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Lost On The Map - A Memoir Of Colonial Illusions (Paperback): Bryan Rostron Lost On The Map - A Memoir Of Colonial Illusions (Paperback)
Bryan Rostron
R340 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R34 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

For 250 years the Bryan Rostron’s family spread across the globe, helping to expand the British Empire and paint the map red. This is a personal reckoning with that dubious legacy, echoing down to the present in South Africa.

It begins with the ‘discovery’ of Tahiti in 1767 by an ancestor, from whose log book Rostron reveals that his sailors were exchanging the ship’s nails for sex with Tahitian maidens so that HMS Dolphin began, literally, to fall apart.

After the Anglo-Boer war, having emigrated to South Africa, one grandfather became editor of the Sunday Times, voicing racist opinions, and later of the Rand Daily Mail, at that time a voice of the Randlords. Ironically, his other grandfather worked for the Communist Party and printed revolutionary pamphlets for the violent 1922 Rand Revolt. In a bizarre twist, Rostron’s father managed the 1936 South African boxing team at the Berlin Olympics, where from under his nose their star boxer was recruited by the Nazis.

Uncovering family secrets and mistaken myths, Rostron offers a unique insight into modern-day South Africa’s colonial past.

My Tahiti (Hardcover): Robert Dean Frisbie My Tahiti (Hardcover)
Robert Dean Frisbie
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Island of Desire - The Story of a South Sea Trader (Hardcover): Robert Dean Frisbie The Island of Desire - The Story of a South Sea Trader (Hardcover)
Robert Dean Frisbie
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
W. A. Cuthbertson - Artist-Explorer Extraordinaire - An Account of the Life and Work of the Artist and Antarctic Explorer... W. A. Cuthbertson - Artist-Explorer Extraordinaire - An Account of the Life and Work of the Artist and Antarctic Explorer William Alexander Cuthbertson (1882-1968) (Hardcover)
Robin J.H. Fanshawe
R1,095 Discovery Miles 10 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
W. A. Cuthbertson - Artist-Explorer Extraordinaire - An Account of the Life and Work of the Artist and Antarctic Explorer ... W. A. Cuthbertson - Artist-Explorer Extraordinaire - An Account of the Life and Work of the Artist and Antarctic Explorer William Alexander Cuthbertson (1882-1968) (Paperback)
Robin J.H. Fanshawe
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Paperback): Ida Pfeiffer Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Paperback)
Ida Pfeiffer
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life in the Far West (Paperback): George Frederick Ruxton Life in the Far West (Paperback)
George Frederick Ruxton
R565 Discovery Miles 5 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Historic Maritime Maps (Hardcover): Donald Wigal Historic Maritime Maps (Hardcover)
Donald Wigal
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit (Paperback): Albert Sonnichsen Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit (Paperback)
Albert Sonnichsen
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas (Paperback): Clements R Markham First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas (Paperback)
Clements R Markham
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings - Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California; With Particular... Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings - Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California; With Particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West (Paperback)
Alonzo Delano
R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia, During the Years 828, 829, 830, and 83 - With Observations on the... Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia, During the Years 828, 829, 830, and 83 - With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales (Paperback)
Charles Sturt
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Pioneer Biography - Sketches of the Lives of Some of the Early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio (Paperback): James McBride Pioneer Biography - Sketches of the Lives of Some of the Early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio (Paperback)
James McBride
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions (Paperback): Sir John Franklin Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions (Paperback)
Sir John Franklin
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West - Digested from His Journal and... The Adventures of Captain Bonneville U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West - Digested from His Journal and Illustrated from Various Other Sources (Paperback)
Washington Irving
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida by Don Ferdinando De Soto and Six Hundred Spaniards His Followers - Reprinted from... The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida by Don Ferdinando De Soto and Six Hundred Spaniards His Followers - Reprinted from the Edition of 1611 (Paperback)
William B Rye
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia During ... 828, 829, 830 and 83 - With Observations on New South Wales... Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia During ... 828, 829, 830 and 83 - With Observations on New South Wales (Paperback)
Charles Sturt
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Paperback): Ida Pfeiffer Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Paperback)
Ida Pfeiffer
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Account of the Late AEronautical Expedition from London to Weilburg - Accomplished by Robert Holland, Esq., Monck Mason, Esq.,... Account of the Late AEronautical Expedition from London to Weilburg - Accomplished by Robert Holland, Esq., Monck Mason, Esq., and Charles Green, OEronaut (Paperback)
Monck Mason
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Paperback): Ida Pfeiffer Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North (Paperback)
Ida Pfeiffer
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West - Digested from His Journal and... The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West - Digested from His Journal and Illustrated from Various Other Sources (Paperback)
Washington Irving
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
My Bondage and My Freedom (Paperback): Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom (Paperback)
Frederick Douglass
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ship Beneath the Ice - The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance (Paperback): Mensun Bound The Ship Beneath the Ice - The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance (Paperback)
Mensun Bound
R360 R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Save R36 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in 2022 On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over the world. Written by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on both expeditions, this captivating narrative includes countless fascinating stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship. Complete with a selection of Frank Hurley's photos from Shackleton's original voyage in 1914-17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019 and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this monumental discovery.

True Raiders - The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant (Paperback): Brad Ricca True Raiders - The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant (Paperback)
Brad Ricca
R478 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mercury Rising - John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War (Paperback): Jeff Shesol Mercury Rising - John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War (Paperback)
Jeff Shesol
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

If the United States couldn't catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War-a perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The race to the heavens seemed a race for survival-and America was losing. On February 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his mission was not only to circle the planet; it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew America's sense of self-belief. Mercury Rising re-creates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on new archival sources, personal interviews, and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself, Mercury Rising reveals how the astronaut's heroics lifted the nation's hopes in what Kennedy called the "hour of maximum danger."

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