William Phipps’ rise to fame and fortune was meteoric. His short and hectic life was punctuated with many unlikely achievements, of which raising treasure from the wreck of a Spanish galleon was...
Diary of a Journey through Inner Arabia, 1883–1884 (2 Volume Set)
by Julius Euting
Translated by Christopher Metcalf
Edited by William Facey and Michael C.A. Macdonald
Price: $220.00
ISBN: 9781911487852
Publisher: Medina Publishing
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Arabian Publishing Ltd.
684 Pages
Julius Euting, an epigraphist, artist, avid hiker, nature-lover, and intrepid explorer, lived a life of wonder, discovery and extraordinary academic achievement, making groundbreaking contributions...
Sir William Edward Parry: The Original Arctic Explorer
by Trevor Ware
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399038218
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
Parry’s life began two hundred and twenty years ago. The Revolutionary Wars against France and Napoleon were just beginning. His naval career started in wartime and lasted throughout the next fifty...
A truly unique meditation on being among Earth’s wildest and most remote places—Alaska’s volcanoes!The volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula and the fifty-seven volcanoes that project into the Aleutian...
A short detailed study exploring Captain James Cook's Antarctic expeditions.Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration,...
Inspired by past aviation pioneers, Amanda Harrison flew her vintage Tiger Moth from Biggin Hill to Darwin, Australia in 20 days, overcoming weather challenges, engine failures, and dangerous terrains...
Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity.
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