Category: Exploration, Naval History, Cartography

Barnes was born in 1850 into a ship owning family in St. Johns, Newfoundland, and first went to sea while still a boy. At the outbreak of the First World War he volunteered for service even though he was 64. During the war, he was mined or torpedoed three times and spent three days adrift in an open boat. After the war, sea-dog's life became the basis for a popular cartoon character and he published the story of his adventures in a memoir marked with a strong narrative flair. His autobiography makes for riveting reading and shows how exciting was the life of a turn-of-the century sailor.
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

By: Bergreen, Laurence

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Apr-14

Seller ID: 416224

ISBN: 006093638X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage

"Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner."-- New York Times Book Review

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist <...
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

By: Bergreen, Laurence

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Apr-14

Seller ID: 450029

ISBN: 006093638X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage

Last Voyageurs: Retracing La Salle's Journey Across America: Sixteen Teenagers on the Adventure of a Lifetime

By: Boissoneault, Lorraine

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 351093

ISBN: 1605989762

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Together they set off on an eight-month, 3,300-mile expedition across the major waterways of North America. They fought strong currents on the St. Lawrence, paddled through storms on the Great Lakes, and walked over 500 miles across the frozen Midwest during one of the coldest winters of the 20th century, all while putting on performances about the history of French explorers for communities along their route. The crew had to overcome disagreements, a crisis of leadership, and near-death experiences before coming to the end of their journey. The Last Voyageurs tells the story of...
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Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

By: Boukreev, Anatoli

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Feb-15

Seller ID: 492796

ISBN: 312206372

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver

By: Bown, Stephen R.

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: 404382

ISBN: 1553653394

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history s greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken. But just two years after returning to Britain, the 40-year-old Vancouver, hounded by critics, shamed by public humiliation at the fists of an aristocratic ...
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John Colter: His Years in the Rockies

By: Burton Harris

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bison Books: Mar-93

Seller ID: 455869

ISBN: 803272642

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton

By: Burton, Sir Richard

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 371753

ISBN: 393301664

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra

By: C. F. McGlashan

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Stanford University Press: Jun-40

Seller ID: 415840

ISBN: 804703671

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

By: Carol Shaben

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing: May-14

Seller ID: 455136

ISBN: 1455501964

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was shackled to.

On an icy night in October 1984, a commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, killing six people. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. Despite the poor weather, Erik Vogel, the 24-year-old pilot, was under intense pressure to fly. Larry Shaben, the author's father and Canada's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, was commuting home after a busy week at the Alb...
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