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Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa

In 1825 Captain Hugh Clapperton set out to explore the River Niger, a task that some twenty odd years previously had resulted in the death of the famous Mungo Park. The River Niger was seen as holding the key to unlocking access to the vast resources of this region and this was Clapperton's secon...

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Yachting in the Arctic seas or notes of five voyages of sport and discovery in the neighbourhood of spitzbergen and novaya zemlya

Intriguing and delightful 1875 account of sailing the icy waters of the Arctic by wealthy Scots MP turned amateur yachtsman James Lamont. WIll interest all devotees of yachting and polar exploration.

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Narrative of an expedition to the source of the St. Peter's River, lake winnepeek, lake of the woods, etc. performed in the year 1823, by order of the hon. j. c. calhoun, secretary of war, under the command of stephen h. long, u.s.t.e.

This narrative was compiled by William H Keating, who was the geologist with Stephen Harriman Long's expedition in the early 1820's to survey the Great Lakes. In two volumes with many plates and maps, this is an intensive study of the area and is noted for the comprehensive commentary about the S...

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Arctic explorations in the years 1853,’54,’55: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin

Following an earlier attempt on which he served as medical officer, these two volumes chart Elisha Kent Kane's second expedition, which he this time headed, to search for Sir John Franklin. Kane was an American Navy surgeon whose books about his various travels caught the imagination of the Ameri...

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Manual of the Natural History, Geology, and Physics of Greenland and the neighbouring regions, together with instructions suggested by the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society for the use of the Expedition of 1875

In December 1874 the Admiralty advised the Royal Society that it intended to despatch an expedition to 'reach the North Pole and to explore the coast of Greenland and adjacent lands.' It asked them to compile a manual of all that was considered useful for the trip and a committee of august member...

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Notes of a cruise in H.M.S. “Fawn” in the western Pacific in the year in 1862

Setting off from Sydney Harbour in 1862, the 'Fawn' voyages to the Islands of the Western Pacific stopping at New Zealand first. From their first contact with the natives of Niue to the hospitality encountered from the Pitcairn Islanders, the Author, T H Hood, gives us an engaging narrative of th...

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Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the assinniboine and saskatchewan exploring expedition of 1858

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated and mapped account of two expeditions into Canada’s vast and untapped interior in 1857 and 1858.

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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island; with an appendix containing charts, and various hydrographical and scientific notes

A charming description of an 1816 expedition to Korea and Loo-CHoo island with colour illustrations of the islanders that created a sensation when first published.

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Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22

The ill-fated explorer Sir John Franklin had a brush with the fate that eventually overtook him on his 1819-22 exploration of Canada’s northern coast. Here is his gripping account of the gruelling voyage

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voyage of the Jeannette. The ship and ice journals of george w. de long, lieutenant-commander u.s.n., and commander of the polar expedition of 1879–1881

The USS Jeannette left San Francisco in July of 1879 bound on a voyage of exploration to find a route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. George W De Long had previously shown himself to be the stuff that exploration commanders were made of when, in 1873, he led a small party in the Little J...

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