books by subject
History of Discovery & Exploration
Blowout
The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy
The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps
Heart: A History: Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019
I Presume: The story of H.M. Stanley's greatest triumph.
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
The Voyages of Captain Cook
Awfully Ancient: Gory Gladiators, Savage Centurions and Caesar's Sticky End: A menacing history of the unruly Romans!
Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844-79)
Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane
Before Columbus CB
The Sinbad Voyage
Thin White Line
Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and Discovery of the New World
Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook
Hunter to Hunted - Surviving Hitler's Wolf Packs: Diaries of a Merchant Navy Radio Officer, 1939-45
Lost Explorers: Adventurers Who Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth
Xanadu
The Sea Hunters
Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire
Captain James Cook
Almost Human
Captain Cook: The Seamen's Seaman
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
White Nile
David Livingstone: Africa's Trailblazer: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
The Great Pyramid - The Inside Story: A Five Thousand Year Old Mystery Finally Solved
The Black Ship: The Quest to Recover an English Pirate Ship and Its Lost Treasure
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
