Explorers from Lems Bookshop

Signed by the author. In 1996 Tim Jarvis set out to relive Douglas Mawson's extraordinary polar survival journey of 1912-13. Jarvis undertook the hellish journey using the same equipment, clothing and starvation rations as Mawson had available. The story of two journeys undertaken nearly a century apart, to the limits of human endurance. 239 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout.… Read more about this item

The finding of a lost civilization and what that involves is the subject of this fascinating, original and remarkable book. The author made his discovery in 1953 on the island of Bahrain. Founded in the thirtieth century BC Dilmun was a sea-trading power. 392 pages with 32 plates, 41 drawings and 9 maps. Book in very good+ condition with inscription… Read more about this item

Some of the colourful heroes of the Bush, relatively unrecognised as seemingly every act of courage and daring always seemed to be accompanied by a touch of scandal and disrepute where the larrikin spirit went a touch to far thus becoming our tarnished heroes. 192 pages with numerous illustrations throughout many in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new… Read more about this item

From humble beginnings in outback South Australia, George Hubert Wilkins lived the most remarkable life of any Australian. He worked in motion pictures, journalism, photography capturing iconic pictures in World Wat 1, as a spy, explorer, chronicler of the planet and its lifeforms, aviation, navigation and as a submariner. Truly a legendary man. 549 pages with 16 pages of photographs… Read more about this item

Reissue of the original 1920 edition. In August 1914 twenty eight men aboard the ship Endurance began what was to be the last of the great explorations - the crossing of the vast Antarctic land mass, It turned into one of the most remarkable survival stories ever recorded. 376 pages with over 85 photographs and illustrations from the journey. Book… Read more about this item

Some 164 years before Captain Cook , Dutch sailors were the first Europeans to have discovered Australia starting with Willem Janszoon in 1606 and then in 1688 William Dampier was the first Englishman to set foot on Australian soil. The East coast was left to Cook to discover in 1770 and he claimed that which the Dutch had first discovered.… Read more about this item

Volume 1- Hard Country, Hard Men and Last Horse Standing, 304 pages with 32 pages of illustrations mainly in colour. Volume 2- The Dig Tree and Back on the Wool Track, 296 pages with 38 pages of illustrations, 20 in colour. Books and dust jackets in near fine condition with small inscription on both front endpaper.

From his origins as the son of a farm labourer to his violent death in Hawaii, Captain James Cook , in three epic journeys, discovered more of the earth's surface than any other man. 470 pages with some illustrations throughout. Book in very good condition with minor foxing.

The author relives Mawson's polar journey of 1912-13 - a hellish journey using the same equipment, clothing and starvation rations as Mawson in an attempt to answer some of the questions surrounding Mawson's tragic expedition in which both his companions died - the limits of human endurance. 240 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in near fine condition.

From first sea voyages to satellite discoveries - a stirring chronicle of strength and determination. 304 pages with 476 illustrations, many in colour, and 77 maps. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Four sections; The Ancient East, The Coming of the European, The Dutch and English, The Establishment of British Maritime Supremacy in the East. 386 pages with 16 illustrations and 20 Sketch Maps and endpapers map. Book in good+ condition with many pages having pencil underlining, four pages pen underlining, light tanning, some fading to spine and some wear to cover.

Stunning visuals transport you directly into the events that have shaped the history of space technology and gives an exploratory education on space. 144 pages with colour illustrations on most pages, Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Three parts; General background information about the Solar System; The theory of space-flight; An astronomical description of Our Neighbour Worlds - the planets and their satellites. 336 pages with 26 illustrations. Book in very good condition with previous owners stamp inside front cover and on first page and foxing on endpapers and top leading edge, text clear. Cover has some… Read more about this item

The beginning of navigation and seaborne civilizations - migration routes and cultural origins. The author proved on several occasions that so called primitive craft could travel vast distances across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans using powerful currents and winds as natural conveyor belts. The oceans were not the barrier to early movement that had always been assumed. 392 pages with… Read more about this item

The origins, structure, and exploration of the eight different types of submarine valleys. 381 pages with 145 Figures and 2 colour fold out maps in sleave inside back cover. Book in very good+ condition with minor mark on first page and publisher note stuck to front endpaper.

Foreword by Roger Lewin and photographs by Sally Thompson. Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle in 1831 took him to the Galapagos Archipelago and a world in which time had stopped - a variety of animals found no where else in the world and he used his discoveries as the basis for his classic work, Origin of the Species. The… Read more about this item

In 1867 John Muir began the first of his long walks through America's wild lands, alone he wandered forests, mountains, valleys and meadows filling his notebooks with sketches and descriptions of the plants, animals and trees he loved. The author retraces those steps. 200 pages with colour photographs by Farrell Grehan on most pages. Book in near fine condition. Dust… Read more about this item

Edited by Colin Thomas. In 1856 the author accompanied by a servant embarked on an eighteen month journey from St Petersburg to the very heart of Asia. He collected geological and botanical specimens and took topographical and meteorological observations and other primary data on environments and ethnographic information on nomads. His journal set out a strategy for imperial expansion which… Read more about this item

In 1908 Britain incorporated the Antarctic Peninsula and wind-blown island chains of the South Atlantic into the British Empire and has been in conflict, at least politically, with Argentina ever since and in 1982 boiled over into the Falklands War. An analysis of how territorial disputes simply refuse to fade away. 229 pages with 16 pages of black and white… Read more about this item

A history of Siberia - a vast landmass with the richest mineral resources on earth - from the end of the 16th century to the break up of the Soviet empire at the end of the 20th. 542 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations and a map. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. Dust jacket… Read more about this item