Newly abridged and illustrated with sketches and maps from their journals, this is the classic, firsthand account of Lewis and Clark's epic voyage through the unknown territory of the American West.

This book (completely reset in newe type) reprints Senate Document 81, 32nd Congress, lst Session, 1852, then entitle Reconnoissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado River. The original map and all illustrations are included. Anyone interested in the history of the Southwest, the lore of the great Colorado, or Bajo California, will find Derby's report an interesting and important addition to his private library.

For over two centuries, the mysterious labyrinth of shafts and tunnels under Oak Island, a tiny island on Nova Scotia's South Shore, has been the scene of a frantic search by scores of treasure hunters from two continents. They believe that the shafts and intricate manmade flooding system hold the secret to a treasure of untold wealth. Although millions have been, spent, bitter feuds have erupted, and men have died, the treasure has, remained as elusive,...

"Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton led an expedition across Antarctica in 1914. Did you know that science played a big role in this dangerous journey? Learn how weather patterns affected the explorer in Antarctica. Find out the science behind Shackleton's ship, The Endurance . And discover how modern technology is being used to find out even more about this adventure more than 100 years later"--

Describes the expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

The author provides a solution - dark in its ramifications - to one of the greatest mysteries in American history: the terrible and unexplained death of Meriwether Lewis, age thirty-five, in the wilderness of the Natcez Trace of Tennessee in October 1809.

The first of a trilogy, the true story of a treasure buried in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

Based on the lives of the Clark family who fought for our nation's independence and explored, conquered and settled the continent. this book recreates the famed Lewis and Clark expedition.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back in the early part of the nineteenth century is one of the most famous journeys in American history. Previous accounts have largely romanticized the expedition, treating it as a great triumph. But was it? What really went on in the minds of these brave men and those who came with them? Novelist Brian Hall has been interested in Lewis and Clark for years and became convinced...