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
