Exploration is far from over. There are vast areas of our oceans still undiscovered, & the whole universe to explore. There has never been a more exciting time in human space travel as we endeavour to land man on Mars & embark on an era of space tourism. If Magellan died on his famous round the world journey, who was in his boat when it returned having completed the trip? Where did first inhabitants of the Polynesian islands come from & how did they get there? From the famous explorers; Hillary, Amundsen, Lewis & Clark, & present day explorers, to the people whose fascinating stories have been lost in history, such as Jeanne Baret who became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe & Matthew Henson, the first African American Arctic explorer. ...

The Ancient Pueblo people, also known mistakenly as the Anasazi, were a prehistoric Native American culture located around the present day ” Four Corners” areas of the Southwest United States. This area encompasses the Colorado Plateau, & extends from central New Mexico to southern Nevada, Utah & Arizona. The topography of this panoramic region varies greatly, including high plateaus, vast horizontal mesas, sleep walled canyons, & sandstone windows & bridges sculpted by water erosion. In cliff areas with harder stone, rock overhangs formed & served as building sites for adobe dwellings often accessible only by rope or rock climbing. Numerous national parks & monuments such as Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, Sunset Crater & Chaco Canyon provide stunning scenery & a well-preserved window into the area`s fascinating prehistoric past. Divided geographically, this expanded edition

Includes:: tips on visiting reservations, attending ceremonies, buying arts & crafts, & adjusting to ” Indian time”. The revised format provides easy reader access to a wealth of information, &

Includes:: dozens of new sites, selected places to stay, eat & shop, a calendar of various powwows & other tribal ceremonies, a section on language, points of interest, maps, & 16 pages of full colour photographs. The book also examines locations such as the Gila Cliff Dwellings Monument, the Taos Pueblo, & The Denver Art Museum, which houses an extensive collection of North American native art.



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The Paris Metro has 16 lines, 300 stations, runs for 214 kilometres, transports 4 million travellers per day. For the first time this guidebook reveals this wonderful network & its treasures. For each metro station there is a map of the neighbourhood, the history of the station & the origins of its name. There is also a selection of addresses, cultural sites to visit, monuments to admire, restaurants, bistros, boutiques & unusual tips. The reader can stop at any station & always know what to do & see. It is a wonderful way to discover or re-discover Paris, above & below ground. At the front of the book is a fold-out map of the Metro. A guidebook that everyone who visits Paris needs to have in their pocket! ...

The 20 walks included in this book are chosen to see a wide range of Cotswold towns & villages & to walk across stunning scenery ...

The Isle of Bute on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:30, 000 from Footprint Walks, with a street plan of Rothesay, plus on the reverse extensive tourist information including description of sights, useful contact details, etc. Produced in cooperation with the Discover Bute Landscape Partnership Scheme, the map highlights additional hiking routes recommended by DBLPS & indicates sections of the West Island Way where waymarking on the ground is difficult to follow. Topography is very effectively presented by contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading plus colouring for woodlands. Symbols indicate various facilities including pubs & cafes, shops, public toilets, etc. Ferry connections are marked. The map has 1km lines of the British National Grid. A street plan of Rothesay shows main facilities in the town. The whole of the reverse side is covered by tourist information: getting to & around the isl&, places of interest, hiking & cycling, beaches, etc. Where useful, contact details & related web addresses are provided. ...

The Moon is accessible to everyone, & easy to observe even in big cities. It is a prime target for aspiring astronomers & for those who are merely curious about the night sky. This easy-to-use guide to discovering lunar sites takes the reader through fourteen observing sessions from New Moon to Full Moon. For each evening, the book shows which craters, mountains & other features can be seen, & how to find them. Each photograph shows what the observer actually sees through a telescope, solving the usual difficulties of orientation confronting beginners. Images are shown as they appear through both refracting & reflecting telescopes. Maps printed on the front & back flaps of the book show the whole Moon with sites as seen through a refractor, through a Newtonian reflector, or, when turned upside-down, through binoculars. ...

Illustrated guide to the attractions & activities presented by this region. This book takes you to the attractions along the coast from Cardwell in the south to Cooktown in the north, & inland from Cairns to the Atherton Tablelands & Savannah country. Along the way, it reveals some of the special places favoured by those in the know. Activities covered include watersports, aerial activities, diving, whale watching, bushwalking, mountain biking, wildlife watching, touring. Plenty of contact details are provided for tour operators & for suggested accommodation. Introductory chapters provide background information on the region & guidance on planning & general practicalities for visitors. Following the index is an 18-page road atlas section (1:500, 000) & a street plan of central Cairns. Illustrated throughout with colour photos. ...

Waterford is the oldest centre of continuous urban settlement in Irel&. It is Ireland`s oldest city outdating all of the northern European capitals except London & Paris. ” Discover Waterford” provides all the information a tourist needs: an overview of the city`s history since its foundation in 914 AD by a Viking pirate, & a guide to all the main historical buildings that a tourist will come across as they walk around the city. ...

Cook`s great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians & Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook`s arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old. In this immensely enjoyable & absorbing book Cook`s journeys are reimagined, attempting toleave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook & his associates experienced & what the societies he encountered experienced
- from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.
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Abbeys & priories are both types of monastery & the author traces the history of monasteries in Britain from Anglo-Saxon times to the Dissolution under Henry VIII. He describes the different monastic orders, the running of the monasteries & the daily life of the monks & nuns, the layout of monastic buildings, the influence of the religious houses on life in medieval times & their effect on the landscape, all with references to examples accessible to the public. This new edition has been enlarged into the ` Discovering Handbook` series & is fully illustrated in colour. ...