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SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS
The Route to Distant Islands and South Africa by Sea
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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A Visitor's Guide to the Falkland Islands
Debbie Summers
GUIDEBOOK
2005
FLEXI-BOUND
132 PAGES
A convenient, comprehensive and full-color guide to exploring the Falkland Islands, featuring 20 detailed maps of visitor sites. With color photographs throughout. Published in conjunction with Falklands Conservation. Dedicated to Lars-Eric Lindblad.
(ANT235, $23.00) |
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Time Out Cape Town
Time Out
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
280 PAGES
Compact, informative and lively, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Cape Town. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history.
(SAF164, $19.95) |
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Antarctic Oasis, Under the Spell of South Georgia
Pauline Carr
Tim Carr
NATURAL HISTORY
1998
HARD COVER
256 PAGES
An oversized, photographic portrait of South Georgia by yachtsmen Tim and Pauline Carr, who have made this extraordinary island their homeport. Rich in tales of the history and wildlife, the book features 100 stunning color photographs. Anyone who has visited South Georgia in recent years will remember the Carrs from the whaling museum.
(ANT44, $40.00) |
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Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
EXPLORATION
1998
PAPER
280 PAGES
FAVORITE
An extraordinary tale of survival that reads like a good novel. It's the gripping day-by-day story of Shackleton's legendary perseverance: losing his ship in the ice, drifting helplessly across the Weddell Sea, and finally reaching Elephant Island, from where he sailed 800 miles to South Georgia to get help for his stranded men. With maps and a 8-page selection of Frank Hurley photographs.
(ANT03, $14.95) |
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Antarctic Explorer Map
Ocean Explorer
2009
MAP
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A full color map of the Antarctic Peninsula at a scale of 1:2,750,000, designed for the shipboard traveler by veteran expedition leader Nigel Sitwell. It covers the range of most Antarctic voyages from Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Peninsula south to Marguerite Bay. It also includes detailed insets of South Georgia and the complex channels and islands of the Palmer Archipelago including Paradise Bay, the Lemaire and Neumeyer channels. The reverse shows the entire continent with photographs and mini-biographies of 30 polar explorers.
(ANT128, $11.95) |
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Cape Town and Region Map
Borch Maps
On one side is a detailed street plan of Cape Town; on the reverse are three regional maps of increasing detail: the "Garden Route" (scale 1:3,000,000), local region (scale 1:650,000), the Peninsula (scale 1:140,000).
(SAF161, $7.95) |
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Falkland Islands Explorer Map
Ocean Explorer Maps
Not just a full color map, this double-sided beauty features a detailed map of the Falkland Islands at scale of 1:250,000 along with color photographs and information on wildlife and exploration.
(ANT180, $11.95) |
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South Africa Travel Map
Globetrotter
A colorful map at a scale of 1:2,400,000.
(SAF09, $8.95) |
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South Georgia Explorer Map
Ocean Explorer Maps
Not just a full color map, this double-sided beauty features a detailed map of South Georgia at scale of 1:250,000, along with color photographs and information on wildlife and exploration.
(ANT179, $11.95) |
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A Visitor's Guide to South Georgia
Sally Poncet
Kim Crosbie
GUIDEBOOK
This convenient, comprehensive and full-color guide includes detailed maps of visitor sites.
(ANT236, $35.00) |
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Bradt Guide St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha
Sue Steiner
GUIDEBOOK
A traveler's guide to St. Helena and its "near neighbors" in the Atlantic.
(ATL12, $24.99) |
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Cape Winelands, A Touring Guide
Theresa Morrison
Lanz von Horsten
GUIDEBOOK
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
An informative, visual tour of 40 favorite wineries, all close to Cape Town. With fold-out maps, color photographs and information on restaurants, picnic spots and lodging.
(SAF128, $20.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide South Africa
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions.
(SAF138, $25.00) |
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Insight Guide South Africa
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This guide brings South Africa to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the book takes us from Johannesburg out into the veldt, providing genuine insight into the history, nature and modern politics of this complex land.
(SAF21, $24.99) |
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Lonely Planet Buenos Aires
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
An excellent practical guide to Buenos Aires with a pullout map and detailed practical information on neighborhoods, shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips out of the city.
(ARG10, $18.99) |
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Lonely Planet Cape Town
Simon Richmond
GUIDEBOOK
An excellent practical guide to the city, geared for independent travelers, with color photographs and dozens of excellent maps.
(SAF27, $19.99) |
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Longitude
Dava Sobel
Neil Armstrong
HISTORY
An elegant extended essay on the historically vexing problem of determining longitude and the solution developed by master clockmaker John Harrison. It's a captivating story of marine chronometers, Byzantine 18th-century British politics, and the age of sail. With photographs.
(HSC01, $12.95) |
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Tango, The Art History of Love
Robert Farris Thompson
HISTORY
A probing cultural history of the tango, its working class origins in 19th-century Buenos Aires and Afro-Argentine roots.
(ARG56, $15.95) |
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The Battle for the Falklands
Max Hastings
Simon Jenkins
HISTORY
A gripping eyewitness account of the 1982 Falklands war. It includes a history of the islands, but the primary focus is a detailed account of the conflict.
(ANT91, $24.95) |
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Ambassador to the Penguins, A Naturalist's Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship
Ellie Mathews
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Robert Cushman Murphy's much-loved Logbook for Grace, nicely re-told, annotated and amplified by his granddaughter. His account of a year (1912-13) among the whalers of South Georgia is a classic.
(ANT200, $29.95) |
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Around Cape Horn
Irving Johnson
EXPLORATION
Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates this documentary of his voyage as a young man aboard the Peking in 1929, featuring a remarkable sequence about the ship rounding the Horn in a storm. Talk about bad weather!
(PAT68, $29.95) |
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End of the Earth, Voyaging to Antarctica
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
In this fine book, the result of two voyages, Matthiessen captures the magic of polar landscapes and wildlife, along with the camaraderie of a ship-based polar expedition.
(ANT190, $15.00) |
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In Patagonia
Bruce Chatwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure, this award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin.
(PAT01, $15.00) |
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Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An unpretentious tale of an extraordinary life, Mandela's autobiography is essential reading for an understanding of South Africa. His grace and his love for his country shine throughout.
(SAF15, $17.99) |
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My Traitor's Heart
Rian Malan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
The Afrikaner and journalist recounts his return to his homeland just before the collapse of Apartheid. Malan grapples with the black and white heart of South Africa, drawing on the 300-year history of his family in Africa, legends of the Zulu nation and some brutally honest reporting of current events.
(SAF19, $15.00) |
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Outposts, Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
Simon Winchester
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Winchester's fascinating, globe-trotting account of scat-tered, mostly oceanic, outposts of the British Empire shows his usual flair for anecdote in describing Hong Kong, Diego Garcia, Tristan de Cunha, St. Helena, As-cension, Pitcairn, Antarctica and the Falkland Islands.
(GBR569, $13.99) |
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Rounding the Horn
Dallas Murphy
EXPLORATION
A sailor at heart, Dallas Murphy gets himself down to Ushuaia, embarks a sturdy vessel and heads out to experience the wind and weather of Tierra del Fuego. In his informative account, Dallas interweaves plenty of history, a little rather naive politics and the story of his own adventures.
(PAT65, $16.95) |
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The Discoverers
Daniel Boorstin
EXPLORATION
This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean.
(EXP01, $18.95) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION
FAVORITE
The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America.
(GPS02, $12.95) |
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Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien
Brian Winter
LITERATURE
A journalist posted to the capital during the economic crisis, Winter captures the rhythms and character of Buenos Aires with fearless, profane wit in this wise and rollicking portrait.
(ARG80, $24.95) |
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Albatross: Their World, Their Ways
Tui De Roy
Mark Jones
Julian Fitter
NATURAL HISTORY
The culmination of a storied career at sea as roving naturalist-photographers, this remarkable collection of 300 photographs of the ocean wanderers, both at sea and on the nest, is not just beautiful. It's also an authoritative survey of the natural history, status and conservation of the world's Diomedeidae. Anyone who has tried to photograph these magnificent birds in flight will appreciate the art, experience and perseverance of De Roy, Jones and Fitter.
(BRD64, $49.95) |
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Elephant Destiny, Biography of an Endangered Species in Africa
Martin Meredith
NATURAL HISTORY
A succinct and fascinating history of the relationship between humans and the African Elephant.
(AFR187, $14.95) |
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Penguins of the World
Wayne Lynch
NATURAL HISTORY
Photographer, naturalist and expedition leader Wayne Lynch weaves delightful tales of penguins, their habitats and habits, with hundreds of glorious full-color photographs.
(ANT62, $24.95) |
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The Falkland Islands, Between the Wind & Sea
Kevin Schafer
NATURAL HISTORY
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
Schafer's tribute and celebration of these South Atlantic islands combines dozens of superb color photographs and an extended personal essay by the veteran naturalist on the history, wildlife and future of the Falklands.
(ANT208, $24.95) |
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The Nature of Penguins
Jonathan Chester
NATURAL HISTORY
Expedition leader, author and photographer Chester presents a beautiful collection of full-color penguin photographs along with accompanying essays on these much-loved birds.
(ANT19, $17.95) |
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Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change
Richard Fisher
NATURAL HISTORY
A complete primer for the volcano lover, this heavily illustrated book covers types of volcanoes and eruptions, worldwide distribution and the physics of their formation.
(GEO02, $29.95) |
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Antarctica, A Guide to the Wildlife
Tony Soper
Dafila Scott
FIELD GUIDE
Designed for the field, this compact handbook features all the species of birds, seals and whales the traveler is likely to encounter on an Antarctic voyage, each with a few paragraphs, range map and masterful color paintings by the granddaughter of Captain Robert Scott.
(ANT30, $25.99) |
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Birds & Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic & Falkland Islands
Frank Todd
FIELD GUIDE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
Gorgeously illustrated, compact and comprehensive, this photo guide includes all of the hard-to-identify seabirds of Antarctic waters.
(ANT213, $24.95) |
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Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
Martin D. la Pena
Maurice Rumboll
FIELD GUIDE
With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide.
(SAM12, $29.95) |
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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Mark Carwardine
FIELD GUIDE
In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00) |
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
Vincent Carruthers
Kenneth Newman
FIELD GUIDE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
The fully revised guide to the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. With 1,200 illustrations by a range of experts.
(SAF59, $29.95) |
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