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New World, Inc.: The Story of the British Empire's Most Successful Start-Up

By John Butman, Dr Simon Targett

Historical Atlas of Expeditions

By Karen Farrington

Tudor Adventures - the Voyage of Discovery That Transformed England

By James Evans

Ship, The Lady and the Lake

By Larken Meriel

Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

By Roger Crowley

The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple

By Corey Mead

Amazon Task Force

By Peter Dixon

Longitude

By Sobel, Dava

The Voyages of the "Discovery": Illustrated History of Scott's Ship

By Ann Savours, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Peter Scott

Charles Waterton, 1782-1865: Conservationist and Traveller

By Julia Blackburn

H.M. Bark Endeavour

By Parkin Ray

And the Band Played On: The enthralling account of what happened after the Titanic sank: The enthralling account of what happened after the Titanic sank

By Christopher Ward

Hunger and History: The Impact of Changing Food Production and Consumption Patterns on Society

By Robert I. Rotberg, Theodore K. Rabb

The Sinbad Voyage

By Severin, Tim

Heart: A History: Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019

By Sandeep Jauhar

I Presume: The story of H.M. Stanley's greatest triumph.

By Anstruther, Ian

Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

By Wade Davis

The Voyages of Captain Cook

By James Cook, Sir John Barrow, Simon Marshall, Tom Griffith

Awfully Ancient: Gory Gladiators, Savage Centurions and Caesar's Sticky End: A menacing history of the unruly Romans!

By Tom Morgan-Jones, Kay Barnham

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

By James Delbourgo

Before Columbus CB

By Fernandez-Ar

Hunter to Hunted - Surviving Hitler's Wolf Packs: Diaries of a Merchant Navy Radio Officer, 1939-45

By Alex Anderson

The Sea Hunters

By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo

Xanadu

By John Man

Lost Explorers: Adventurers Who Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth

By Ed Wright

Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and Discovery of the New World

By Brian M. Fagan

Thin White Line

By Andy Cave

The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps

By Peter Whitfield

Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook

By Nicholas Thomas