Geographical discovery and exploration

As a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of an Xmas Letter the Atlantic.

Remarkable Road Trips collects over 50 of the most spectacular, dangerous, and thoroughly memorable road trips from around the worldEntries range from the shortest - the Guoilang Tunnel hewn into the side of a cliff face in China, to the longest, the Dempster Highway in desolate stretches of Arctic Canada.

This new book describes the life of Mary and William Howitt's eldest surviving son, Alfred, who travelled to Australia with his brother, Charlton, and their father William in 1851.

'This book will bring back old times, take care of it,' wrote Florence Hopper, freelance journalist, in the front of her cuttings book.

This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author's life and missionary travels in and around South Africa.

A young Sydneysider in London, Lenore Blackwood, was getting work as an actress, pulling beers to pay the rent, and reading about Gandhi, Nehru, Menon and the very new Republic of India.

Archibald Menzies was one of a legion of intrepid Scots plant collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries who roamed the world and, by a combination of toughness and knowledge, established the foundations of the botany of the British Empire.

In 1863 there was only one method of travelling from Britain to the other side of the world by sailing ship, on a journey that could take up to four months, and when the vagaries of wind and weather could put travellers in peril during long voyages.

As senior surgeon on board Discovery, Dr.

A fascinating account of an extraordinary life, this book records naval history in the early 19th century and the adventures of an indefatigable traveller.

Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 and 1974.

This is an extraordinary and little-known story of emigration from Scotland.

Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE.

Ranulph Fiennes tells the story of his unconventional, exceptional family, and reveals the ingredients for the man described by the Guinness Book of Records as 'the world's greatest living explorer'.

Fascinated by what lies beyond the boundaries of human experience, men and women have throughout history been irresistibly drawn to venture into the unknown.

'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie'J.

Livingstone's Missionary Tales had already been a bestseller.

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

The Beagle has become synonymous with Charles Darwin and his groundbreaking title On the Origin of Species.

The Beagle has become synonymous with Charles Darwin and his groundbreaking title On the Origin of Species.

For thousands of years travellers wandered to, and spread out through, Egypt and the Near East, seeking trade, adventure and knowledge.

For thousands of years travellers wandered to, and spread out through, Egypt and the Near East, seeking trade, adventure and knowledge.

The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.

100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood.

"e;Race around the Sun"e; summarizes the progress of rocket science in this most recent and most dynamic Century of scientific accomplishments.

"e;We had seen God in His splendours, heard the text that Nature renders.

Few events have matched the landing of the first man on the Moon for drama and excitement.

For millennia, the silk roads have been the arteries of international trade.

An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth centuryScurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal.

A journey both historical and contemporary among the fantastical landscapes, resourceful inhabitants and isolated tribes of the world's fourth-largest island of enduring fascination for its rich biodiversity: Madagascar.

The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey.

The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey.

The Xi'an Stele, erected in Tang China's capital in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China.

In the mountains and jungles of occupied Burma during World War II, British special forces launched a series of secret operations, assisted by parts of the Burmese population.

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes.

Morocco has long been a mythic land, firmly rooted in the European colonial imagination.

The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause célèbre of the nineteenth century.

The most renowned travel story of the Middle Ages has never lost its allure.

What does it feel like to find the city's edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis?

Ernest Shackleton is one of history's great explorers, an extraordinary character who pioneered the path to the South Pole over 100 years ago and became a dominant figure in Antarctic discovery.

A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric.

John Tawell was a sincere Quaker but a sinning one.

Discover the real story behind one of Britain's greatest triumphsDiscover one of Britain's greatest triumphs, drawing on never-before-seen diaries and exclusive interviews 'An exciting, moving account a fascinating piece of documentary writing, as readable and poignant as Into Thin Air or Touching the Void.

This is a remarkable story, not just about the extraordinary achievements of a family, but about the power of the individual to spur innovation, even when the consen

Born a poor Glasgow cotton-mill worker, David grew up to become a great explorer and hero of his time.

Exerting a magnetic pull our imaginations, the poles have been the object of many gripping first-hand accounts of exploration - literally, journeys to the ends of the earthA passport to the last wildnernesses of Earth, this is the definitive collection of first-hand accounts of polar exploration - 50 true stories of intrepid travel through the desolate and dangerous regions of both Arctic and Antarctic.

The true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny - 'An adult version of LORD OF THE FLIES that is, moreover, entirely true' Evening StandardWhen the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board.