Exploration & Discovery

Certain Islands by David Divine is a collection of essays exploring the unique character and independence of various islands. Rather than focusing solely on their geography, the book highlights their "inviolable identities," examining islands chosen for their specific roles in history—ranging from places of discovery, war, and terror to refuge, piracy, and mythology.

Author: David Divine

**One loose picture plate. Otherwise still in overall very good condition.

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Relive a daring polar expedition in this definitive account by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary. The Crossing of Antarctica details the historic 1955–1958 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Echoing Shackleton, Fuchs’s advance ship was trapped by ice in the Weddell Sea, forcing two years of grueling preparation. Together with Hillary’s New Zealand support party, twelve men tackled a treacherous two-thousand-mile overland march across uncharted snow, colossal ice walls, and hidden crevasses. From mechanical trials and a daring single-engine flight to blinding "white-out" fogs, this classic narrative captures a legendary feat of endurance across a lonely, unknown continent no human had ever traversed before. First Edition 1958

Author: Sir Vivian Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hillary

**Very good vintage condition

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Uncover the human side of history in Richard Humble’s captivating look at one of civilization's greatest adventurers. While Marco Polo’s historic twenty-five year odyssey to the Court of Kubilai Khan became a travel literature classic, his intense personal trials are often hidden behind his geographic logs. This narrative biography examines the frustrating setbacks, mortal dangers, and stacked odds that dogged his party across perilous lands. Dismissed by Venetian peers as romantic exaggeration, his epic service in the Khan’s court is brought to life with twenty pages of colour plates and a hundred historical illustrations.

Author: Richard Humble

**The book has a slight, dry damp smell from its past storage environment (no visible water damage present to the book itself, except for small water stains and foxing to the reverse side of the dustjacket).

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This highly collectible 1964 Folio Society edition of Scott's Last Expedition compiles the poignant journals of Captain Robert Falcon Scott during the ill-fated 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Bound in striking blue linen cloth with a gold-gilt polar coordinate motif, it includes an introduction by famed explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs, bridging two eras of polar exploration. The text is enriched by historical black-and-white photographs and detailed route maps on the endpapers. Featuring a blue top stain, this volume is essential for collectors of maritime history and fine press books.

Author: Captain Robert Falcon Scott

**Very good vintage condition

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Journey across vertical landscapes in this sweeping literary celebration compiled by scholar Anthony Kenny. Published by John Murray in 1991, this hardcover charts how mountains shifted from places of ancient mystery to arenas of modern sport. Features an extraordinary cast of voices—spanning classical reflections by Homer, romantic prose by Wordsworth, and firsthand survival accounts from Edward Whymper and Sir Edmund Hillary. The narrative is beautifully paired with striking black-and-white linocut illustrations by Paul Kershaw.

Author: Anthony Kenny

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Discover the epic history of the world's largest ocean in this captivating narrative. Ian Cameron chronicles the physical creation of the Pacific before honoring its true discoverers: the skilled Polynesian navigators. The text details the high-stakes expeditions of Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Russian, and American explorers battling brutal polar weather and vast distances. It unflinchingly recounts the excesses of the traders, whalers, sealers, and missionaries who followed, causing devastating cultural collapse and disease across the islands within a century.

Author: Ian Cameron

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The Discovery of the Titanic by Dr. Robert D. Ballard is the gripping firsthand account of the search for the legendary ocean liner and the expeditions that finally located her on the floor of the North Atlantic. Seventy-three years after the Titanic sank in 1912, Ballard and a joint French-American expedition discovered the wreck and photographed her standing upright on the ocean floor. Returning in 1986, Ballard descended 2½ miles in a tiny three-man submarine to explore the wreck, while the robotic vehicle Jason Junior ventured inside the ship, revealing the Grand Staircase and chandeliers unseen for decades. Across eleven dives, the team explored the Titanic, debris field and severed stern, capturing remarkable photographs. Enriched with archival images, charts, paintings and a detailed photo-mosaic fold-out.

Author: Dr. Robert D. Ballard

**Very good vintage condition, overall

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