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Publisher
Sweetwater Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the youngest member of the Royal Explorers Club, Jasper McFate has gone on countless adventures, from the forests of the lush Amazon to the dusty depths of a pharaoh's tomb. But there is one adventure he has yet to embark upon . . . Join Jasper as he crosses cavernous ravines while hiking the icy Himalayan Mountains in search of the reclusive yeti. But when he fatefully loses his glasses, not all may be as it seems!
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wide ranging, philosophical, and sensual account of early deep sea exploration and its afterlives, The Bathysphere Book begins with the first ever voyage to the deep ocean in 1930 and expands to explore the adventures and entanglements of its all-too-human participants at a time when the world still felt entirely new.
In the summer of 1930, aboard a ship floating near the Atlantic island of Nonsuch, marine biologist Gloria Hollister sat on a crate,...
3) The lost city of Z: A legendary British explorer's deadly quest to uncover the secrets of the Amazon
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
xi, 400, 14 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible--for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a "bridge": living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as "1847" or Commander Graham...
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Language
English
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"An epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day ... On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a...
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