Geographical discovery and exploration

Extrait : "Il y a bien longtemps que, pour la première fois, on a dit : Les voyages forment la jeunesse, et qu'on a bien vite ajouté, avec infiniment de raison : Les voyages ne sont pas moins utiles au développement des facultés de l'âge mûr.

Extrait : "Me voici dans la capitale de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.

Extrait : "La date du départ fixée, nos préparatifs furent très vite faits, et après avoir embrassé parents et amis, vers la fin de mars de l'année dernière, nous gagnions la cité Phocéenne, alors toute angoissée par la grève qui faillit même compromettre notre départ, comme il avait dû en faire ajourner plus d'un.

Extrait : " Le 22 avril 1830, vers six heures du soir, nous fûmes interrompus au milieu de notre dîner par le cri terre !

Extrait : "M'y voilà donc, dans ce canton lointain que je m'étais fixé comme but !

"This history is intended to meet the want for brief, compact, and handy manuals of the beginnings of our country.

Extrait : "Le scheick qui vous remettra cette lettre, citoyen général, me fait espérer qu'il pourra réunir assez de moyens de transport pour faire venir à Caïffa le riz et le biscuit qui doivent être arrivés à Césarée : concertez-vous avec lui et donnez-lui toute l'assistance dont il peut avoir besoin.

Extrait : "Pour s'emparer de Malte et de l'Egypte, il faudrait de vingt à vingt-cinq mille hommes d'infanterie, et de deux à trois mille hommes de cavalerie sans chevaux.

Extrait : "Avant de présenter au lecteur les différents membres de l'expédition arctique projetée par M.

Extrait : "Il y a une infinité d'entr'actes en voyage : ce sont les heures vides, celles de la table d'hôte, du coucher, du lever, l'attente aux stations, l'intervalle entre deux visites, les moments de fatigue et de sécheresse.

The book is a true narrative of a young Jamaican teenager who, broken and devastated by the tragic death of her father, found herself tossed out too early into the rough seas of life.

An extraordinary exploration into the world of healing ministries, spiritual guides, and esoteric experiences.

Prior to the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Eastern-bloc empire of the U.

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 his extraordinary life and timesRecord of naval history in the first half of the 19th century.

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.

Sir Martin Frobisher was one of the great sea dogs of Elizabethan England.

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.