Geographical Discovery & Exploration

The story of how James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand, lavishly produced and richly illustrated Since it was published by the Admiralty in 1816,...

'Like Sir David Attenborough, he has the rare ability to be an excellent communicator and has written an engaging book sprinkled with mind-blowing ...

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain''s trade, exploration, and warfare British ...

[M]arvelous and compelling... - John Milloy, author of The Plains Cree and A National Crime As the first inland surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Comp...

Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried in Egypt, but their tombs have never been found despite years of i...

Kerr's Voyages is a comprehensive account of sea and land voyages covering 1,000 years of exploration from the 9th to the 18th centuries. Kerr's V...

''...In this year celebrating the centenary of the conquering of the South Pole - it is more than fitting to have one of the unregarded figures of ...

In Climbing Everest, George Mallory (18 June 1886 - 8/9 June 1924), possibly the first man to summit Everest, takes us with him on his climbs in ...