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Sight Unseen: How Frémont's First Expedition Changed the American Landscape
ISBN: 9781496205599 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John C. Fremont was the most celebrated explorer of his era. In 1842, on the first of five expeditions he would lead to the Far West, Fremont and a small party of men journeyed up the Kansas and Platte Rivers to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. At the time, virtually this entire region was known as the Great Desert, and many Americans viewed it and the Rocky Mountains beyond as natural barriers to the United States. After Congress published Fremont's official report of the expedition, however, few doubted the nation should expand to the Pacific. The first in-depth study of this...
John C. Fremont was the most celebrated explorer of his era. In 1842, on the first of five expeditions he would lead to the Far West, Fremont and a sm...
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95,10 |
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Famous Explorers Bingo Book: Complete Bingo Game In A Book
ISBN: 9780873864749 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,83 |
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History of Florida by... Book 4 part 2: The mystery of the maps of Christopher Columbus. Spain-Turkish-Vatican-Rhodes-Florida. 1513-1514
ISBN: 9781727057294 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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30,02 |
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Finding Dr. Livingstone: A History in Documents from the Henry Morton Stanley Archives
ISBN: 9780821423660 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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385,34 |
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
ISBN: 9781613823903 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,46 |
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To My Dearest Wife, Lide: Letters from George B. Gideon Jr. during Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan, 1853–1855
ISBN: 9780817320232 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a rare first-person account of the landmark American naval expedition to Japan to establish commercial relations between the two countries. George Gideon's letters have been meticulously transcribed and annotated by the editors and are an invaluable primary historical source.
Offers a rare first-person account of the landmark American naval expedition to Japan to establish commercial relations between the two countries. Geo...
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204,87 |
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
ISBN: 9781613829851 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
95,76 |
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
ISBN: 9781613829868 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
59,46 |
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Hunters on the Track: William Penny and the Search for Franklin
ISBN: 9780773552838 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captains of whaling vessels were experienced navigators of northern waters, and William Penny was in the vanguard of the whaling fraternity. Leading the first maritime expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, he stood out not just for his skill as a sailor but for his curiosity about northern geography and his willingness to seek out Inuit testimony to map uncharted territory. Hunters on the Track describes and analyzes the efforts made by the Scottish whaling master to locate Franklin's missing expedition. Bookended by an account of Penny's whaling career, including the rediscovery of...
Captains of whaling vessels were experienced navigators of northern waters, and William Penny was in the vanguard of the whaling fraternity. Leading t...
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180,47 |
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The Account of Cabeza de Vaca: A Literal Translation with Analysis and Commentary
ISBN: 9781732687417 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,00 |
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Contacts, Collisions and Relationships: Britons and Chileans in the Independence era, 1806-1831
ISBN: 9781786941725 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the relations between Britain and Chile during the Spanish American independence era (1806-1831). It focuses on the dynamic, unpredictable and changing nature of cultural encounters to cast doubt on the assumption that imperialism was their obvious outcome and to understand further nation-building processes.
A study of the relations between Britain and Chile during the Spanish American independence era (1806-1831). It focuses on the dynamic, unpredictable ...
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587,91 |
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The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
ISBN: 9781101974605 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,61 |
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Sons of Vikings: A Legendary History of the Viking Age
ISBN: 9781790425846 / Angielski / Miękka / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
72,04 |
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Volume 1/2: Large Print Edition
ISBN: 9781582188577 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
149,19 |
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Volume 2/2: Large Print Edition
ISBN: 9781582188584 / Angielski / Twarda / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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149,19 |
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Volume 1/2: Large Print Edition
ISBN: 9781582188935 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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119,31 |
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Neil Armstrong: The Life and Legacy of the First Astronaut to Walk on the Moon
ISBN: 9781798116548 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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44,58 |
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Neil Armstrong: The Life and Legacy of the First Astronaut to Walk on the Moon
ISBN: 9781798116623 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,46 |
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The Portuguese Empire and Africa: The History and Legacy of Portugal's Exploration and Colonization of the West African Coast
ISBN: 9781798285312 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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44,58 |
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Terra Cognita
ISBN: 9781138533950 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most of us are fascinated by the conventional storybook account of Christopher Columbus' heroic discovery of America in 1492. Yet, should the credit for discovering America go to a man who insisted it was but a few islands off the shores of China?In Terra Cognita, Eviatar Zerubavel argues that physical encounters are only one part of the complex, multifaceted process of discovery. Such encounters must be complemented by an understanding of the true identity of what is being discovered. The small group of islands claimed by Columbus to have been discovered off the shores of Asia was a far cry...
Most of us are fascinated by the conventional storybook account of Christopher Columbus' heroic discovery of America in 1492. Yet, should the credit f...
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