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| Author: | Nathaniel Philbrick |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 128314 |
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A fascinating account of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes's 19th Century exploration of vast tracts of the Pacific Ocean, including the new southern continent of Antarctica.
During the voyage they surveyed...
| Author: | Adam Jacot De Boinod |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 150604 |
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Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means "to take off your clothes in order to dance"? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or the Dutch word for skimming...
| Author: | Adrian Flanagan |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Catalogue number: | 171283 |
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In Over the Top, Adrian Flanagan recounts his journey as the first ever yachtsman to sail vertically around the world. One of the most difficult routes possible took Flanagan via Cape...
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 20823 |
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Desperately in need to get away from things, Paul Theroux is inspired by the view he sees from the plane that is taking him from Hawaii to New Zealand: "More than an ocean, the Pacific was like a universe...
| Author: | Richard Fortey |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 130574 |
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Fortey, a paleontologist by profession, has created an exceptional 'Intimate History' of the Earth. Adopting the role of enthusiastic guide, he leads the reader around and even into some of the world...
| Author: | Ben Fogle |
| Publisher: | Michael Joseph |
| Catalogue number: | 124642 |
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This is the author's first book in which he recounts the pursuit of his childhood dream of travelling to the far-flung outposts of Britain where red post boxes and Union Jacks still remain. In his...
Light Years: A Girlhood in Hawaii
| Author: | Susanna Moore |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 159135 |
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Susanna Moore cannot remember her first encounter with the sea – it has always been part of her life. “Light Years: A Girlhood in Hawaii” is a marvelous book detailing how she grew up in Hawai’i in...
Pacific Passages - Travelling the South Seas
| Author: | Hans-Christof Wächter |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 167993 |
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In “Pacific Passages - Travelling the South Seas” travel writer Hans-Christof Wächter sails to Vanuatu, Ovalau, Fiji, Rarotonga and the Cook Islands looking to find the real rhythms of the lives of...
Tribe Wanted - Paradise or Bust
| Author: | Ben Keene |
| Publisher: | Ebury Press |
| Catalogue number: | 164962 |
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“Paradise or Bust” is the fascinating adventure story of Tribewanted, a revolutionary eco-tourism project founded by twenty-something Ben Keene.
As featured in the BBC documentary series, Keene's story...
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The European Discovery of the Pacific
It is a fascinating fact of cartographic history that the first world map to name the new continent of America was also the first to illustrate the existence of the Pacific Ocean. What's more, there is a mystery surrounding the origins of this remarkable map produced by Martin Waldseemuller in 1507...
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