Books about exploration

619 books in our catalogue · showing 97–144

Accounts of going somewhere hard to reach: polar crossings, desert journeys, long river trips and first routes up a mountain. It covers classic expedition narratives, modern adventure writing and the histories of exploration, along with practical books for people planning journeys of their own.

For the cold end of the map see Polar books; for the high ground, Mountains; for water, Rivers.

Writing on exploration

Brazilian Adventure

Peter Fleming

The Elephants of Thula Thula : 3

Francoise Malby-anthony

Crossing the Congo : Over Land and Water in a Hard Place

Mike Martin, Chloe Baker, Charlie Hatch-Barnwell

A Thousand Miles up the Nile

Amelia B. Edwards, Carl Graves, Anna Garnett

Guides and practical books

Climbing and mountaineering

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