If, like me, you are a bit tired of the ethnocentric social commentary that seems to come with ce...

Early Europeans may have believed the world was flat, but by the Middle Ages there was widespread...

Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific is a new title delving into the adventurers who once made ...

Jean-François De Galup, Comte De La Pérouse is second only to James Cook inhis historical signi...

The scent of herbs and pines, the startling blue of the sea. The brilliant white of cliffs tumbli...

Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the glo...

Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842) undertook three global voyages of exploration ...

The French entered the Pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a Spanish...

The French entered the Pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a Spanish...

Exploring the career to date of artist and environmentalist Kurt Jackson (b. 1961),this visuall...

Published in 1834, Lang's two-volume work advocates immigration and investment in his adopted cou...

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginal...