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Pastwatch Orson Scott Card · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate From back cover Tor paperback February 1997: In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Explorers, Discovery and exploration

The cannibal islands Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1850 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Travel back with author R. M. Ballantyne to the late eighteenth century and join Captain James Cook on his scientific expeditions to such exotic places as Tierra del Fuego, the islands of Tahiti and New Zealand, and the scene of the closing of his great career as navigator and discoverer. Learn from Cook's own observations and Ballantyne's detailed, yet tasteful and true explanations of the… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Explorers, Discovery and exploration, Voyages and travels

Travels to discover the source of the Nile James Bruce · 1790 · ★ 3.2 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Demanding Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Explorers, Discovery and exploration, History

Columbus Washington Irving · 1800 · 650p · ≈ 21h · Demanding Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean..... Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known… Shares: Exploring expeditions, Explorers, Discovery and exploration

America Theodor de Bry · 1590 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Coastal/territorial waters included: Shares: Explorers, Discovery and exploration, English, History

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile John Hanning Speke · 1863 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Challenging This classic book is Speke's firsthand account of his second expedition, an exciting blend of adventure, exploration, and geographic and ethnographic data. The book begins with the expedition's preparations, departure from London, and arrival at Zanzibar in 1859. They then undertake the hazardous march into the interior, encountering hostile tribes, dangerous animals, thieves, and other… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Explorers, Discovery and exploration

Sick Heart River John Buchan · 1940 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving a severe Arctic winter, Leithen finds Galliard and feels his own health returning. The North has healed both men, but only… Shares: Explorers, English

The Frozen Deep Wilkie Collins · 1800 · ★ 3.5 · 82p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. With her gift of 'Second Sight', Clara foresees terrible tragedy ahead and is racked by guilt. Allied to two different ships, the two men at first have no cause to meet — until disaster strikes and they… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Frozen in time Owen Beattie · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm Shares: Explorers, Discovery and exploration

Arctic explorations Elisha Kent Kane · 1856 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Endurance Alfred Lansing · 1959 · ★ 4.5 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside an island of ice, and was later crushed. This tale of survival by Shackleton and all 27 of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctice seas defined heroism. Shares: Explorers, Discovery and exploration, Voyages and travels, History

Geography Harm J. de Blij · 1971 · ★ 3.9 · 656p · ≈ 21h · Moderate political boundaries from the 2023 CIA World Factbook]] Shares: Geography, Science

Adroddiad gan Arolygwyr ei MawrhydiGreat Britain. Welsh Office. Education Department. Inspectorate.

Adroddiad gan Arolygwyr ei Mawrhydi Great Britain. Welsh Office. Education Department. Inspectorate. · 1993 · 33p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares: Geography, Science, History

Oeuvres de Descartes René Descartes · 1842 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Challenging 6 Oeuvres de René Descartes Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de René Descartes éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. Liste des oeuvres: Correspondance Discours de la méthode Les méditations Les météores Les passions de l'âme Principes de Philosophie - Préface Shares: Collections, Collected works, Science, History

When the Going Was Good Evelyn Waugh · 1934 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging With the publication of When the Going Was Good Little, Brown takes great pleasure in returning to print a classic of travel journalism. Between 1928 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh wrote four travel books: Labels, Remote People, Ninety-Two Days, and Waugh in Abyssinia, about journeys he made in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. In 1945 he excerpted five long pieces from these books and published… Shares: Geography, Voyages and travels, History

Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Meriwether Lewis · 1953 · ★ 4.0 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Primiary source. Shares: Explorers, Discovery and exploration, History

Two years before the mast Richard Henry Dana · 1000 · ★ 4.0 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Demanding Two Years before the Mast is but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance. His services in fields other than literary occupied the greater part of his life. Dana was a well known and respected lawyer, a stalwart abolitionist, and an advocate for the rights of common… Shares: Voyages, Voyages and travels, Science

Georg Forster's sämmtliche Schriften Georg Forster · 1986 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, History

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