Geographical Discovery & Exploration

Let's go! With that, the boyish, grinning Yuri Gagarin launched into space on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human being to exit Earth's orbit....

The American West of the nineteenth century was a world of freedom and adventure for men of every stripenot least also those who admired and desire...

Aviation in the 1950s was a positive, exciting sequel to the most destructive war in history. It gave birth to the jet age for passengers, fosterin...

An ambitious, landmark history of the Scientific Revolution, from the age of Columbus to the age of Cook In 1492 Columbus set out across the Atlant...

In 1913, an expedition was sent to the Arctic, funded by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society and the Unive...

Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley....

In 1528, the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions were shipwrecked and, looking for help, began an eight-year tr...

John Wesley Powell's 1869 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers and through the Grand Canyon continues to be one of the most celebrated adv...

Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christop...

An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography of the great explorer David Livingstone David Livingstone (18131873) is revered as o...