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In 1854, when explorer John Rae returned from the Arctic with news that the final survivors of the Franklin expedition, while starving to death, had degenerated into cannibalism, Jane enlisted the celebrated Charles Dickens to repudiate him.

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"In this comprehensive new study, leading historian Kenneth Morgan provides an authoritative account of European exploration and discovery in Australia. Introducing new findings and drawing on the latest in historiographical research, this book situates developments in navigation, nautical astronomy and cartography within the broader contexts of imperial, colonial and maritime history"--

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Europeans' romanticist imaginings of people from the South Pacific have been around since the Enlightenment and have been significantly informed by the accounts of voyages to Tahiti by people such as Louis Bougainville.

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A collection of stories and myths about geography, navigation, and geodesy - the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface - that reaches far beyond dry scientific texts to concentrate on the people behind the discoveries.

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Finally reaching an uninhabited island, Shackleton, Worsley and four others sailed eight hundred miles in a small boat to the island of South Georgia, an astounding feat of navigation and courage.

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Imprint. In November 1911, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team began a trek across the snows of Antarctica, striving to be the first to reach the South Pole. They were beaten by a Norwegian group, and all perished. Solomon brings a scientific perspective to understanding the expedition.

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The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration.

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Fritz demonstrates how a series of unrelated events converged to make the Lewis and Clark expeditionand America's dream of westward expansiona reality.

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Ra is the story of Heyerdahl's voyage from North Africa to South America in a 45 ft papyrus boat modelled on those depicted in the pharoah's wall paintings. A violent storm ended the first expedition but within a year the seven men had embarked on their second journey in Ra II.

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A sweeping chronicle of the brave and hardy souls, ranging from the Spanish seafarer Vicente Pinzon, who discovered the Amazon River, to contemporary heroes and heroines, like Sister Dorothy Stang and Chico Mendes, whose efforts to save the rain forest cost them their lives.

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With his companions from nine nations, Heyerdahl set sail in a boat made of reeds in search of the sea routes which he thought were used by the Sumerians in vessels like his own, 5000 years ago. Heyerdahl recounts the discoveries and hazards of his journey down the Tigris to the Indian Ocean.

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In this book you will discover what it meant to sail with Captain Cook, why the Endeavour sought out the mysterious Great South Land and what kind of man Cook was.

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Arranged chronologically, this resource book traces the history of world exploration from the nomads of ancient times to today's exploration of outer space. Games, songs, dramatics, writing projects, group discussions and other activities are used to help bring historical events to life.

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Describes an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. It features the journeys of renowned adventurers with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, and is intended to assist navigation and trade.

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This book is an appropriate resource for studies in women's history, geography, social history, and anthropology, and an appealing choice for women readers with an interest in travel and biography.

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Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales in the Year 1813 was first published in 1823. It is a romantic and descriptive narrative of the journey to find a path across the Blue Mountains and received a great reception both in England and in Australia.

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The true story of the men who made Shackleton's most famous expedition possible and paid the highest price for it.

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The vast deserts of Outback Australia hold many secrets, but there is one great mystery which stands out among all others the mystery of the lost Leichhardt expedition. In April 1848 Ludwig Leichhardt and six other men set out westward from the Queensland frontier, heading for Swan River settlement in Western Australia. They never arrived. Somewher