Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans

Over the Edge of the World

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The Plant-Hunter's Atlas: A World Tour of Botanical Adventures, Chance Discoveries and Strange Specimens

Ambra Edwards

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Tony Horwitz

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