Geographical Discovery & Exploration
BIC code: RGR
See also: Earth Sciences
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Add to BasketAfter The Hector: The Scottish Pioneers Of Nova Scotia And Cape Breton, 1733-1852 - - Paperback
£17.50
Lucille Campey provides a fully documented and detailed account of the greatest early migrations of Scots to North America. She explains why Scots chose their different settlement locations in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton and provides detailed information and new insights relating to emigrant ship crossings and pioneer settlements. -
Add to BasketAntarctic Eyewitness - Paperback
£9.99
This volume offers accounts of two 19th-century expeditions to the Antarctic. The first is Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The other is Ernest Shackleton's attempt to cross the Antarctic in 1914-16 and the survival of his entire party after their ship sank. -
Add to BasketCaledonia's Last Stand: In Search Of The Lost Scots Of Darien - - Paperback
£12.99
In 1698, a fleet landed on the isthmus of Darien to create a colony and launch a new Scottish trading empire. Eighteen months later, the colony had seen the loss of ten ships and cost the lives of over 2,000 people. Nat Edwards explores the real story behind the disastrous attempt at building a Scottish empire. -
Add to BasketAcross The Pond - - Paperback
£15.95
Crossing the Pond provides a history of one of the world's great oceans - the North Atlantic. Beginning with its basic geography, the author traces a chronological voyage through history starting with the early exploration of the Atlantic. -
Add to BasketDavid Livingstone - - Paperback
£4.99
The books in Sutton's Pocket Biographies series offer concise overviews of significant historical figures, ranging from musicians to explorers, philosophers to monarchs and screen goddesses to scientists. -
Add to BasketDavid Livingstone: Mission And Empire - - Hardback
£35.00
David Livingstone was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire whose reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. This book is an account of Livingstone's life and his achievements. -
£18.99David Livingstone: Mission And Empire - - Paperback
David Livingstone was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire whose reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. This book is an account of Livingstone's life and his achievements. -
Add to BasketDavid Livingstone: The Legendary Explorer - - Paperback
£4.99
Linking to the National Curriculum history syllabus, this book for children focuses on David Livingstone, the legendary explorer. -
Add to BasketThe Discovery Of The Hebrides: Voyagers To The Western Isles, 1745-1883 - - Paperback
£12.99
This is the first paperback edition of a perceptive, illustrated history of one of the most remote and beautiful regions of Britain. The author provides the historical context for the 18th and 19th century accounts of travels to the Hebrides. -
Add to BasketEverest: The Man And The Mountain - - Paperback
£37.50
Mount Everest is named after the little known surveyor George Everest, who dedicated his life to surveying India during the first half of the 19th century. This book provides a fascinating insight into the life of a remarkable man.