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  • The Wager by

    From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder ...

    3 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Exploration Map by Map: From Migrations and Encounters to Voyages and Discoveries by

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • A New Voyage Round the World by

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Wide Wide Sea by

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery by

    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 ...

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  • Terra Nova: Ambition, jealousy and simmering rivalry in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration by

    '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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Ascent of the Matterhorn: INCLUDING THE FORGOTTEN PHOTOGRAPHS by &

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Endeavour Journals: Captain Cook in Australia by &

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • James Fitzjames: Commander of HMS Erebus by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Travels by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Journals of Captain Cook by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Farthest North: The Greatest Arctic Adventure Story 3rd edition by

    Like a modern Viking 32-year-old Nansen set sail from Norway in 1893 to reach the North Pole. Experts warned him that his voyage was tantamount ...

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