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Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the assinniboine and saskatchewan exploring expedition of 1858 Product Code: 9774 A fascinating and beautifully illustrated and mapped account of two expeditions into Canada’s vast and untapped interior in 1857 and 1858. Our price: £45.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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lake regions of Central Africa; a picture of exploration Product Code: 9770 Richard Burton’s account of his ill-fated journey to discover the source of the Nile with his later bitter rival John Hanning Speke. A classic of Victorian exploration as colourful as its author. Our price: £44.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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Arctic explorations in the years 1853,’54,’55: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin Product Code: 9778 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... Our price: £38.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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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 Product Code: 9777 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... Our price: £38.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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naturalist on the River Amazons, A Record of Adventures, Habits of animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven years of Travel Product Code: 9765 To say that the author's foray in the Amazon was extensive, hardly does justice to the sheer scale of his endeavours. Leaving England in 1848 with a fellow naturalist A R Wallace, he was away for eleven years during which time he collected over 14,000 species of which a staggering 8,000 were new ... Our price: £38.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah Product Code: 9769 Legendary explorer RIchard Burton’s own description of his famous 1853 journey in disguise to the Muslim Holy cities of Mecca and Medina - then ‘off-limits’ to Europeans. An enthralling classic by a great traveller and writer. Retail Price: £75.00 Our price: £38.00 save 49%    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa Product Code: 9781 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... Our price: £38.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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TESTAROSSA Product Code: 10338 In the latter years of Queen Mary's short and turbulent reign in the mid-sixteenth century, England was still on the cusp of acquiring the reputation as a great sea faring nation that would come in the Elizabethan era. Into the hotbed of religious and political turmoil that was England at this ti... Our price: £38.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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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. Product Code: 9779 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... Our price: £35.00    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list

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CONTEMPORARY SCRIMSHAW Product Code: 10936 Scrimshaw is a technique of stippling and scratching on fossil ivory, horn and bone.Its roots lie in the traditional art of whaling men of the 18th and 19th centuries, but it has developed as a recognised art form.Today, fine scrimshaw miniatures adorn handcrafted knives, jewelry, billiard cues, ... Our price: £32.50    Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list