Lone Cone Library

A book about Darwin's expedition to South America and adjacent islands, where his observations on natural history and geology in his famous journal, The Voyage of the Beagle.

"A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--

"In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation."--

Biography of the 18th century marine explorer written by an experienced seaman who sailed the Pacific over the same sea routes taken by Cook.

Describes the Civil War role of the Confederate warship Shenandoah, which prowled international waters destroying dozens of Union ships, until, in August 1865, the crew discovered that the war had been over for months and they were being hunted as pirates.

"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--...

Presents an account of Cook's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world.

When the Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology and natural history, as well as people, places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the gossamer spider of Patagonia, the Australasian coral reefs and the brilliance of the firefly-all are to be found in these extraordinary writings....

"At a time when surviving a voyage across the Pacific was cause for celebration, William Dampier journeyed three times around the world, sailing more than 200,000 miles in his lifetime and witnessing people, places, and phenomena no European had seen. As a young man he spent several years in the swashbuckling company of buccaneers in the Caribbean and Pacific, learning to survive in their bloodthirsty, uncertain world, before setting off on his first...