"The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary a…
"The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary a…
"Arctic Artist is the liveliest and most complete account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition. George Back's prose captures the drama of this journey, and his superb watercolour sketches reveal the beauty and wonder of this northern land." "Back's journal …
George Back accompanied Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition and kept a lively record in prose and watercolor sketches. This is a reprint of the 1994 work which completed the editor's trilogy of the journals of Franklin's officers. Houston provides an introduc…
George Back accompanied Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition and kept a lively record in prose and watercolor sketches. This is a reprint of the 1994 work which completed the editor's trilogy of the journals of Franklin's officers. Houston provides an introduc…
Follows the first voyage of discovery made by Christopher Columbus through excerpts from the journal he kept.
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.
Once a voracious adventurer, it has been many years since Hal Courtney has dared the high seas. Now he must return with three of his sons -- Tom, Dorian, and Guy -- to protect the East India Trading Company from looting pirates, in exchange for half of the fortune he recovers. I…
