Explorers and adventurers books
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Endurance
Alfred LansingReconstructs Shackleton's 1914 to 1917 expedition, when his ship was crushed in Antarctic ice, using survivors' accounts.
Undaunted Courage
Stephen E. AmbroseA history of Lewis and Clark's journey across the American West, drawing on the expedition's journals.
South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition
Sir Ernest Henry ShackletonShackleton's own account of the Endurance expedition, written by the leader of the voyage.
Over the Edge of the World
Laurence BergreenNarrates Magellan's expedition, the first to sail around the world, and its cost in lives.
A Voyage Long and Strange
Tony HorwitzA history of early European contact with North America, told partly through the author's travels to the sites involved.
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