Adventurers & Explorers Books


Crossing the Darien Gap: A Daring Journey Through a Forbidding and Enchanting and Roadless Jungle That Is the Only Link by Land Between North America and South AmericaCrossing the Darien Gap: A Daring Journey Through a Forbidding and Enchanting and Roadless Jungle That Is the Only Link by Land Between North America and South America
Best Price: $8.31
Well-written, interesting, from a heart-felt point of view. Though written later as an adult,...
Who's Who of NASA AstronautsWho's Who of NASA Astronauts
Best Price: $14.95
Who's Who of NASA Astronauts is a valuable resource for anyone wanting concise and...
Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of Grand CanyonGrand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of Grand Canyon
Best Price: $19.95
Harvey Butchart was the first person to thoroughly explore the Grand Canyon on foot since Native...
All That GlittersAll That Glitters
Best Price: $26.56
LadueÕs quest took him to the dusty, rowdy boon-towns of Deadwood and Tombstone and the...
The Canada Chronicles: A Four-Year Hitchhiking OdysseyThe Canada Chronicles: A Four-Year Hitchhiking Odyssey
Best Price: $24.99
In April 1997, Matt Jackson quit his job, strode to the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near...


Adrift On An Ice PanAdrift On An Ice Pan
Best Price: $14.50
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
WITH A SINGLE STEPWITH A SINGLE STEP
Best Price: $12.19
Joe Oakes would be an amazing guy to have achieved going around the world under his own steam...
SCUBA Diving the Wrecks and Shores of Long Island, NYSCUBA Diving the Wrecks and Shores of Long Island, NY
Best Price: $16.26
Long Island New York is one of the best training grounds for Technical Wreck diving in the USA....
Canoeing with the Cree Audio CDsCanoeing with the Cree Audio CDs
Best Price: $19.95
First of all, the title of the audio book "Canoeing With The Cree" is misleading. ...
Eleven Years AfloatEleven Years Afloat
Best Price: $12.03


Joe Meek, The Merry Mountain Man: A BiographyJoe Meek, The Merry Mountain Man: A Biography
Best Price: $11.83
Mountain man Joe Meek participated in some of the most important events in the Old West. He also...
The Narrative of Cabeza de VacaThe Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca
Best Price: $14.97
Cabeza de Vaca's story, told in his own words, is a priceless view into a world that is no...
Columbus Then and Now: A Life ReexaminedColumbus Then and Now: A Life Reexamined
Best Price: $42.00
Who was Christopher Columbus? Discoverer of the New World or murderer of the innocent people...
Francois Valle and His World: Upper Louisiana before Lewis and Clark (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES)Francois Valle and His World: Upper Louisiana before Lewis and Clark (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES)
Best Price: $49.92
In François Vallé and His World , Carl Ekberg provides a fascinating biography of...
Eye of the WestEye of the West
Best Price: $19.95
More than thirty years ago and armed with little more than a camera and a vision, Western writer...

GeographersGeographers
Best Price: $180.00
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the...
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (Huntington Library Classics)Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (Huntington Library Classics)
Best Price: $7.50
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo brought the first European explorers to the west coast of the United...
Beyond the Northern Lights: A Quest for the Outdoor LifeBeyond the Northern Lights: A Quest for the Outdoor Life
Best Price: $23.95
Collection of stories about the author's life and adventures throughout Canada.
Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and MadnessStrange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness
Best Price: $7.00
A "human desire for heroes of virgin promise" is the foundation that winds through...
Two Years Before the MastTwo Years Before the Mast
Best Price: $27.94
I read this book because I wanted to get a glimpse of what the San Francisco Bay Area was like...

The Many Loves of Buffalo Bill: The True of Story of Life on the Wild West ShowThe Many Loves of Buffalo Bill: The True of Story of Life on the Wild West Show
Best Price: $4.20
Fremont: The West's Greatest Adventurer, Part 1Fremont: The West's Greatest Adventurer, Part 1
Best Price: $19.69
1928. Volume 1 of 2. Being a biography from certain hitherto unpublished sources of General John...
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and the Far WestThe Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West
Best Price: $19.27
1837. Washington Irving was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through...
Seized: A Sea Captain's Adventures Battling Scoundrels and Pirates While Recovering Stolen Ships in the World's Most Troubled WatersSeized: A Sea Captain's Adventures Battling Scoundrels and Pirates While Recovering Stolen Ships in the World's Most Troubled Waters
Best Price: $5.96
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this? ) I know...
The Riverbones: Stumbling After Eden in the Jungles of SurinameThe Riverbones: Stumbling After Eden in the Jungles of Suriname
Best Price: $25.99
This book is recognizably one of a genre - the author has evidently taken his pattern from the...

Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a VisionaryAlejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary
Best Price: $51.46
This is a poorly written book on an interesting subject, that benefits from the fact that there...
Wild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the LimitsWild Men, Wild Alaska: Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
Best Price: $5.28
I have been in the music business over 35 years so I have traveled a lot by tour bus and...
Living With Cannibals And Other Womens AdventuresLiving With Cannibals And Other Womens Adventures
Best Price: $0.10
Pairing well known adventuresses with lesser known heroines makes this book a great read for...
Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves (Adventure Press)Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves (Adventure Press)
Best Price: $2.40
An excellent psychological profile!
Shackleton of the AntarcticShackleton of the Antarctic
Best Price: $8.84
Twenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe one thousand miles from the nearest...

Travelling Inward: A One-Hundred-Day Journey to Self-AwarenessTravelling Inward: A One-Hundred-Day Journey to Self-Awareness
Best Price: $15.80
This wonderful true story of a journey across India produced many good insights, and I loved...
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2
Best Price: $27.63
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in...
The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest MammalsThe Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
Best Price: $46.34
In the tradition of The Perfect Storm, The Whale Warriors takes us on a hair-raising journey...
4/44/14 I: First Fourteeners4/44/14 I: First Fourteeners
Best Price: $13.88
4/44/14 I: Four Years and Forty-Four Fourteeners I On August 14, 1999, David Lien climbed his...
Explorers of the DawnExplorers of the Dawn
Best Price: $96.99

An American Robinson CrusoeAn American Robinson Crusoe
Best Price: $88.99
Rowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open OceanRowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean
Best Price: $0.47
Stuck in a corporate job rut and an unraveling marriage, Roz Savage realized that if she carried...
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery SolvedAmelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved
Best Price: $0.01
Of all the books about women in early aviation, this has the most technical detail and seems the...
Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the SeaSeaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea
Best Price: $8.79
Linda Greenlaw hadn?t been blue-water fishing for ten years, since the great events chronicled...
Huellas y Horizontes: 26 Países en una Motocicleta (Spanish Edition)Huellas y Horizontes: 26 Países en una Motocicleta (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $103.02
Kilómetros y kilómetros de inspiración. Una historia muy...

Untamed Spirit: Around the World on a MotorcycleUntamed Spirit: Around the World on a Motorcycle
Best Price: $16.13
The premise of a 53 year old woman basically giving up her life to live her dream riding around...
In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Lamas and Soldiers, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release (Classic Reprint)In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Lamas and Soldiers, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release (Classic Reprint)
Best Price: $14.47
PREFACE HASTILY written, and when the author was in broken health from wounds and tortures...
Travels of Dursmirg: Summers at DaufuskieTravels of Dursmirg: Summers at Daufuskie
Best Price: $12.59
Travel through the Sea Islands to Daufuskie Island with us aboard our self-contained dreamboat...
David Crockett: The Lion of the WestDavid Crockett: The Lion of the West
Best Price: $57.16
His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture...
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at SeaTwo Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
Best Price: $8.99
FOR HISTORY AND EARLY LIFE SAILOR LOVERS THIS IS A MUST. Relatively slow reading to grasp each ...

Following the Boulder Train: Travels with Prospectors and Rock DoctorsFollowing the Boulder Train: Travels with Prospectors and Rock Doctors
Best Price: $16.95
I purchased Following the Boulder Train because I have a small interest in geology, a curiosity...
Lost Patrol: The Mounties' Yukon TragedyLost Patrol: The Mounties' Yukon Tragedy
Best Price: $16.95
A new edition of the classic Canadian mystery spawned by the 1910 disappearance of a four-man...
No Place for a Lady : Tales of Adventurous Women TravelersNo Place for a Lady : Tales of Adventurous Women TravelersBig World: A Girl's Own AdventureBig World: A Girl's Own Adventure
Best Price: $8.77
WOW! this is Claire's first book.. very well written. I feel I really know her, as she...
Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking OilIs That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil
Best Price: $7.08
In the spirit of Ewan and Charlie's Long Way Round, another hilarious, high-octane,...

This Is Not a DrillThis Is Not a Drill
Best Price: $32.00
More toe-curling adventures from the oil fields. Hectic, hellraising and hilarious, world-class...
The Curve of TimeThe Curve of Time
Best Price: $13.39
At a time when Vancouver Island was still an extremely remote and sparsely populated backwater,...
Three Women of Herat: A Memoir of Life, Love and Friendship in AfghanistanThree Women of Herat: A Memoir of Life, Love and Friendship in Afghanistan
Best Price: $8.99
In the years before the communist coup and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Veronica...
Wiley Post; From Oklahoma to EternityWiley Post; From Oklahoma to Eternity
Best Price: $13.97
Wiley Post was born in Texas, but Oklahomans claimed him as their own, often referring to him as...
The Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian RockiesThe Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian Rockies
Best Price: $11.37
Years before the railway, and with only a network of ramshackle forts to support them, James...

Bush-Pilot in Diamond CountryBush-Pilot in Diamond Country
Best Price: $149.98
So Don Haack takes his family to mine diamonds in South America, and learn to fly as a way to...
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio PeakWhat Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak
Best Price: $14.88
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak is the in-depth true story of one...
Bound for Roque Island - Sailing Maine and the WorldBound for Roque Island - Sailing Maine and the World
Best Price: $12.76
Because of its unbelievable natural beauty, Roque Island may, indeed, be the "Holy...
Big World: A Girl's Own AdventureBig World: A Girl's Own Adventure
Best Price: $8.77
WOW! this is Claire's first book.. very well written. I feel I really know her, as she...
Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking OilIs That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil
Best Price: $7.08
In the spirit of Ewan and Charlie's Long Way Round, another hilarious, high-octane,...

This Is Not a DrillThis Is Not a Drill
Best Price: $32.00
More toe-curling adventures from the oil fields. Hectic, hellraising and hilarious, world-class...
The Curve of TimeThe Curve of Time
Best Price: $13.39
At a time when Vancouver Island was still an extremely remote and sparsely populated backwater,...
Three Women of Herat: A Memoir of Life, Love and Friendship in AfghanistanThree Women of Herat: A Memoir of Life, Love and Friendship in Afghanistan
Best Price: $8.99
In the years before the communist coup and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Veronica...
Wiley Post; From Oklahoma to EternityWiley Post; From Oklahoma to Eternity
Best Price: $13.97
Wiley Post was born in Texas, but Oklahomans claimed him as their own, often referring to him as...
The Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian RockiesThe Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian Rockies
Best Price: $11.37
Years before the railway, and with only a network of ramshackle forts to support them, James...

Bush-Pilot in Diamond CountryBush-Pilot in Diamond Country
Best Price: $149.98
So Don Haack takes his family to mine diamonds in South America, and learn to fly as a way to...
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio PeakWhat Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak
Best Price: $14.88
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak is the in-depth true story of one...
Bound for Roque Island - Sailing Maine and the WorldBound for Roque Island - Sailing Maine and the World
Best Price: $12.76
Because of its unbelievable natural beauty, Roque Island may, indeed, be the "Holy...
Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics)Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $5.29
This book is a great in many ways - as history, as narrative, as travelogue, as social...
The Journey Home (Plume)The Journey Home (Plume)
Best Price: $5.73
That claim may seem a little rash in the face of Abbey's great prose work, Desert Solitaire,...

The Life Of Christopher Columbus: From Authentic Spanish And Italian DocumentsThe Life Of Christopher Columbus: From Authentic Spanish And Italian Documents
Best Price: $43.25
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,...
Chief of ScoutsChief of Scouts
Best Price: $30.93
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Seven Leagues to ParadiseSeven Leagues to Paradise
Best Price: $17.74
Tregaskis was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After I graduated from college in May, 1971,...
Marco Polo: From Venice to XanaduMarco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
Best Price: $19.66
Simply excellent. I purchased Audio book and was thrilled with both rendition and the content....
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at SeaFatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
Best Price: $5.75
The Georges Bank lies about 120 miles east of Cape Cod. It is no place to be in a small boat;...

When You Lunch With the EmperorWhen You Lunch With the Emperor
Best Price: $157.02
Ludwig Bemelmans--legendary bon vivant and raconteur, and author of the Madeline stories as well...
Yol BolsunYol Bolsun
The 4 month, 4000 mile, hike, bike and kayak trip, crossing seven states became a physical,...
High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick HusbandHigh Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband
Best Price: $1.89
Evelyn Husband's book 'HIGH CALLING' is one of the most powerful books I have ever...
Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway MountainDog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
Best Price: $0.89
A stunning portrait of the Japanese rebel who single-handedly rescued the 4,000-year-old Akita...
Excuse Me, Sir... Your Socks Are on FireExcuse Me, Sir... Your Socks Are on Fire
Best Price: $14.00
Very nice read. Comical in places, since the author met quite a cross-section of...

Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey: The Classic Account of One of the World's Greatest Black Explorers (Explorers Club Classics)Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey: The Classic Account of One of the World's Greatest Black Explorers (Explorers Club Classics)
Best Price: $3.39
This 100th anniversary edition is enhanced with material from The Explorers Club?s archives,...
The Beggar King and the Secret of HappinessThe Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness
Best Price: $44.99
The Life of Christopher Columbus. With appendices and The "Colombus Map," drawn circa 1490 in the workshop of Bartolomeo and Christopher Columbus in ... Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals.The Life of Christopher Columbus. With appendices and The "Colombus Map," drawn circa 1490 in the workshop of Bartolomeo and Christopher Columbus in ... Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals.
Best Price: $6.99
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Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England WomanVanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
Best Price: $11.95
"Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life" is the story of Martha Summerhayes,...
Kink And The City: An Englishman in New YorkKink And The City: An Englishman in New York
Best Price: $10.69
I can't resist buying the book, not without a smug on my face, when looking at the book...

Robert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific WritingsRobert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific Writings
Best Price: $7.50
Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the great and enduringly popular writers in the history of...
Cape Horn: The Logical Route ; 14,216 Miles Without Port of CallCape Horn: The Logical Route ; 14,216 Miles Without Port of Call
Best Price: $10.03
This is one of those books that ough to be in every sailor library. It might seem outdated for...
Diver: A Royal Navy and Commercial Diver's Journey Through Life, and Around the WorldDiver: A Royal Navy and Commercial Diver's Journey Through Life, and Around the World
Best Price: $14.96
Just finished reading this book and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tony Groom's style...
The Heroic Present: Life among the GypsiesThe Heroic Present: Life among the Gypsies
Best Price: $7.99
This book is essentially a series of extracts from Jan Yoors memoirs, accompanied by a good...
Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent KaneRace to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane
Best Price: $2.99
In the mid-1800s, geographers revived the ancient idea that at the top of the world, encircling...

Fly Fast...Sin BoldlyFly Fast...Sin Boldly
Best Price: $109.94
A sad night for me. I finished reading the last word of this remarkable book. I wanted it to...
Spirit Woman: The Teachings of the ShieldsSpirit Woman: The Teachings of the Shields
Best Price: $2.93
received in short time, in great condition. Have not read yet... I'm buying too many books!...
Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)Maria von Blucher's Corpus Christi: Letters from the South Texas Frontier, 1849-1879 (Canseco-Keck History Series)
Best Price: $15.98
Adroitly edited by Texas historian Bruce S. Cheeseman, Maria Von Blucher's Corpus Christi:...
The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the Explorer of Tibet and Its Forbidden PracticesThe Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the Explorer of Tibet and Its Forbidden Practices
Best Price: $52.00
A restaurant owner, familiar with India-Pakistan-Tibet, first introduced me to Alexandra...
 
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