by Sten Nadolny (2005)
Framing the life of the 19th-century explorer Sir John Franklin, this novel explores not only the adventures of his career, but also enters a world where the quality of life is considered in "slow motion", where ordinary experience becomes wholly new and unexpected.
Joan Druett
Exonerated for a murder hours after an exploration convoy sets sail for the Pacific islands, ship linguist Wiki Coffin is made a deputy by a Virginia sheriff and sets out to catch up with his crewmates, one of whom is the real killer.
Colin Hynson
###German-language description: ***Kolumbus*** ist ein Titel der Reihe ***Wissen der Welt***. Diese spannende Buchreihe bietet ungewöhnliches Wissen in faszinierenden Bildern. Die Themen aus Geschichte, Natur und Technik reichen von den Weiten des Universums bis in die Tiefen des Meeres, von früheren Kulturen bis zu modernen Errungenschaften des Menschen. **Entdecke ...** - wie man sich im Mittelalter die Erde vorstellte und warum man eine Route nach Asien brauchte - Kolumbus Suche nach einem reichen Gönner, der ihm seine Expedition bezahlen konnte - die Fahrt über den Atlantik und die Entdeckung Amerikas - Vasco da Gamas Reise um das Kap der Guten Hoffnung und vieles, vieles mehr ... ###Turkish-language description: Kristof Kolomb'un duzenledigi dort sefer Avrupalilarin Amerika kitalarini kesfetmeye baslamasina yol acti. Kolomb aslinda ucuncu yolculugunda bile dogunun zenginliklerine ulasmak icin bir yol arayisindaydi. Sonunda Asya'ya ulastigindan emindir.
[authors, Derek Cullen and John Murray-Robertson
Surveys explorers who journeyed to faraway lands and wrote about their experiences, including Marco Polo, Lewis and Clark, David Livingstone, Freya Stark, and Ernest Giles.
M.J. Ross
During the first half of the nineteenth century British explorers eagerly sought the Northwest Passage, making great advances in exploring and charting polar regions. Polar Pioneers is the story of John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross, British naval officers who made important contributions to world exploration. In 1818 John Ross led an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage. He got as far as Baffin Bay, but when he reached the only practicable entrance to the passage he declared it to be no more than a bay enclosed by mountains. In subsequent years he was widely derided for that error and carried the scars of public and professional humiliation for the rest of his life. In 1829 he mounted a private expedition to search for the passage, during which he became trapped in the Canadian Arctic and survived a four-year ordeal of isolation and hardship. He proved that whatever his shortcomings as an explorer, he could never be accused of lacking courage. . James Clark Ross was one of the most experienced and respected explorers of his day. He led or took part in eight expeditions to the Arctic, including John Ross's 1818 and 1829 expeditions and three with the great explorer William Edward Parry. He also led a highly successful scientific expedition to the Antarctic in 1839-43. His many important discoveries included locating the North Magnetic Pole, and he ensured the presence of the Ross family name throughout both polar regions: Ross Island, Ross Ice Shelf, and Ross Sea in the Antarctic; James Ross Strait, Ross Bay, Ross Point, and Rossoya in the Arctic.