Geographical Discovery & Exploration

The many attempts by navigators to find a Northwest Passage via its Pacific portal all ended in failure; however, their discoveries spurred expansi...

[A] striking, thoroughly researched depiction of just how much persistence and inventiveness it took for a woman in Colonial America to retain secu...

A sparkling exploration of direction, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 MapsNorth, south, east and west: almost all societies...

Throughout the world, traditional medical systems continue to impact the lives of many people. These systems vary greatly in their underlying belie...

Aged seventeen, Marco Polo left his home in Venice on a continent-spanning adventure that lasted for nearly a quarter of a century. Imprisoned in G...

The famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the c...