An account of a man who, as an explorer, dared to lead the first successful expedition down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon - and, as an American visionary, waged a bitterly-contested campaign for environmental sustainability in the American West
A history of the first race to Antarctica that weaves the great polar discoveries of the nineteenth century with scientific breakthroughs of the modern era
This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the 'Very Short Introductions' series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for good and ill, of those who undertook it. Stewart Weaver traces the history of exploration from the first explorers (inc…
Om den britiske Challenger-ekspedition, hvor det britiske skib HMS Challenger i årene 1872-76 sejlede Jorden rundt på en videnskabelig ekspedition, som lagde grundlag for oceanografien.
"Lines in the Ice" asks why Europeans have for so long been drawn to the Arctic, following the course of major journeys to the region, assessing the impact of this on the North's indigenous communities and revealing how important this exploration has been in making the modern wo…
