The Book Company: New Products - Expeditions & Discoveries

The Noble Quest (Explorers and Adventurers in a Golden Age of Scientific Discovery)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:29:40 +0000

The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries witnessed the dawn of a golden age of science, during which time there was a dedicated drive to accurately categorize nature and explain the natural world.

Enthusiastic naturalists, amateur and professional, set off to c..

Price: $35.99

A Brief History of Indonesia (Sultans, Spices and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation)

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:04:12 +0000

"An amazing tale, enticingly told by a seasoned reporter…Tim Hannigan's narrative history brims with interest and comes strongly recommended for the traveller and general reader." —Andrew Beatty author of After the Ancestors: An Anthropologist's Story

A sweeping narrativ..
Price: $18.99

Francis Drake and Nova Albion (Elizabethan Voyaging on the Far Side of the World)

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:39:38 +0000

Sir Francis Drake was one of England’s greatest and most controversial maritime heroes, celebrated as a daring explorer and a feared privateer. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth I after circumnavigating the world (1577–1580), he was the first English mariner to explore the Pacific coast of N..
Price: $34.95

The Noble Savage (Allegory of Freedom)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:24:48 +0000

Stelio Cro’s revealing work, arising from his more than half dozen previous books, considers the eighteenth-century Enlightenment in the context of the European experience with, and reaction to, the cultures of America’s original inhabitants. Taking into account Spanish, Italian, French, and En..
Price: $34.99

The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World since 1500

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:26:39 +0000

The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World provides a wide-ranging set of chapters, covering the sixteenth century to the present, which represent the main lines of current enquiry in maritime history.

Price: $70.99

The Spanish Empire (A Global History 1478-1975)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:06:52 +0000

This book brings together the history of the Spanish Empire and its entire imperial geography across four continents, from its inception at the end of the 15th century to its end in the 20th century.

Price: $57.99

The Bugatti - De Monge 100P Record Plane (Aviation History of Two Pioneers)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:20:44 +0000

Ettore Bugatti is of course well known and many books have been written about him, though none have been published. About Louis de Monge nothing has been published yet, though he designed and built a range of interesting airplanes, with his 1921 race plane crashing after reaching an unofficial ..
Price: $39.00

Titanic: A Journey Through Time

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:54:37 +0000

A unique chronology, Titanic: A Journey Through Time tells the captivating full story, moment by moment, from the birth of the key players to the latest expeditions, recovery and exhibition of artefacts. Herein is a feast of information and illustrations as well as the latest scientific informatio..
Price: $47.99

Marco Polo (A Journey on the Silk Road)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:27:24 +0000

An extraordinary new biography of Marco Polo and his journey along the Silk Road, from the celebrated author of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar.

From the acclaimed author of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Hanni..
Price: $29.95

Ming-Dynasty China and the World Along the Silk Road (Volume 1)

Wed, 27 May 2026 18:16:07 +0000

This book, the first of a multi-volume set on the Silk Road during the Ming Dynasty, takes a holistic and global view of the origin and development of the Silk Road.
Price: $54.99