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The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-1584
ISBN: 9780367595616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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221,29 zł |
Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century
ISBN: 9780801845130 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In 1625, Martin de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their construction through a decade of service, incorporating a history of Spain's Golden Age. This book was awarded the Spain and America in Quincentennial Year of Discovery prize.
In 1625, Martin de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their construction through a decade of se...
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215,81 zł |
The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-1584
ISBN: 9781908145154 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Armada of the Strait under Don Diego Flores de Valdes in 1581-84 came at a crucial juncture in global politics. Philip II of Spain had assumed the crown of Portugal and its overseas empire, and Francis Drake's daring peacetime raids had challenged the dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas. The armada was intended to ensure the loyalty of Portuguese Brazil; bolster its defences against hostile native peoples, and English and French pirates and interlopers; and fortify and settle the Strait of Magellan to prevent further incursions into the Pacific. Pedro de Rada, the... The Armada of the Strait under Don Diego Flores de Valdes in 1581-84 came at a crucial juncture in global politics. Philip II of Spain had assumed ... |
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802,36 zł |
The Treasure of the San José: Death at Sea in the War of the Spanish Succession
ISBN: 9781421404165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargos ever lost at sea. Though treasure hunters have searched for the wreck's legendary bounty, no one knows exactly how much went down with the ship or exactly where it sank. Here, Carla Rahn Phillips confronts the legend of lost treasure with documentary records of the San Jose's final voyage and suggests that the loss of silver and gold en route to Spain paled in comparison to the loss of the six hundred men who went down with the ship. Drawing from rich archival... Sunk in a British ambush in 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose was rumored to have one of the richest cargos ever lost at sea. Though treasu... |
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138,34 zł |
The Worlds of Christopher Columbus
ISBN: 9780521446525 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was isolated in many ways from the rest of the Old World and Europeans did not even know that the world of the Western Hemisphere existed. The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of those isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes the life and times of Christopher Columbus. The story is not just of one man's rise and fall. Seen in its broader context, his life becomes a prism reflecting the broad range of human...
When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was isolated in many ways from the rest of the Old World and Europeans did not even know t...
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160,64 zł |