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The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions

Bellows, Amanda Brickell, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

910.922 BEL

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SD_ILS:721285

The wide wide sea [CD]: imperial ambition, first contact, and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

Sides, Hampton, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

CDs

Call Number

910.92 SID

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SD_ILS:712466

Paradise of the damned : the true story of an obsessive quest for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold

Thomson, Keith, 1965- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

988.01 THO

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SD_ILS:715783

Throne of grace : a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West

Drury, Bob, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

978.02 DRU

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SD_ILS:718019

Throne of grace [large print] : a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West

Drury, Bob, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

978.02 DRU

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SD_ILS:722440

Double exposure : resurveying the West with Timothy O'Sullivan, America's most mysterious war photographer

Sullivan, Robert, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

778.936 SUL

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SD_ILS:801623

Wanderlust : an eccentric explorer, an epic journey, a lost age

Mitenbuler, Reid, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

910.92 MIT

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SD_ILS:671750

Into the Amazon : the life of Cândido Rondon, trailblazing explorer, scientist, statesman, and conservationist

Rohter, Larry, 1950- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

918.113 ROH

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SD_ILS:681868

Searching for Franklin : new answers to the great Arctic mystery

McGoogan, Ken, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

917.19041 MCG

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SD_ILS:691451

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The last cold place : a field season studying penguins in Antarctica

De Gracia, Naira, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

598.47 DEG

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SD_ILS:672896

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Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon

Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

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Call Number

578.0979132 SEV

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SD_ILS:684783

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Antarctic pioneer : the trailblazing life of Jackie Ronne

Kafarowski, Joanna, 1962- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

919.8904 KAF

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SD_ILS:648006

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West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.

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Courtauld, Augustine, 1904-1959.

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Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

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Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)

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Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Overland journeys to the Pacific.

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Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831.

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Watkins, Henry George, 1907-1932.

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Worsley, Henry.

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Adventure and adventurers -- Denmark -- Biography.

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Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.

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Afghanistan -- Antiquities.

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Afghanistan -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.

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Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.

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Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration -- History -- 19th century.

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Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel.

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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Travel -- Antarctica -- Juvenile literature.

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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- American.

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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Juvenile literature.

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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.

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Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.

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Aston, Felicity.

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Authors, Danish -- 20th century -- Biography.

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Barra de Navidad (Mexico) -- History, Naval.

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Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.

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Bauerschmidt, Norma, 1925-2016 -- Travel -- United States.

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Bauerschmidt, Tim -- Travel -- United States.

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Biography.

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Bombay, Sidi Mubarak -- Travel -- Nile River.

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Botanists -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- Biography.

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Botany -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.

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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 -- Travel -- Nile River.

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Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships.

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Cancer -- Patients -- Travel.

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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.

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Clover, Elzada U., 1897-1980 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.

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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Death and burial.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.

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De Gracia, Naira.

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Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776.

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Domínguez-Escalante Expedition (1776)

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East India Company -- History -- 19th century.

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El Dorado.

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Explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

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Explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Explorers -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Explorers -- Nile River -- History -- 19th century.

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Explorers -- Southwest, New -- Biography.

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Extinct cities -- Afghanistan -- Bagrām.

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Families -- Travel -- United States.

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Four Corners Region -- Description and travel.

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Franciscans -- Southwest, New -- Biography.

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Franklin, John, 1786-1847.

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Freuchen, Peter, 1886-1957.

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Geological surveys -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

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Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel.

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Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Graphic novels.

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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.

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Great Britain. Royal Navy.

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Guyana -- Discovery and exploration.

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History.

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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Travel -- South America -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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India -- History -- 19th century.

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Indigenous peoples -- Amazon River Region.

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Informational works.

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Intelligence service.

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John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)

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Jotter Cutter, Lois, 1914-2013 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.

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Landscape photography -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

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Large print books.

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Legazpi, Miguel López de, 1510?-1572 -- Friends and associates.

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Liddle, Ramie -- Travel -- United States.

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Local authors.

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Martín, Lope.

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Masson, Charles, 1800-1853 -- Travel -- Afghanistan.

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Masson, Charles, 1800-1853.

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Mothers and sons.

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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Crimes against -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Māori (New Zealand people) -- First contact with other peoples -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Natural history -- Amazon River Region.

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Natural history -- Amazon River Valley.

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Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.

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Naturalists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

(1)

Nevills Expedition (1938)

(1)

Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.

(1)

New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

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Nile River -- Discovery and exploration.

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Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.

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North Pole -- Discovery and exploration.

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Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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O'Brady, Colin -- Travel -- Juvenile literature.

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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882.

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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Older women -- United States -- Biography.

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Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.

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Penguins -- Antarctica.

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Philippines -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.

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Photographers -- United States -- Biography.

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Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.

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Pilots and pilotage -- Biography.

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Plant collecting -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.

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Political science.

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Quality of life -- Philosophy.

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Rain forest ecology -- Amazon River Region.

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Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 -- Travel -- Guyana.

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Recreational vehicles -- United States.

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Roberts, David, 1943- -- Travel -- Southwest, New.

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Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva, 1865-1958.

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Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1946-1948)

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Ronne, Edith M. (Edith Maslin), 1919-2009 -- Travel -- Antarctica.

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Ronne, Edith M. (Edith Maslin), 1919-2009.

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Roosevelt River (Brazil) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Rudd, Lou -- Travel -- Antarctica -- Juvenile literature.

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Scientific expeditions -- Amazon River Region.

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Scientific expeditions -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.

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Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.

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Scientific expeditions -- South America -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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Scientists -- Germany -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 -- Travel -- Antarctica -- Juvenile literature.

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Juvenile literature.

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Travel -- Antarctica.

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.

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Skis and skiing -- Arctic Ocean.

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Skis and skiing -- North Pole.

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South Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.

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Southwest, New -- Description and travel.

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Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.

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Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 -- Travel -- Nile River.

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Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.

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Talking books.

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Terminally ill -- Biography.

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Travel -- Psychological aspects.

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Tupaia, approximately 1725-1770 -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

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United States -- Description and travel.

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United States -- Discovery and exploration.

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photography.

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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century.

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Uterus -- Cancer.

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Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.

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Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792.

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Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.

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West (U.S.) -- In art.

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Women explorers -- Middle East.

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Women's Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition (2018)

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Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir, 1944- author.

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Hemming, John, 1935- author.

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Meredith, Courtney Sina, 1986- author.

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Millard, Candice, author.

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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882. photographer.

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Orsi, Jared, 1970- author.

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Philbrick, Nathaniel.

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Reséndez, Andrés, author.

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Richardson, Edmund, 1982- author.

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