History : Exploration & Discovery

Sir Ernest Shackleton's first-person account of the one of the greatest true adventures of the 20th century. One of the greatest tales of survival ever written, this is the true story of the Shackleton Expedition to the Antarctic - a company of hand-picked men for whom exploration led to frozen calamity. Captain Ernest Shackleton was an expert Arctic explorer and a veteran of Scott's expedition to the North Pole when he sailed the Endurance toward Antarctica, but only one day's journey from the continent, the ship became trapped in ice. more...

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When Sir Henry Ernest Shackleton was beaten to the South Pole in 1912, he decided to trek across the continent via the pole instead. Before his ship even reached the continent it was crushed in pack ice. Shackleton managed to bring his entire team home by his masterful leadership through a series of incredible events. He has become a cult figure and a role model for great leadership. more...

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''A gripping compendium of noteworthy small-boat voyages made over the centuries.''. --John Harland, author of Seamanship in the Age of Sail. A Speck on the Sea chronicles the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest boats. These feats include:.:.; Diego Mendez's voyage to rescue Columbus.; William Okeley's escape from slavery in a folding rowboat.; Ernest Shackleton's death-cheating journeys.; And more. more...

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The 1800-1804 Baudin expedition was the greatest voyage of marine exploration of its age. The map makers surveyed around 50% of Australia's then largely unexplored coast - proving it a single continent, which led to the first comprehensive map of Australia's coastline. Over 200,000 botanical specimens were collected and 2,542 species identified for the first time. Despite his commitment and achievements Nicolas Baudin was largely unrecognised. Terra Australis: The Baudin Voyage of Discovery, 1800-1804 is an educational package for secondary schools which acknowledges the huge contribution made by Baudin, his cartographers, scientists, artists, officers and crew. more...

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In 1795, at the age of twenty-four, Mungo Park began a journey from the Gambia into the uncharted interior of the African continent. Travelling with only native guides, and later entirely alone, his goal was to become the first European to reach the River Niger and the fabled city of Timbuctoo. The journey took him through warring African kingdoms and the fringes of the Sahara Desert, leading him into great physical hardship and danger. He endured imprisonment by a Moorish chief for several months, was repeatedly robbed, and came close to death from thirst and starvation. He eventually reached the Niger and mapped part of its course, before being forced to turn back. He had long been given up for dead by the time he returned to the Gambia in 1797. Throughout the journey he kept meticulous notes, which he transcribed into Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa on his return to Britain. His simple and modest account of his journey and the conditions he encountered along the way has been an inspiration to travellers and writers ever since it was first published in 1799. More than a travel journal, it is a story of adventure and survival that offers a unique insight into conditions in West Africa before widespread European settlement. more...

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