adventurer Unn the Deep Minded and seventeenth-century Spanish conquistadora Catalina de Erauso. Intrepid explorers like Mary Kingsley in Africa, Alexandra David-Neel in Tibet, and Freya Stark in the Middle East traveled fearlessly into the blank spaces on the map. Artist explorers, including the great botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian in Surinam, writer Zora Neale Hurston in Haiti, and photographer Ruth Robertson in South America, captured in their art the beauty and mystery of exotic lands. Many brave women have ventured into extreme environments to bring back knowledge, whether they were aviators like Amelia Earhart, mountaineers like Annie Smith…
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