Expedition & Discovery

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Explore and discover the world with these expedition and discovery books and maps. Whether you want to find out more about explorers and their discoveries from past and present, or you’re planning your own adventure, you’ll find the right book or map here.

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The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn Iggulden
Conn Iggulden’s Dangerous Book for Boys is destined to become a publishing classic. Writing for Harper Collins in his first non-fiction work, Iggulden writes with the verve and passion that his...
- Publisher: HarperCollins
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The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species changed the world. When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board HMS Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence which would...
- Publisher: Vintage
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The Travels
by Marco Polo
Originally translated into English in 1925, this edition of “The Travels” has chapters missing from translations previous to this date, and is all the better for it. Marco Polo lived from 1254...
- Publisher: Penguin
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Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin
‘In England any person fond of natural history enjoys a great advantage … but in these fertile climates, teeming with life, the attractions are so numerous, that he is scarcely able to walk at all’

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- Publisher: Penguin
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Polar Exploration
by Beau Riffenburgh
Polar Exploration celebrates the heroic exploits of the world’s greatest polar explorers. Produced by the Royal Geographical Society and compiled by polar historian Beau Riffenburgh, in this box...
- Publisher: Andre Deutsch
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The Coldest March
by Susan Solomon
This book on Scott's fatal expedition to reach the South Pole that spreads new light on the Captain and his crew. Solomon draws on her scientific preparation and deep knowledge of the Antarctic...
- Publisher: Yale University Press
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Captain Scott
by Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer...
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Where There is No Doctor
by David Werner
This book is much more than a book on first aid. It explains in simple words and diagrams what anyone living far from medical centres can do to prevent, recognise and treat many illnesses....
- Publisher: Macmillan
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How to be an Explorer of the World

How to be an Explorer of the World by Kerri Smith is an interactive guide for exploring and documenting the art and science of everyday life.

In this book you will be repeatedly asked to…suspend...
- Publisher: Perigee
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Antarctica - The Complete Story

Antarctica has, through history, caught the imagination of countless explorers and armchair enthusiasts. It is a continent like no other, encased in ice kilometres thick and virtually uninhabited....
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln
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The White Rock - An Exploration of the Inca Heartland
by Hugh Thomson
The White Rock describes Hugh Thomson’s quest for the lost cities of the Amazonian Inca heartland, following in the footsteps of previous explorers and making new discoveries about the ancient Inca Emp...
- Publisher: Phoenix
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An Outdoor Book for Girls
by Lina Belle Beard
From what to wear in camp to how to identify poisonous plants, making flapjacks in the outdoors to preparing a tourniquet, “An Outdoor Book for Girls” is the perfect manual for all those tomboys out th...
- Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd