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History of How the Spaniards Arrived in Peru
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£20.99| /Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...
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History of How the Spaniards Arrived in Peru
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£51.99| /Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...
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History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Volume 1
Nova Science Publishers, Inc£203.99| /A fascinating account of the first exploration of the Missouri River, the journey over the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia River to the Pacific O...
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History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark. Volume II
Nova Science Publishers, Inc£203.99| /History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, is a fascinating account of the first exploration of the Missouri River, t...
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John Rae, Arctic Explorer
University of Alberta Press (CA)£50.99| /John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae's accomplishments is much gr...
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Juan Ponce de Leon
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co (US)£27.99| /Juan Ponce de León was an important figure in the history of the Spanish colonisation of what are today Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the south-east...
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Juan Ponce de Leon
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co (US)£35.99| /Juan Ponce de León was an important figure in the history of the Spanish colonisation of what are today Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the south-east...
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Keeper of the Mountains
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£23.99| /Beginning in 1946, Elizabeth Hawley worked for Fortune magazine as a researcher. Shortly thereafter, she left both her job and the United States it...
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Like Them That Dream
Libro International (NZ)£34.99| /The arrival of European missionaries in New Zealand had an immeasurable impact on Maori society. Like Them That Dream tells the intriguing story of...
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Lillian Alling
Caitlin Press (CA)£15.99| /In 1926, Lillian Alling, a European immigrant, set out on a journey home from New York. She had little money and no transportation, but plenty of d...
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Measure of the Year
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /Roderick L. Haig-Brown welcomes us onto his lush farm for a year of insights and observations. In this eloquently written account, Haig-Brown, his ...
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Mercenary Mandarin
Blacksmith Books (HK)£13.99| /Jersey-born William Mesny ran off to sea as a boy and jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid the chaos of foreign intrigue and c...
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Mountain Man
Caitlin Press (CA)£15.99| /Life was one big adventure for Hiram Cody Tegart. At times unbelievable and others just downright impressive, Mountain Man is the celebration of a ...
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Ootsa Lake Odyssey
Caitlin Press (CA)£15.99| /From the 1920s to 1952, George and Else Seel lived about sixty kilometres south of Burns Lake near the small farming settlement of Wistaria on the ...
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Pioneers of the Pacific Coast
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /In the early sixteenth century, the first exploratory ships arrived on the Pacific Coast of North America. These rovers were seeking gold and silve...
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Polynesian Navigation & the Discovery of New Zealand
Oratia Books£23.99| /The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he an...
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Sir John Franklin
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, Ere...
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The Arctic Journals of John Rae
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£20.99| /Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae is a controversial figure in the history of the Arctic. He began his career with the Hudson's Bay Company as ...
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The Description of the World
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£15.99| /Composed in a prison cell in 1298 by Venetian merchant Marco Polo and Arthurian romance writer Rustichello of Pisa, The Description of the World re...
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The Description of the World
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£45.99| /Composed in a prison cell in 1298 by Venetian merchant Marco Polo and Arthurian romance writer Rustichello of Pisa, The Description of the World re...
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The Discovery of a Northwest Passage
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd£20.99| /For centuries, colonial powers searched for a sea passage that would link the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The route, known as the Northwest Passage,...
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The Essential Diaz
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£13.99| /Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic, and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and Janet Burke's 20...
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The Essential Diaz
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£35.99| /Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic, and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and Janet Burke's 20...
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The Final Voyage of the Valencia
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd£10.99| /A dynamic retelling of the deadly 1906 sinking of the SS Valencia off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, one of the worst maritime disasters ...
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The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Abridged
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£19.99| /David Frye's skillful translation and abridgment of Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's monumental First New Chronicle and Good Government (composed betw...
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The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Abridged
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£45.99| /David Frye's skillful translation and abridgment of Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's monumental First New Chronicle and Good Government (composed betw...
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The Glittering Mountains of Canada
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£30.99| /"This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety -- no single volume will ever do that -- but includin...
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The Glittering Mountains of Canada
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£101.99| /"This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety -- no single volume will ever do that -- but includin...
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The Legendary Betty Frank
Caitlin Press (CA)£15.99| /She grew up playing on log booms and living in float houses, and at nine years old she learned to shoot a rifle and hunt game. Strong-willed and in...
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The Luck of the Karluk
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd£10.99| /When the members of Canada's First Arctic Expedition set out from Victoria aboard HMCS Karluk in the summer of 1913, it was a moment of great optim...
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The Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Abridged
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£19.99| /This new abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. Ka...
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The Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Abridged
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£45.99| /This new abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. Ka...
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The True History of The Conquest of New Spain
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£19.99| /This rugged new translation--the first entirely new English translation in half a century and the only one based on the most recent critical editio...
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The True History of The Conquest of New Spain
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)£50.00| /This rugged new translation--the first entirely new English translation in half a century and the only one based on the most recent critical editio...
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This Vanishing Land
Caitlin Press (CA)£18.99| /In the spring of 2007 the Canadian Forces and the Canadian Rangers, the regiment responsible for providing a military presence in isolated communit...
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To America & Around the World
Branden Publishing Co (US)£19.99| /This book contains the daily logs kept by Columbus -- himself, and by Magellan's scribe, Antonio Pigafetta, on their fateful voyages to the unknown...
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Treasure Under the Tundra
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /It is said that the sparkle from Canadian diamonds mimics the awesome and seductive radiance of the northern lights. Yet until 1991, no one thought...
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Where is Dr Leichhardt?
Monash University Publishing£26.99| /The vast deserts of Outback Australia hold many secrets, but there is one great mystery which stands out among all others the mystery of the lost L...
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