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Follow in the footsteps of the world's greatest pioneers
Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers ...
Finding Endurance is beautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping yarn and a generous and humane reflection on this business of being human. Since the ...
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies
The first great English-language travel ...
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides comes an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration - the fateful final ...
A gripping new history of the shipwrecks and other failed voyages at the dawn of imperialism (15-16th C)
Wreckers sinks the old narratives of imperialism ...
'A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica the Unknown Southern Continent ...
Few thought of travelling to the Alps until John Ruskin extolled their rugged beauty in 1842. More than anyone, it was 25-year-old Edward Whymper who ...
In 1770 H.M. Bark Endeavour arrived in New Holland, Australia, the 'Continent of Smoke'. On board were Lieutenant James Cook, gentleman naturalist Joseph Banks ...
The definitive biography of the mystery man of the Franklin Expedition. James Fitzjames was a hero of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. A charismatic man ...
A sparkling new translation of the most famous travel book ever written
Marco Polo's voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after ...
'When people ask me... "What is your favourite travel book?" I nearly always name this book. It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery ...
A rip-roaring swashbuckler about a forgotten 17th century English hero who, starting as a poor, piratical buccaneer, became a famed round-the-world explorer.
William Dampier, (1651-1715 ...
Penguin Classics relaunch
Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to ...
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to ...
