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Book cover for Hiram Bingham: Inca Land

Inca Land : Explorations in the Highlands of Peru

Hiram Bingham
Paperback - $23.95

A stunning tale of his first-hand account of the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu, one of the most revered expeditions of all time.

Book cover for Richard W. Blumenthal: With Vancouver in Inland Washington Waters

With Vancouver in Inland Washington Waters : Journals of 12 Crewmen, April-June 1792

Richard W. Blumenthal
Paperback - $107.95

Picking up the narrative from his earlier volume, The Early Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals and Logs from Six Expeditions, 1786?1792, Richard Blumenthal once again offers the reader a fascinating, firsthand look at the Northwest's e ...

Book cover for Diane E. Boyer: Damming Grand Canyon

Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition

Diane E. Boyer
Hardcover - $57.95

In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the ...

Book cover for David Boyle: Toward the Setting Sun

Toward the Setting Sun : Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America

David Boyle
Hardcover - $44.95



Book cover for Klaus Brinkbaumer: The Voyage of the Vizcaina

The Voyage of the Vizcaina : The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship

Klaus Brinkbaumer
Hardcover - $41.95

Lying in only twenty-five feet of water in a small gulf off the coast of Panama, a shipwrecked vessel managed to escape detection for centuries before it was discovered in the mid-1990s. In 2002, Klaus Brinkbaumer and Clemens Hoges, journalists with ...

Book cover for Klaus Brinkbaumer: The Voyage of the Vizcaina

The Voyage of the Vizcaina : The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship

Klaus Brinkbaumer
Paperback - $24.95

Of all the great seafaring vessels of the Age of Discovery, not one has been recovered or even--given the lack of detailed contemporary descriptions--accurately represented. Then, in the mid-1990s, a sunken ship was found in a small, shallow gulf off ...

Book cover for Noah Brooks: The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Noah Brooks
Paperback - $26.95

Much of the history of the great American Northwest begins with the story of the 1800s Lewis and Clark expedition. This concise narrative, based on authentic records, follows the group through Indian territory, the valleys of the Upper Missouri, the ...

Book cover for III Fred N. Brown: Rediscovering Vinland

Rediscovering Vinland : Evidence of Ancient Viking Presence in America

III Fred N. Brown
Paperback - $38.95



Book cover for Marie A. Brown: The Icelandic Discoverers of America

The Icelandic Discoverers of America : Honor to Whom Honor Is Due

Marie A. Brown
Paperback - $54.95

CONTENTSThe Immediate Necessity of Establishing the TruthThe Manifest Duty of the United States in this QuestionThe Evidence that the Icelanders Discovered America in the Tenth CenturyRoman Catholic Cognizance of the Fact at the Time of the Icelandic ...

Book cover for Marie A. Brown: The Icelandic Discoverers of America

The Icelandic Discoverers of America : Or Honor to Whom Honor Is Due (1887)

Marie A. Brown
Paperback - $42.95



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