Books about exploration

619 books in our catalogue · showing 385–432

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

An Ottoman Traveller

Evliya Celebi

A Pattern of Islands

Arthur Grimble

The Olive Tree of Provence

Carol Drinkwater

Yemen

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Climbing and mountaineering

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