Chronicles the experiences of Meriwether Lewis, the man chosen by President Jefferson to lead a voyage from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, discusses the experiences of those who took part in the expedition, and tells of the leading political, scientific, and military f…
Though primarily a biography of Meriwether Lewis, this book also provides fascinating sketches of Thomas Jefferson, William Clark, Sacagawea, & other contemporaries. From the bestselling author of the definitive book on D-Day comes the definitive book on the most momentous exped…
Chronciles the 1912 expeditions to Antarctica, including those by Roald Amundsen, Wilhelm Filchner, and Douglas Mawson.
"On March 8, 1912, the front page of The Daily Chronicle trumpeted "The South Pole discovered," marking Roald Amundsen's triumph over the tragic Robert Scott. Yet behind all the headlines there was a much bigger story. Antarctica was awash with expeditions. In 1912, five teams r…
The rivalry between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen is a familiar story; what fewer people know is that, in 1912, five separate teams were exploring beyond the limits of the known world: Scott for Britain, Amundsen for Norway, Mawson for Australasia, Filchner for Germany and Shi…
Chronicles the 1912 expeditions to Antarctica, including those by Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen, Nobu Shirase, Wilhelm Filchner, and Douglas Mawson. "Chris Turney shows how their discoveries marked the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. He makes use of o…
"Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary chronicles the life of an eighteenth-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain whose thirst for knowledge and adventure took him on a five-year voyage throughout Spain's Pacific possessions. On his return he was imprisoned be…
The diaries of Frank Hurley, 1912-1941
by Lee, Christopher, Dixon, Robert, Hurley, Frank
This is the first illustrated edition of the diaries kept by Australian-born photographer and film maker Frank Hurley about his work on the Mawson and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions, his two expeditions to Papua in the 1920s, and his experiences during the First and Second Wor…
The diaries of Frank Hurley, 1912-1941
by Lee, Christopher, Dixon, Robert, Hurley, Frank
This is the first illustrated edition of the diaries kept by Australian-born photographer and film maker Frank Hurley about his work on the Mawson and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions, his two expeditions to Papua in the 1920s, and his experiences during the First and Second Wor…
The diaries of Frank Hurley, 1912-1941
by Lee, Christopher, Dixon, Robert, Hurley, Frank
This is the first illustrated edition of the diaries kept by Australian-born photographer and film maker Frank Hurley about his work on the Mawson and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions, his two expeditions to Papua in the 1920s, and his experiences during the First and Second Wor…
A sweeping, epic biography about a man and his times, Hernando de Soto begins shortly after Columbus's first voyage to the Americas. Born around 1500, Soto left home at fourteen for Central America, where he rose through the ranks of the conquistadors to become a feared and effe…
I, Columbus: my journal, 1492-3
by Columbus, Christopher, Roop, Peter, Roop, Connie, Hanson, Peter E.
Follows the first voyage of discovery made by Christopher Columbus through excerpts from the journal he kept. Excerpts and edited portions of the actual journal Columbus kept during his 1492 voyage.
