Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Maddison presents a study of Antarctic exploration, telling the story of these forgotten facilitators, he argues that Antar…
David Livingstone is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, first European to cross Africa, and first to find Victoria Falls and source of the Congo River. In this edition, the author provides the fully rounded portrait of this complicated man - dogged …
David Livingstone is revered as one of the world's greatest explorers and missionaries and as the first European to cross Africa. This biography reveals the man behind the myth, one capable of ruthless cruelty as well as self-sacrifice.
This book is an extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer. David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the firs…
David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the first to find Victoria Falls and the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition, Jeal draws on fresh sources and archival di…
Illumines the Unites States' 19th-century exploration of the Holy Land
An account of the United States's nineteenth-century scientific exploration of the Holy Land under the leadership of Navy officer William Francis Lynch reveals how the expedition served to bridge modern- and ancient-world approaches.
An account of the United States's nineteenth-century scientific exploration of the Holy Land under the leadership of Navy officer William Francis Lynch reveals how the expedition served to bridge modern- and ancient-world approaches.
Illumines the Unites States' 19th-century exploration of the Holy Land.
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.