ilość książek w kategorii: 362
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
ISBN: 9780375810497 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The harrowing story of the ill-fated Endurance, now in paperback. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to become the first team of explorers to cross Antarctica from one side to the other. Five months later and still 100 miles from land, their ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The expedition survived another five months camping on ice floes, followed by a perilous journey through stormy seas to remote and unvisited Elephant Island. In a dramatic climax to this amazing survival story, Shackleton and five others navigated 800 miles of...
The harrowing story of the ill-fated Endurance, now in paperback. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt t...
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55,79 zł |
Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President
ISBN: 9780375811203 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark out west to explore. He tells them to make maps. He tells them to draw pictures and collect plants. Most importantly, he tells them to send presents! What kind of present is good enough for a president? Beginning readers will truly enjoy reading about this fun and little-known slice of American history.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark out west to explore. He tells them to make maps. He tells them to draw pictures and collect ...
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25,73 zł |
The New York Public Library Amazing Explorers: A Book of Answers for Kids
ISBN: 9780471392910 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sail down the Ivory Coast with the ancient Phoenicians. Meet the Kublai Khan with Marco Polo. Join the Antarctic explorers in their race to reach the South Pole. Discover vast new lands, plumb the depths of the deepest oceans, and venture into outer space. Find answers to everything you've ever wanted to know about the world's greatest adventurers and explorers...
Who was the greatest general & explorer of the ancient world? See page 7. What was the Silk Road? See page 11. What caused the Age of Exploration? See page 23. What was considered the worst crime on... Sail down the Ivory Coast with the ancient Phoenicians. Meet the Kublai Khan with Marco Polo. Join the Antarctic explorers in their race to reach the ...
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69,43 zł |
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Coloring Book
ISBN: 9780486245577 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Agreement between France and the United States was formally signed. President Thomas Jefferson paid the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte approximately 18 cents per square mile for a vast wilderness territory (more than 825,000 square miles) stretching from New Orleans to the Canadian border and west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The Purchase effectively doubled the size of the young United States.
On May 14, 1804, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark -- accompanied by an intrepid band of skilled hunters, carpenters,... On April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Agreement between France and the United States was formally signed. President Thomas Jefferson paid the Fren...
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21,43 zł |
Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620
ISBN: 9780688154745 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover the Americas, but his voyages led to European exploration of the New World. Rich in resources and natural beauty, the Americas were irresistible to gold-hungry conquistadors. The newcomers gave little thought to those who had called the lands their home, and exploration soon came to signify conquest. The New World -- and the lives of its inhabitants -- would be changed forever. Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover the Americas, but his voyages led to European exploration of the New World. Rich in resources an... |
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34,31 zł |
Opening Up North America, 1497-1800
ISBN: 9780816052615 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interesting topics include: African Americans in the fur trade; Beaver hats; Captivity narratives; Father Jean de Brebeuf learns the Huron language; Flintlock muskets; Native women and the fur trade; Richard Hakluyt and the voyages; St. Elmo's fire.
Interesting topics include: African Americans in the fur trade; Beaver hats; Captivity narratives; Father Jean de Brebeuf learns the Huron language; F...
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213,52 zł |
A Book of Discovery (Yesterday's Classics)
ISBN: 9781599151922 / Angielski / Miękka / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating account of the world's famous explorers, including the early travelers in ancient times, the discovery of the New World, explorations in Africa and Australia, and the expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Many of the explorers tell part of their story in their own words. Amply illustrated with reproductions of early maps and charts, as well as old woodcuts, drawings, paintings, and miniatures. Emphasis is placed on the explorers' "record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of...
A fascinating account of the world's famous explorers, including the early travelers in ancient times, the discovery of the New World, explorations in...
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100,77 zł |
If You Were There in 1492: Everyday Life in the Time of Columbus
ISBN: 9780689822414 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chock-full of little-known facts and written with you-are-there immediacy, this volume explores everyday life in Spain at the end of the 15th century.
Chock-full of little-known facts and written with you-are-there immediacy, this volume explores everyday life in Spain at the end of the 15th century.
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38,61 zł |
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
ISBN: 9781416949008 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A companion book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking bestseller by Charles C. Mann.
A companion book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking bestseller by Charles C. Mann.
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107,32 zł |
Stories of the Gorilla Country, Illustrated Edition (Yesterday's Classics)
ISBN: 9781599152349 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stories of the thrilling adventures and hair-raising escapes of Paul du Chaillu during his years of venturing into the interior of equatorial Africa, encountering animals and sights no white man had seen before. The accounts of his interactions with gorillas, snakes, and ants are especially engaging. Numerous black and white illustrations complement the text. Suitable for ages 11 and up.
Stories of the thrilling adventures and hair-raising escapes of Paul du Chaillu during his years of venturing into the interior of equatorial Africa, ...
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71,90 zł |
Sir Edmund Hillary
ISBN: 9781604134209 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, completed the challenging climb to become the first men to reach the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. This title helps you learn about this daring explorer and his accomplishments.
After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, completed the challe...
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160,07 zł |
Hernan Cortes
ISBN: 9781604134247 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 119 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tells the story of an ambitious man who was heralded as a heroic conqueror, a ruthless explorer who presented his king with a territory nine times larger than Spain itself, and a skilled military commander whose actions forever altered the land that we know today as Mexico."
Tells the story of an ambitious man who was heralded as a heroic conqueror, a ruthless explorer who presented his king with a territory nine times lar...
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160,07 zł |
Exploring Space
ISBN: 9781604131888 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers coverage of human explorations into space - from 19th-century fantasy to 20th-century achievement and the future of space exploration in the 21st century - giving information about the current state of exploration in the final frontier.
Offers coverage of human explorations into space - from 19th-century fantasy to 20th-century achievement and the future of space exploration in the 21...
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186,80 zł |
Exploring the Polar Regions
ISBN: 9781604131901 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes the explorations of the North and South Poles, including the expeditions of John Franklin, Roald Amundsen, Robert Peary, and Ernest Shackleton.
Describes the explorations of the North and South Poles, including the expeditions of John Franklin, Roald Amundsen, Robert Peary, and Ernest Shacklet...
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186,80 zł |
Across America: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
ISBN: 9781604131925 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. This book also covers Thomas Jefferson's support of the expedition as US president, and Meriwether Lewis' and William Clark's preparations for their journey, including purchasing supplies.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. T...
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186,80 zł |
Exploration in the World of the Middle Ages, 500-1500
ISBN: 9781604131932 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Middle Ages, though marked by plague in Europe, was a time of increased investigation of the world. People from civilizations around the globe, sought to understand the world at large and discover its secrets. This title offers an account of travels, expeditions, discoveries, and cross-cultural contacts in the span of 1,000 years in the world.
The Middle Ages, though marked by plague in Europe, was a time of increased investigation of the world. People from civilizations around the globe, so...
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186,80 zł |
Exploring North America, 1800-1900
ISBN: 9781604131949 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the history of the exploration of western North America and the impact it had on the histories of both the United States and Canada. This title provides coverage including: John Wesley Powell's summer expedition that traversed the length of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon; and the other explorers, aside from Lewis and Clark.
Traces the history of the exploration of western North America and the impact it had on the histories of both the United States and Canada. This title...
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186,80 zł |
Opening Up North America, 1497-1800
ISBN: 9781604131963 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Integrates in a chronological narrative the voyages taken from Florida to Newfoundland, covering the first recorded contact of John Cabot in 1497 through Alexander Mackenzie's journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific in 1793.
Integrates in a chronological narrative the voyages taken from Florida to Newfoundland, covering the first recorded contact of John Cabot in 1497 thro...
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186,80 zł |
Exploring the Pacific
ISBN: 9781604131970 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explains how explores of the Pacific region expanded geographical knowledge and contributed to human understanding by generating maps, charts, paintings, and reports. This book covers such explorers as Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Alvaro de Mendana, and James Cook.
Explains how explores of the Pacific region expanded geographical knowledge and contributed to human understanding by generating maps, charts, paintin...
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186,80 zł |
A Picturesque Tale of Progress: Explorations VIII
ISBN: 9781597313728 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published: Lake Bluff, IL: Bookhouse for Children, c1929-33.
Originally published: Lake Bluff, IL: Bookhouse for Children, c1929-33.
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110,39 zł |