This is not an illustrated edition. Unless one calls a book with 250 pages of text and 14 pictures an illustrated edition. The strengths of…
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Tag: History of Discovery & Exploration
A good book — Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook
This is actually a 2018 reissue of a 2003 book for the 250th anniversary of the departure of Endeavour. While the broad outlines of all…
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Beautiful book — James Cook: The Voyages
This pictorial book published to mark the 250th anniversary of the departure of James Cook on his first voyage is a joy to read. Each…
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Coffee table book – Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Edition: Voyage of Discovery
I first read this in 2004 for the bicentennial celebration of the voyage. The Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery {May 1804 to Dec 1806}…
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Light reading – Jefferson’s America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation
This is not an easy book to read. The flow is rather disjointed. One can’t get to grip with the stories on the 6 explorers…
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An obsession – Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
I read this hardcover when it came out in 2013. This is an easy to read the biography of a still relatively unknown American who…
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Beautiful book– Captain Cook and the Pacific: Art, Exploration and Empire
A beautifully illustrated book. One can find many gems in this book. All 3 voyages are explored fully from the social and historical angles.
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Beautiful coffee table book – Lewis and Clark: Journey of the Corps
Why buy this book if you already have, say, Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose or Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery from National Geographic? Buy…
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Infectious read – Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
This year we celebrate the 500th anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s departure from Spain in 1519. Leading 5 ships and 260 men only 1 ship and…
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