Historical Journeys

Pioneers of the Pacific - Voyages of Exploration 1787 -1810

Nigel Rigby and Pieter van der Merwe (Intro. Glyn Williams)
Publisher: National Maritime Museum

Ref: BKS000215

This book tells the stories of Pacific exploration which continued the work of Captain Cook. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Le Perouse and Arthur Phillip, span a time that saw Britain become the world's leading maritime power.
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Price: £20.00

North Pole, South Pole - Journeys to the Ends of the Earth

Bertrand Imbert
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Ref: BKS000191

Remote, unpeopled, forbidding – the Poles were the last parts of the Earth to be reached by man and still exert a powerul hold on the imagination.
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Price: £6.95

The Seventy Great Journeys in History

Ed. Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Ref: BKS000190

Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travellers of all time. The Seventy Great Journeys in History chronicles their stories and many more, describing epic voyages of discovery and revealing the motivations of the world’s most adventurous explorers.
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Price: £24.95