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To The Gold Coast for Gold; A Personal Narrative, In Two Volumes: Volume 1 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387320428 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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Letters from the Battle-Fields of Paraguay
ISBN: 9781410204486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Burton's travels through war torn Paraguay in 1864, during the war between Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Something of a war correspondent, Burton showed familiarity with the war scene, and the introductory essay is a penetrating analysis.Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) dropped out of Oxford to join the Indian army and travel the world. Later, serving as a consul for the British government, Burton was the first European adventurer to search for the source of the Nile; to enter, disguised, the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina; and to travel through remote stretches of...
Burton's travels through war torn Paraguay in 1864, during the war between Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Something of a war correspondent, ...
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145,66 zł |
The Land of Midian; Revisited, in Two Volumes: Volume 2 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387062502 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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318,28 zł |
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah: Volume 1 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387034172 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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500,41 zł |
Goa And the Blue Mountains; Or, Six Months of Sick Leave: in large print
ISBN: 9783387307863 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative
ISBN: 9781108031424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) First published in 1883, this travel memoir describes the journey into West Africa undertaken by explorers Richard Burton (1821 90) and Verney Lovett Cameron (1844 94) in 1881. The mission for the two men was to assess the mining potential of the west coast, first observed by Burton in a publication that had appeared twenty years earlier. The first few chapters of Volume 1 cover Burton's journey from Trieste to Lisbon, Madeira and Tenerife and on to Africa during the winter of 1881, including descriptions of Mount Atlas and the Canary Islands. The volume finishes with their arrival in Sierra...
First published in 1883, this travel memoir describes the journey into West Africa undertaken by explorers Richard Burton (1821 90) and Verney Lovett ...
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282,56 zł |
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
ISBN: 9780425198421 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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104,08 zł |
Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
ISBN: 9780486419176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "TheArabian Nights is more generally loved than Shakespeare," wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. "No human face or voice greets us among this] crowd of kings and genies, sorcerers and beggar men. Adventure on the most naked terms, furnishes forth the entertainment and is found enough."
The best-known versions of these ancient Middle Eastern tales are those translated by the Victorian English explorer and writer, Richard F. Burton. Arabic in origin, they are also known as A Thousand and One Nights -- a collection of fairy tales, romances, legends, and exotic adventures told... "TheArabian Nights is more generally loved than Shakespeare," wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. "No human face or voice greets us among thi...
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30,86 zł |
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.-Volume I
ISBN: 9783842466098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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144,13 zł |
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah: Volume 2 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387034196 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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545,95 zł |
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah: Volume 1 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387034165 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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409,34 zł |
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo,: Volume 1 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387045543 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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227,21 zł |
The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration
ISBN: 9781108031295 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and over the remaining forty years of his life published dozens of works and more than 100 articles. In this two-volume work, published in 1860, Burton discusses geographical and ethnological matters, while also giving space to the 'picturesque points of view which the subject offers' in recounting his journey to Zanzibar and around the lakes...
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic tal...
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357,53 zł |
A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
ISBN: 9781108030328 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Sir Richard Burton (1821 1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. He spent part of his career as British consul in Fernando Po (present-day Equatorial Guinea) in West Africa, and used this as an opportunity to explore the region. In 1861, he was sent on a mission, recounted in this two-volume...
Sir Richard Burton (1821 1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic ...
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282,56 zł |
The Kas?dah of H?j? Abd? El-Yezd?: in large print
ISBN: 9783387048513 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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272,75 zł |
First Footsteps In East Africa: (Richard Francis Burton Classics Collection)
ISBN: 9781508616993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) I doubt not there are many who ignore the fact that in Eastern Africa, scarcely three hundred miles distant from Aden, there is a counterpart of ill-famed Timbuctoo in the Far West. The more adventurous Abyssinian travellers, Salt and Stuart, Krapf and Isenberg, Barker and Rochet, -not to mention divers Roman Catholic Missioners, -attempted Harar, but attempted it in vain. The bigoted ruler and barbarous people threatened death to the Infidel who ventured within their walls; some negro Merlin having, it is said, read Decline and Fall in the first footsteps of the Frank. 1] Of all foreigners...
I doubt not there are many who ignore the fact that in Eastern Africa, scarcely three hundred miles distant from Aden, there is a counterpart of ill-f...
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Camoens, Volume 2: His Life and His Lusiads - A Commentary (1881)
ISBN: 9781406756760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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155,37 zł |
The Land of Midian; Revisited, in Two Volumes: Volume 1 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387062472 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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363,81 zł |
The Land of Midian; Revisited, in Two Volumes: Volume 2 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387062519 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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409,34 zł |
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo,: Volume 2 - in large print
ISBN: 9783387045574 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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363,81 zł |