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Six years after Lewis and Clark's began their journey to the Pacific Northwest, two of the Eastern establishment's leading figures, John Jacob Astor and…
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The mostly forgotten explorer Paul du Chaillu introduced the world to gorillas. His methods were attacked and his work discredited during his lifetime,…
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Humankind is endlessly fascinated with maps, and we are surrounded by them now more than ever.In On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the…
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Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit is the first full history of around-the-world travel. In it, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly…