wyszukanych pozycji: 94
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Cuzco and Lima: A Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru, and a Visit to the Capital and Provinces of Modern Peru
ISBN: 9781108078788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Clements R. Markham (1830 1916) began his career in the Royal Navy, sailing to South America, learning Spanish, and participating in the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin. In 1852, determined to succeed as an explorer and geographer, he travelled to Peru and visited the site of the ancient city of Cuzco, previously little known in Europe. Published in 1856, this is Markham's lively account of his travels. In his description of arriving in Panama we see a picture of the mid-nineteenth-century eagerness to explore (or exploit) Latin America. Markham's stay in Cuzco allowed him ample time to...
Clements R. Markham (1830 1916) began his career in the Royal Navy, sailing to South America, learning Spanish, and participating in the Arctic search...
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277,56 |
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The Paladins Of Edwin The Great
ISBN: 9789371461023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,90 |
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Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639
ISBN: 9781108008174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1859 volume contains three accounts of the Amazon region, all translated from the Spanish and covering the century 1539 1639: The Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the Land of...
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first se...
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246,13 |
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First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas by the Ynca Garcillasso de la Vega: Volume II (Containing Books V, VI, VII, VIII and IX)
ISBN: 9781409413110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continues First Series 41. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1871.
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continues First Series 41. This is a new print-on-demand hardba...
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703,08 |
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Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet: And of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa
ISBN: 9781108022552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 566 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1876, this volume contains first-hand accounts of the first voyages to Tibet by British diplomat George Bogle (1747 1781) and scholar Thomas Manning (1772 1840) in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1774 Bogle was appointed the leader of the first British diplomatic mission to the previously unknown country of Tibet in an attempt to establish friendly relations and open trade links between the two countries. Bogle spent six months wintering in various places in Tibet, exploring Tibetan culture and politics. Thomas Manning became the first English national to...
First published in 1876, this volume contains first-hand accounts of the first voyages to Tibet by British diplomat George Bogle (1747 1781) and schol...
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382,29 |
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The Incas of Peru
ISBN: 9781410215598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An important contribution by an expert and scholar on the Incas, the author was influenced by Prescott's Conquest of Peru, published in 1843. Sir Clements Markham describes his visit to Prescott in the preface, some 60 years later, providing interesting insights.
An important contribution by an expert and scholar on the Incas, the author was influenced by Prescott's Conquest of Peru, published in 1843. Sir Clem...
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66,11 |
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Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639
ISBN: 9781409412908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's 'Royal commentaries of Peru'; The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A.D. 1540-1, translated from the sixth decade of A. de Herrera's 'General history of the western Indies'; New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by 'Father Cristóbal de Acuña, A.D. 1639, translated from the Spanish edition of 1641. With a 'List of the Principal Tribes of the Valley of the Amazons'. Translated and Edited, with...
Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de...
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703,08 |
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Sir Francis Vere: Elizabeth I's Greatest Soldier and the Eighty Years War
ISBN: 9781782825302 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The general who thwarted the Spanish invasion of the British Isles
The final years of the 16th century saw an emergent Dutch nationalism and a determination by the Dutch to throw off the yoke of Spanish occupation in their homeland. The English queen, Elizabeth, was not only well aware of the dangers of the presence of a Catholic super-power so close to her nation's shores, but had every sympathy with the cause of her Protestant neighbours. English volunteers soon flocked to the continent with her blessings to fight the Spanish in the Low Countries. This book describes the conflict there... The general who thwarted the Spanish invasion of the British Isles
The final years of the 16th century saw an emergent Dutch nationalism and a de... |
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96,88 |
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Richard III: His Life and Character Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research
ISBN: 9781108071451 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1906, this work was one of the first and most important Ricardian apologias for a general readership. A distinguished geographer, whose long career had involved voyaging to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin, as well as travels in Peru and India, Sir Clements Markham (1830 1916) had played a crucial role in launching Scott's first expedition to Antarctica in 1901. Markham also had a long-standing interest in the reputation of England's last Plantagenet king. The first part of this book presents the life of Richard, while the second half is devoted to a thorough...
First published in 1906, this work was one of the first and most important Ricardian apologias for a general readership. A distinguished geographer, w...
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277,56 |
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The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I
ISBN: 9781108011488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume (from 1878) contains narratives of the Hawkins family, distinguished seamen and explorers of the sixteenth century.
This volume (from 1878) contains narratives of the Hawkins family, distinguished seamen and explorers of the sixteenth century.
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345,64 |
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The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León
ISBN: 9781409413356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, continuing the narrative from First Series 33. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1883.
Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, continuing the narrative from First Series 33. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition...
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703,08 |
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First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas by the Ynca Garcillasso de la Vega: Volume I (Containing Books I, II, III, and IV)
ISBN: 9781409413073 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continued in First Series 45. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1869.
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continued in First Series 45. This is a new print-on-demand har...
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703,08 |
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The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voyage, 1492-93): And Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real
ISBN: 9781409413530 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, and including Paolo Toscanelli's sailing directions in letters to Columbus, and documents relating to Sebastian Cabot. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1893.
Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, and including Paolo Toscanelli's sailing directions in letters to Columbus, and documents relating to Seba...
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703,08 |
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The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606: Volume II
ISBN: 9781409413820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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703,08 |
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The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de León, A.D. 1532-50, Contained in the First Part of His Chronicle of Peru: Volume I
ISBN: 9781409412991 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the 1554 Antwerp edition. Continued from another source in First Series 68. The supplementary material includes the 1864 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1864.
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the 1554 Antwerp edition. Continued from another source in First Series 68. The supplement...
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703,08 |
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The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman: A Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543: Translated from an Original and
ISBN: 9781108010702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume (1862) is the autobiography of a sixteenth-century Spanish nobleman who sought to make his fortune in Peru.
This volume (1862) is the autobiography of a sixteenth-century Spanish nobleman who sought to make his fortune in Peru.
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188,53 |
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Narrative of the Proceedings of Pedrarias Davila in the Provinces of Tierra Firme or Castilla del Oro: And of the Discovery of the South Sea and the C
ISBN: 9781409413004 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the Text written c. 1514. The supplementary material includes the 1865 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1865.
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the Text written c. 1514. The supplementary material includes the 1865 annual report. Th...
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703,08 |
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Sir Francis Vere: Elizabeth I's Greatest Soldier and the Eighty Years War
ISBN: 9781782825296 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The general who thwarted the Spanish invasion of the British Isles
The final years of the 16th century saw an emergent Dutch nationalism and a determination by the Dutch to throw off the yoke of Spanish occupation in their homeland. The English queen, Elizabeth, was not only well aware of the dangers of the presence of a Catholic super-power so close to her nation's shores, but had every sympathy with the cause of her Protestant neighbours. English volunteers soon flocked to the continent with her blessings to fight the Spanish in the Low Countries. This book describes the conflict there... The general who thwarted the Spanish invasion of the British Isles
The final years of the 16th century saw an emergent Dutch nationalism and a de... |
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156,51 |
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Franklin's Footsteps: A Sketch of Greenland, Along the Shores of Which His Expedition Passed, and of the Parry Isles, Where the Last Traces
ISBN: 9781108048385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Clement Robert Markham (1830 1916) was a geographer who took part in one of the many Arctic expeditions launched to search for missing explorer John Franklin (1786 1847). This account, published in 1853, was written in response to criticism of the expedition. They had found some evidence of Franklin's route he had set off in May 1845 to find the North-West Passage but returned to Britain without any of the survivors. Markham gives a brief history of Arctic exploration, but the majority of the book recounts the expedition's efforts to find Franklin. The crew endured a harsh winter and sailed...
Clement Robert Markham (1830 1916) was a geographer who took part in one of the many Arctic expeditions launched to search for missing explorer John F...
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178,01 |
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The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies: With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies During the Seventeenth Century,
ISBN: 9781108011471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first published in 1877, contains four contemporary accounts of the voyages of Sir James Lancaster (c. 1555 1618) between 1591 and 1600 together with the journal of Captain...
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first se...
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272,32 |