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Charlie 906
ISBN: 9781540300690 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charlie 906 will take you on an adventure around the Upper Peninsula of MI, learning about the irresistible meal called a Pasty, all while meeting new and exciting friends along the way. This amazing story will tell you in a very creative way, what's in a pasty, the history, and very interesting facts and stories. Enjoy the amazing scenic art work and adorable characters that my 9 year old son drew. As a bonus Charlie 906 added color your own characters pages and his secret home made pasty recipe for you to enjoy. We are very proud to introduce Charlie 906 to you and your families and we are...
Charlie 906 will take you on an adventure around the Upper Peninsula of MI, learning about the irresistible meal called a Pasty, all while meeting new...
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Viking Exploration of North America
ISBN: 9781540542786 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Norse colonization of North America began as early as the 10th century AD, when Norsemen explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic, including the northeastern fringes of North America.
The Norse colonization of North America began as early as the 10th century AD, when Norsemen explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic, includi...
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95,78 |
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Toki: The True Adventures of William Mariner
ISBN: 9781456593643 / Angielski / Miękka / 578 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the British privateer Port au Prince put into the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga in December 1806, her crew was seeking help. But the Tongan king Finau attacked the ship, killing half the crew and enslaving the rest. The voyage ended in disaster and death. But for one young Englishman, fifteen-year-old William Mariner, a whole new adventure had just begun. Finau adopted Mariner, giving him the name of his beloved dead son, Toki. Alone and terrified, Mariner quickly learned to adapt to his new life. He learned the language fluently and soon rose from slave to a member of the noble class....
When the British privateer Port au Prince put into the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga in December 1806, her crew was seeking help. But the Tongan king...
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An Account of the Tonga Islands
ISBN: 9781460930090 / Angielski / Miękka / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1806 the English privateer Port au Prince anchored in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, seeking food and help. Instead, they were attacked by the Tongans. Half the crew was massacred and thrown to the sharks; the rest were enslaved. Fourteen-year-old William Mariner was adopted into the family of Finau 'ulukalala, the powerful and charismatic king of the islands. Mariner spent four years in Tonga, participating in Finau's wars, managing a plantation, and learning all he could of the language, customs, history, and politics of the Tongan people. After he returned to England in 1810, he...
In 1806 the English privateer Port au Prince anchored in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, seeking food and help. Instead, they were attacked by the...
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An Authentic Narrative of Four Years' Residence at Tongataboo
ISBN: 9781460949566 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1796 the London Missionary Society sent the ship Duff to deliver thirty young missionaries to the Polynesian kingdoms. One of them, bricklayer George Vason, soon abandoned his mission in Tonga and his faith, married a local woman, and managed a plantation. After a civil war resulted in the deaths of three missionaries and the hasty removal of the rest, Vason suffered guilt and shame at his loss of faith and wrote this book to warn other young men against his mistakes. A fascinating account of Polynesia at the beginning of European contact.
In 1796 the London Missionary Society sent the ship Duff to deliver thirty young missionaries to the Polynesian kingdoms. One of them, bricklayer Geor...
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A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises
ISBN: 9781460961124 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Cleveland (1773-1860) was a Massachusetts sailor, shipowner, and trader, who sailed many times around the world and helped to establish a number of important early trading industries. His accounts of his voyages and the people and places he encountered is fasciniating reading for anyone interested in this important period in American maritime history. This a complete and unabridged reprint of the 1850 original book, with additional informative footnotes added by editor Brian K. Crawford.
Richard Cleveland (1773-1860) was a Massachusetts sailor, shipowner, and trader, who sailed many times around the world and helped to establish a numb...
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71,84 |
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Honor Guard Album: 33 Years Recreating Lewis and Clark
ISBN: 9781541136205 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Celebrating thirty-three years of recreating the Corps of Discovery's journey across the continent. The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is a major element of the exploration and development of the western United States. This photo album shows what the Honor Guard has done to help preserve that story.
Celebrating thirty-three years of recreating the Corps of Discovery's journey across the continent. The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is a m...
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109,76 |
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An Encounter With The Honey Island Swamp Monster
ISBN: 9781537454962 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There have been many sightings of the Honey Island Swamp Monster over many years. This book tells the tale of four high school students and a strange encounter with something in the swampy woods of Mississippi. Could it have been the same creature? The encounter occurred near a bridge where on moonless nights strange lights float through the air across the creek and entertain those brave enough to sit in the dark and watch. This is a true story of what happened to Billy, Orby, Becka and Marge when their date night intersected with something monstrous. Enjoy
There have been many sightings of the Honey Island Swamp Monster over many years. This book tells the tale of four high school students and a strange ...
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39,15 |
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The James Ford Bell Library: A List of Additions, 1965-1969
ISBN: 9780816671175 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,45 |
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Journal and Letter Book of Nicholas Buckeridge, 1651-1654
ISBN: 9780816672509 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Journal and Letter Book of Nicholas Buckeridge, 1651-1654 was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Nicholas Buckeridge was an employee of the East India Company from the 1640's into the 1660's, and his journal and letter book provide an account of English trade with India, Persia and East Africa in the mid-seventeenth century, a period for which few records of this kind have survived. Many logbooks and journals of the...
Journal and Letter Book of Nicholas Buckeridge, 1651-1654 was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long...
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The James Ford Bell Collection: A List of Additions, 1951-1954
ISBN: 9780816672547 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,10 |
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The James Ford Bell Collection: A List of Additions, 1955-1959
ISBN: 9780816672554 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The James Ford Bell Collection: A List of Additions, 1955-1959 was first published in 1961. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The James Ford Bell Collection of the University of Minnesota library is devoted to rare books, maps, and manuscripts pertaining to the history of European exploration and commerce. This bibliography lists more than 2,000 recent additions to the collection and serves as a supplement to the previously published...
The James Ford Bell Collection: A List of Additions, 1955-1959 was first published in 1961. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make...
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The James Ford Bell Collection: A List of Additions, 1960-1964
ISBN: 9780816672561 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Merchants and Scholars: Essays in the History of Exploration and Trade
ISBN: 9780816672578 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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194,31 |
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A Governor and His Image in Baroque Brazil: The Funereal Eulogy of Afonso Furtado de Castro Do Rio de Mendonca
ISBN: 9780816672622 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Governor and His Image in Baroque Brazil was first published in 1979. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.This seventeenth-century manuscript describes the life and death of Afonso Furtado, governor of Brazil from 1671 to 1675. The obscure author, Juan Lopes Sierra, was an eyewitness to many of the governor's activities and was clearly a great admirer of Furtado, whom he calls in his text "Our Hero." The manuscript is a useful cultural and...
A Governor and His Image in Baroque Brazil was first published in 1979. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable bo...
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Jesuit Relations and Other Americana in the Library of James F. Bell
ISBN: 9780816672660 / Angielski / Miękka / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jesuit Relations and Other Americana in the Library of James F. Bell was first published in 1950. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Librarians, scholars, and collectors of rare books will delight in this meticulously prepared catalogue of the James F. Bell collection of Americana. This collection of approximately 325 items was built around the early accounts of basic discoveries of America and particularly the French explorations into...
Jesuit Relations and Other Americana in the Library of James F. Bell was first published in 1950. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology t...
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Deadly Fathoms: Now For The First Time Expedition Leader Mike Harris Gives A Behind-The-Scenes Look At How His Team of Divers And Film
ISBN: 9781541186712 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1946 the U.S. Navy conducted 'Operation Crossroads' at Bikini Lagoon in the Marshall Islands. They placed dozens of old American WWII ships, plus captured German and Japanese warships (battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, freighters, troop carriers) in Bikini Lagoon and subjected them to two atom bomb tests. Prior to the tests they loaded each ship full of fuel and ammunition, trying to replicate wartime conditions, so they could see what would happen to the ships when they were hit by a nuclear explosion. The Navy didn't put any people on the ships, but they did place many live...
In 1946 the U.S. Navy conducted 'Operation Crossroads' at Bikini Lagoon in the Marshall Islands. They placed dozens of old American WWII ships, plus c...
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Captain John Franklin's Lost Expedition: The History of the British Explorer's Arctic Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage
ISBN: 9781542467049 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts of the lost voyage and searches for the crew *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "The sad story takes us back to the June of eighteen hundred and forty-five. The two discovery ships, the Erebus and Terror, are at sea, with the transport containing their supplies in attendance on them. The time is noon; the place on the ocean is near the island of Rona, seventy or eighty miles from Stromness; and the two steamers, Rattler and Blazer, are taking leave - a last, long leave -...
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts of the lost voyage and searches for the crew *Includes online resources and a bibliogra...
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And the Sea Shall Have Them All
ISBN: 9781539699088 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. the tragic loss of the palatial side-wheel steamer portland in the horrific gale on november 26 and 27th 1898. the ship sank with all hands, was witnessed by no-one and disappeared without trace. the wreck would not be found until 91 years later. it would remain new england's greatest maritime mystery. the book solves 2-100 year old mysteries. exactly how and why the ship sank. the second mystery involves the 35 year search by sara fuller, who's great grandfather john whitten perished on the portland resulting with her grandmother audrey being given-up for adoption at age 6. she had been...
the tragic loss of the palatial side-wheel steamer portland in the horrific gale on november 26 and 27th 1898. the ship sank with all hands, was witne...
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79,82 |
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The Great Barrier Reef: The History of the World's Largest Coral Reef
ISBN: 9781542766968 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the reef and animals written by explorers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors." - Antony Garrett List People have always loved to build things, whether it's a feat of engineering in an underground subway or the construction of the world's tallest skyscraper. Thus, it's somewhat ironic that the largest structure ever built...
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the reef and animals written by explorers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of c...
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32,49 |
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