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From Colonization to Democracy: A New Historical Geography of South Africa

By Alan Lester

1000 Languages:The Worldwide History of Living and Lost Tongues: The Worldwide History of Living and Lost Tongues

By Peter K Austin

Representing Africa: Landscape, Exploration and Empire in Southern Africa, 1780-1870

By John McAleer

Africa: A Beginner's Guide

By Tom Young

Lost Maps of the Caliphs

By Yossef Rapoport, Emilie Savage-Smith

The Zambezi: A History

By Malyn Newitt

Antique Maps

By David Bannister, Carl Moreland

Shackleton

By Kim Heacox

The Penguin Atlas of African History

By Colin McEvedy

Theatre of the World: The Maps That Made History

By Thomas Reinertsen Berg, Alison McCullough

History of the World in 1000 Objects

By DK

Historical Geography of England and Wales

By Robert A. Dodgshon, Robin A. Butlin

Shackleton's Epic: Recreating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival

By Tim Jarvis

The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder And Survival In The Amazon

By Robert Whitaker

In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired ‘Moby Dick’

By Philbrick, Nathaniel

The Earth: An Intimate History

By Fortey, Richard

The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier

By Tim Flannery

Amsterdam: A brief life of the city

By Geert Mak, Philip Blom

Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500

By Francis Robinson

Cumbria to Northumberland

By English Heritage

Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind

By Harry Campbell, Alexander McCall Smith

Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire (Penguin History)

By Carcopino, Jerome, Rowell, Henry T

Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey

By Parker, Mike

The Times D-Day: The story of the allied landings

By Richard Happer, Peter Chasseaud, Times Books

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

By Michael Portillo

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt

By Bill Manley

Rendering Nature: Animals, Bodies, Places, Politics

By Marguerite S. Shaffer, Phoebe S. K. Young

The Problem of Nature: Environment and Culture in Historical Perspective

By David Arnold (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

The Britannias: An Island Quest

By Alice Albinia

Land of Mountain and Flood: The Geology and Landforms of Scotland

By Alan McKirdy, John Gordon, Roger Crofts