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Book cover for Nina Burleigh: Mirage

Mirage : Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

Nina Burleigh
Hardcover - $41.95

The author of "The Stranger and the Statesman" reveals the true story of the birth of Egyptology, witnessed through the experiences of Napoleon and his men who undertook the world's first archaeological dig in Egypt.

Book cover for Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca: The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca

The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca : His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Paperback - $15.95

Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned--after covering about 6,000 miles in the course of eight harrowing years. Cabeza de Vaca's incredible account of his 1528-1536 expedi ...

Book cover for Jr. Cachey: The First Voyage Around the World 1519-1522

The First Voyage Around the World 1519-1522 : An Account of Magellan's Expedition

Jr. Cachey
Hardcover - $90.95



Book cover for E. C. Coleman: The Royal Navy and Polar Exploration, Volume 2

The Royal Navy and Polar Exploration, Volume 2 : From Franklin to Scott

E. C. Coleman
Paperback - $77.95

This narrative reflects on one of the most perilous quests in Polar exploration--the search for the Northwest Passage. The fabled route to the Orient took many lives, including the entire crews of Franklin's Erebus and Terror and even some of the men ...

Book cover for James Cook: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2

James Cook
Paperback - $31.95

The inhabitants of Ulietea speak of an uninhabited island about this situation called by them Mopeha to which they go at certain seasons for turtle.

Book cover for James Cook: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2

James Cook
Paperback - $42.95

The inhabitants of Ulietea speak of an uninhabited island about this situation called by them Mopeha to which they go at certain seasons for turtle.

Book cover for Monica Devine: Mountain Climbing

Mountain Climbing : Scaling the Heights

Monica Devine
Hardcover - $30.95



Book cover for William Dunbar: The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805

The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805 : The Louisiana Purchase Journals of Dunbar and Hunter

William Dunbar
Hardcover - $47.95

The day-by-day accounts of two southern-bound explorers who were contemporaries of Lewis and Clark.

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