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The Worst Journey in the World

By Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year

By Ranulph Fiennes

Shackleton (A Ladybird Expert Book)

By Ben Saunders

Evolution's Captain: The Tragic Fate of Robert Fitzroy, the man who sailed Charles Darwin around the world

By Peter Nichols

The Sea Inside

By Hoare, Philip

Paths Without Glory: Richard Francis Burton in Africa

By James L. Newman

Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day

By Carrie Gibson

Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire 1490-1522

By Hugh Thomas

The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus

By David S. H. Abulafia

A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa

By Steve Kemper

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

By Alfred Lansing

The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama

By Nigel Cliff

Shackleton

By Kim Heacox

Uganda'S Katakiro in England

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

By Tim Jeal

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

By Robert I. Rotberg, Theodore K. Rabb

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

H.M. Bark Endeavour

By Parkin Ray

Charles Waterton, 1782-1865: Conservationist and Traveller

By Julia Blackburn

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

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

Longitude

By Sobel, Dava

Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time

By Dr. Michael du Preez, Jeremy Dronfield

Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight

By Paul Hoffman

Viking Voyage

By W Hodding Carter

Livingstone, David

By Catherine Swift

Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands

By Bill Wyman, Richard Havers

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

By James M. Tabor

Human Race: 10 Centuries of Change on Earth

By Ian Mortimer

The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future

By Peter Moore

The Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages

By Beth Fowkes Tobin