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At the turn of the twentieth century, Arctic explorer Edward Mackley sets out to reach the North Pole and vanishes into the icy landscape without a trace. He leaves behind a young wife, Emily, who awaits his return for decades, her dreams and devotion gradually freezing into rigid widowhood. A hundred years later, on a sweltering mid-summer's day, Edward's great-grand-niece Julia moves through the old family house, attempting to impose some order...
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.--From publisher description....
5) Eversion
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Doctor Silas Coade tries to keep his crew safe while figuring out why maritime disasters keep happening to him in different centuries in a time and space adventure from the author of Revelation Space.
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Columbus discovered America, explorers came from all corners of the world to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all--a place in history. A sweeping saga of bravery, cruelty and pure folly, these are the stories of adventurers who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown land and its peoples. Led by legendary cities of gold and mythical passages to China, foiled by international intrigue and...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Explorer is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet - at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote communities who inhabited them. It is also the story of why, thirty years later, he is still exploring. It's the story of a journey back to a clouded mountain in New Guinea to find a man called Korsai who had once been a friend, and to fulfil a promise made as young men....
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English
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"From the discovery of a strange parchment in an old book to the fantastic descent through a dormant volcano into a subterranean world of danger and beauty, A Journey to the Center of the Earth is as wonderfully entertaining today as when it was first published. One of Jules Verne's finest novels, its unique combination of "hard" science and vivid imagination helped establish this brilliant Frenchman as the father of modern science fiction. A high-tension...
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the historic and esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers. The discovery of the North and South Poles. The summiting of Everest. The moon landing. The (largely unknown) birth of climate change science. These are just some of the stories from The Explorers Club, the organization that, since its inception...
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Library mouse books volume 3
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English
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When Sarah, an explorer mouse, meets Sam she gives him the courage to finally climb to the highest library shelves--and beyond--and he shows her how to explore the world through reading.
14) Explorers
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Series
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Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of such women known for their travels as Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark, and Valentina Tereshkova.
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English
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Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Winchester illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings and ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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A tale of magical landscapes and impossible quests in 19th-century Peru follows the experiences of a disabled former East India Company smuggler who reluctantly accepts a treacherous mission to fetch quinine from a tiny mission colony on the edge of the Amazon.
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English
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Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
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English
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Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the 19th century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions....
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