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National Geographic Society Exploration Experience. The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Explorers [With CDROMWith Maps]

Natl Geographic Society, 2008. Hardcover. Pp: 80. Filled with names that made and changed the course of history, National Geographic Society Exploration Experience takes readers on a thrilling voyage of discovery-in a fun and dynamic format that's unique in today's reference market. From the travels of Erik the Red through the journeys of Marco Polo to the heroic attempts of Livingstone and Scott, vivid text and rich illustrations tell the story of how intrepid explorers have expanded our knowledge of the world. Throughout the book, more than 30 rare and newly reproduced removable documents put history directly into readers' hands: Hernan Cortes's hand-drawn map of Tenochtitlan, David Livingstone's watercolor of Victoria Falls, a dinner menu featuring Ernest Shackleton's sketch of his planned trip to Antarctica, and many more. A wealth of photographs, maps, artifacts, and portraits enhance Beau Riffenburgh's fascinating text as it covers the exploration of all seven continents. Sidebars delve into everything from navigational instruments to terminology to biographies. The book's organization invites readers to dip in to any page and find a fascinating story, or read from start to finish. With a handsome slipcase and more than 200 color photographs packed into 80 pages, Exploration Experience engages both the eye and the mind. An exploration in itself, this lavish book creates a unique history adventure for both armchair and on-the-ground explorers of every age. ISBN: 9781426203596. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 3520014

Catalogue: Geschiedenis

Keywords: 9781426203596

Riffenburgh Beau

Explorations polaires - les exploits héroïques des plus grands explorateurs des pôles.

National Geographic, 2009. 2009. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Environ 58 pages - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en monochrome dans le texte - nombreux rares documents d'époque reproduits en fac-similés - sous emboitage cartonné rigide en bon état.. . Sous Emboitage. . Classification Dewey : 910.9-Explorations. ISBN: 2845822936.

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Beau Riffenburgh, Elizabeth Cruwys (eds.)

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Volume 32 Number 183, October 1996

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Paper bound, large quarto, illustrated throughout with photos, maps, tables and diagrams. Pp293-386. A very good or better copy. Contents include articles on Early photographers of the Arctic by Wamsley and Barr; Orographic clouds in north Victoria Land from AVHRR images by Zibordi and Frezzotti; Frobisher's 1578 voyage: early eyewitness accounts of English ships in Arctic seas by James McDermott; Identifying national interests in Antarctica: the case of Canada by Peter J. Beck; Pingo growth afes in the delta area, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen by Yoshikawa and Nakamura; plus notes, a polar profile of Gerald S. Doorly; and reviews. 290 grams - ships letter mail.

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Book number: 29592

Catalogue: Arctica

Keywords: Journal Scott Polar Research Institute

Beau Riffenburgh, Elizabeth Cruwys (eds.)

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Volume 35 Number 194, July 1999

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Paper bound, large quarto, illustrated throughout with photos, maps, tables and diagrams. Pp191-286. A very good or better copy. Contents include articles on The sublime yet awful grandeur: the Arctic panoramas of Elisha Kent Kane by Potter and Wamsley; Cooperative action between fishermen and inspectors in the Svalbord Zone by Geir Honneland; Oriented lake-and-ridge assemblages of the Arctic coastal plains: glacial landforms modified by thermokarst and solifuction by Grosswald, Hughes and Lasca; Diversity and abundance of soil algae in the polar desert, Sverdrup Pass, central Ellesmere Island by Elster, Lukesova, Svoboda, Kopecky and Kanda; plus notes, a polar profile of Derek Hylton Maling by Ronald Morris; plus reviews. 310 grams - ships letter mail.

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Book number: 29593

Catalogue: Arctica

Keywords: Journal Scott Polar Research Institute

RIFFENBURGH, DR BEAU

National Geographic Society Exploration Experience: The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Explorers

National Geographic Society. 2008-10-21. (ISBN: 1426203594) hardcover, 12x2x11. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Very Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 266938

Catalogue: Geography and Travel

Keywords: 1426203594

Riffenburgh, Beau

Nimrod. Ernest Shackleton und die aussergewöhnliche Geschichte der Südpolexpedition 1907 - 1909

Berlin Verlag, 2006. - gutes Exemplar / Aus dem Englischen von Sebastian Vogel / Anbei: In den eisigen Tod. Robert F. Scotts Expedition zum Südpol; Diana Preston - Einband: Paperback/ Softcover/ Taschenbuch. 1390

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Keywords: Polargebiete/ Skandinavien 9783827005304

RIFFENBURGH,BEAU

Nimrod Ernest Shackleton and the Extraordinary Story of the 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition

London: Bloomsbury, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.Contents remain clean internally with just a little light spotting along the page edges.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a cover sleeve.8vo 359pp First Edition 2nd Impression [2004]. Near Fine .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 82582

Catalogue: Biography/Autobiography

Keywords: Shackleton Antarctic

BEAU RIFFENBURGH

The Official History of Pro Football

Crescent Publishing. 1990. Hard Cover. Hardcover dj/ pub.1990/Gd. condition/186 pages- Trace the history of professional football from the day William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball and ran with it, thus leading to the origins of rugby and signaling the germination of the American sport. (KT27404). Good.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7404

Catalogue: Sports

Keywords: players, coaches, teams, nfl, pictures, photography, rules, regulations, history, stadiums, sports

Riffenburgh, Beau

Photographs of H.G.Ponting

London, Discovery Gallery, 1998. 1st Ed. 136 pp. Hardcover, with dustjacket. Co-author: Liz CruwysH.G. Ponting was famous as the photographer who accompanied Captain Scott to the Antarctic in 1910. But he also travelled widely and extensively dovumented the world of the British Empire and the Far East at the turn of the century. dustjacket slightly damaged, otherwise good.

Antiquariaat Elyzeese VeldenProfessional seller

Book number: 4430

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Beau Riffenburgh

The Photographs of HG Ponting

The Discovery Gallery, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, top corner snipped from flyleaf, slight yellowing and creasing to jacket, slight wear to top of spine. Comprehensively illustrated, this is a fascinating account of the life of HG Ponting. 134 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Photography; Inventory No: dscf11794.

Denton Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: dscf11794

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: BZDB229 Photography; The Photographs of HG Ponting Beau Riffenburgh

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Volume 30, Number 174, July 1994.

(Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), (1994). (1994). - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with some creasing to covers. The edges of the covers are slightly darkened. Pages 165-253 plus ads. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, maps & tables. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are articles on the Falkland Islands; industrial pollution in the Kol'skiy Poluostrov, Russia; protected areas of McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea; and measured properties of the Antarctic ice sheet. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 28827

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH; ENVIRONMENT; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; NORTHERN SEA ROUTE; FALKLAND ISLANDS; INDUSTRIAL PO

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 203, October 2001).

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2001. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. Pages 289-384 plus ads. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, maps & tables. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are Harpoon guns, the lost Greenland settlement, and penal colonies: George Manby's Arctic obsessions; Contributions of traditional knowledge to understanding climate change in the Canadian Arctic; The Northern Sea Route: 1999-2000; and Wilderness and aesthetic values in the Antarctic. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 31043

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; HARPOON GUNS; PENAL COLONIES; GEORGE MANBY; CLIMATE CHANGE IN CANADIAN ARCTIC

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 201, April 2001).

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2001. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & the edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. The upper half of the rear wrap is lightly rippled. Pages 97-192. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, diagrams, maps & tables. The top page corners & the bottom corners of the first few leaves are lightly bumped Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are Norwegian use of the polar oceans as occupational arenas and exploration routes; Ice-shelf collapse, climate change and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic; and The influence of L. R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 31044

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; ICE-SHELF COLLAPSE;CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; L. R.

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 38 , Number 204, January 2002)

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 2002. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 2002. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped with the edges of the wraps slightly darkened. There are a few tiny gray marks to the front wrap. 95 & [2] pages. Black-and-white maps, diagrams & tables. The page edges are very slightly darkened. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are "Screening Antarctica: Britain, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and 'Scott of the Antarctic' (1948)"; "The Gloucester Balloon: A communication from Franklin?"; "A nutritional analysis of the food rations on Martin Frobisher's second expedition, 1577"; and "Shipping nuclear cargo via the Northern Sea Route". Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 31194

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH; EXPLORERS; FILM; MOVIE; SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC; FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES SUR

Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 38 , Number 205, April 2002)

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 2002. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 2002. Very good. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. Pages 97-192. Black-and-white illustrations, including maps & diagrams. The page edges are very slightly darkened. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are "The representations of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03"; "A high temporal resolution data set of ERS scatterometer radar backscatter for research in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions"; "The contributions of Karl Ernst von Baer to the investigation of the physical geography of the Arctic in the 1830s-1840s"; and "Algae River: an extensive drainage system in the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica". Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 31195

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH; EXPLORERS; swedish antarctic expedition 1901-03; a high temporal resolution data