Jean-François De Galup, Comte De La Pérouse is second only to James Cook in his historical significance and was the major explorer of the Pacific in the eighteenth century.
This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767-1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli.
2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Mountain LiteratureRecounts some of the most dangerous feats in mountaineering historyInsights into the human attraction to danger and sufferingAward-winning authorWhile you wouldn t expect climbing an 8000-meter peak in winter to be a popular activity, there have been 178 expeditions (as of 2019) to the Himalaya and Karakoram during the cruelest season to do just that.
Fast-paced history-cum-memoir about rock climbing in the wild-and-wooly 80sHighlights ground-breaking achievements from the eraHangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents.
Unlike the previous books of the series "e;FRASAR - An Improbable Life"e;, Book IV doesn't have a Prologue describing a series of episodes, taking place around the year 2010.
The book explores the history of exploration and cartography of what is now called King George Sound, Oyster Bay, The Kalgan River and the surrounding river systems.
195 Centre Street: It's summertime, and the kitchen windows are open and a warm, gentle breeze is blowing the spotless white lace curtains into the room.
"e;The scion of a wealthy Hamburg family, financing of diamond and gold mines in South Africa, and a decision of the British Parliament that moves the action through the end of 19th Century America, and Guyana, South America.
BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTSAdak, a link in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska, snuggled right in between the notorious Bering Sea and the extreme northern most edge of the Pacific Ocean.
Nestled on the abandoned benches of New York City and forged in the fires of service unto others, American Dreaming opens to secret conversations between God and a young man.
From the steaming equatorial jungles of the South Pacific to the frozen wastelands of the high Arctic, often pursued by armed revolutionaries, marauding tribesmen, and the occasional corrupt bureaucrat, a team of highly skilled professionals seek to find and recover some of aviation's lost heritage.
This book was written for the missing generations of 1960 and 1970, during which a lot of young people had been deprived of their right of education, employment, freedom of residence, and not to mention free speech, even lovemaking.
Living a life best described as Hunter Thompson meets Indiana Jones, a young man's fortunes are drastically changed by an early diagnosis of Crohn's disease.
Terry's dad wrote an autobiography of his life, primarily because he was a quiet man, viewed as strange or a nonconformist by family and friends, and he wanted to set the record straight on who he was, who he is, what he believes, and the journeys he took along the way to cope with problems and live his life.
Zane Grey visits what he considers to be "e;probably the most beautiful and wonderful natural phenomenon in the world,"e; and "e;also Monument Valley, and the mysterious and labyrinthine Canyon Segi with its great prehistoric cliff-dwellings.
