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What's on this page?Below are some books and websites to look at if you want to find out more about exploration. These are just suggestions – there are many more good resources on exploration out there. Try searching a library catalogue or online bookstore for words like ‘Polar regions’, ‘Explorers’, or ‘Discoveries’. Let us know if you have any ideas about books or websites that should be on our list. |
![]() General ExplorationAtlas of Exploration by Andrew Kerr and Francois Naude (Dorling Kindersley, 2008) Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (Oxford University Press, 2007) The Oxford Book of Exploration edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison (Oxford University Press, 2005) How to be an Explorer by Dugald Steer (Templar Publishing, 2007) |
![]() Polar explorationFreeze Frame online resources from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) |
![]() African explorationBlood River: a journey to Africa’s broken heart by Tim Butcher (Chatto & Windus, 2007) |