Nonfiction Geographical Exploration and Discovery
1. 
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West 4.23 avg rating — 66,334 ratings
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by:
Tony Horwitz
4.04 avg rating — 10,353 ratings 3. 
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by:
Hampton Sides
4.29 avg rating — 24,755 ratings 
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The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes
by:
Scott Wallace
3.98 avg rating — 1,928 ratings 7. 
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
by:
Tony Horwitz
3.96 avg rating — 9,298 ratings 8. 
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 4.04 avg rating — 6,742 ratings
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The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
by:
Robert Whitaker
3.63 avg rating — 1,815 ratings 10. 
A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings: How to connect with the peoples of the North
by:
Mary Jane Walker
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 10. 
Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent
by:
Ranulph Fiennes
3.97 avg rating — 339 ratings 10. 
Land of Tears: The Exploration and Exploitation of Equatorial Africa
by:
Robert Harms
4.02 avg rating — 86 ratings 
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City 3.98 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
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The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began
by:
Valerie Hansen
3.68 avg rating — 1,837 ratings 16. 
Captain Cook and the Voyage of the "Endeavour", 1768 1771
by:
Frank Knight
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by:
Matthew Goodman
3.73 avg rating — 6,475 ratings 19. 
Expeditions Unpacked: What the Great Explorers Took into the Unknown
by:
Ed Stafford
4.06 avg rating — 66 ratings 
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
by:
Russell Shorto
4.17 avg rating — 11,143 ratings 23. 
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America 3.72 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
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The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
by:
Daniel Stone
3.94 avg rating — 3,596 ratings 23. 
General at Sea: The Life of Admiral Robert Blake
by:
Frank Knight
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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River Master: John Wesley Powell's Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon
by:
Cecil Kuhne
3.72 avg rating — 57 ratings 
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The Vast Unknown: America's First Ascent of Everest
by:
Broughton Coburn
3.98 avg rating — 192 ratings 30. 
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Adventures in Yellowstone: Early Travelers Tell Their Tales
by:
M. Mark Miller
4.02 avg rating — 63 ratings 34. 
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air
by:
Stewart Ross
4.23 avg rating — 292 ratings 38. 
Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth
by:
Rob Wesson
4.05 avg rating — 83 ratings 38. 
Where Did Sacagawea Join the Corps of Discovery?: And Other Questions about the Lewis and Clark Expedition
by:
Linda Gondosch
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 40. 
Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure
by:
Huw Lewis-Jones
4.38 avg rating — 247 ratings 41. 
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
by:
Robyn Davidson
3.93 avg rating — 17,208 ratings 
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The Plant Hunters: The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers
by:
Carolyn Fry
3.93 avg rating — 89 ratings 44. 
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
by:
Diana Preston
4.08 avg rating — 1,259 ratings 45. 
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
by:
Edward J. Larson
3.65 avg rating — 803 ratings 46. 
Drawn to the Deep: The Remarkable Underwater Explorations of Wes Skiles
by:
Julie Hauserman
4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings 
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The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success
by:
Martin Dugard
3.70 avg rating — 614 ratings 50. 
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Exploration and Discovery: Treasures of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
by:
David K Skelly
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 52. 
Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation
by:
Julie M. Fenster
3.87 avg rating — 315 ratings 53. 
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
by:
David Roberts
3.87 avg rating — 4,931 ratings 54. 
The Juan Pardo Expeditions: Exploration of the Carolinas and Tennessee, 1566-1568 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Vanguard of Empire: Ships of Exploration in the Age of Columbus
by:
Roger C. Smith
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 56. 
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The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
by:
Simon Winchester
3.86 avg rating — 4,252 ratings 58. 
A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent
by:
Mark Derr
3.51 avg rating — 95 ratings 59. 
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,334 ratings
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game & the Race for Empire in Central Asia (Cornelia & Michael Bessie Book) 3.87 avg rating — 705 ratings
