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A New Voyage Round the World
ISBN: 9780241413289 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'A roaring tale ... remains as vivid and exciting today as it was on publication in 1697' Guardian The pirate and adventurer William Dampier circumnavigated the globe three times, and took notes wherever he went. This is his frank, vivid account of his buccaneering sea voyages around the world, from the Caribbean to the Pacific and East Indies. Filled with accounts of raids, escapes, wrecks and storms, it also contains precise observations of people, places, animals and food (including the first English accounts of guacamole, mango chutney and chopsticks). A bestseller on publication, this...
'A roaring tale ... remains as vivid and exciting today as it was on publication in 1697' Guardian The pirate and adventurer William Dampier circum...
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62,31 zł |
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We Could Perceive No Sign of The
ISBN: 9781594163470 / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) |
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119,18 zł |
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After the Lost Franklin Expedition
ISBN: 9781526765864 / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Franklin Expedition, where all 129 men died, is arguably the worst disaster to Britain's history of polar exploration. The fate of the missing men has remained an enigma that tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers.
The Franklin Expedition, where all 129 men died, is arguably the worst disaster to Britain's history of polar exploration. The fate of the missing men...
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71,74 zł |
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We Vikings
ISBN: 9789462622739 / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) |
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158,55 zł |
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70,38 zł |
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Per terres d'Orient i d'Occident: (1978 - 1980)
ISBN: 9781514272435 / Kataloński Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) |
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50,66 zł |
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The Journals of Captain Cook
ISBN: 9780140436471 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The writings of a first-rate scientist and daring adventurer, and a major inspiration for Elizabeth Gilbert s bestselling novel The Signature of All Things
John Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook's journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published... The writings of a first-rate scientist and daring adventurer, and a major inspiration for Elizabeth Gilbert s bestselling novel The Signature of...
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62,31 zł |
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The Voyage of the Vizcaina: The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship
ISBN: 9780156031585 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) Of all the great seafaring vessels of the Age of Discovery, not one has been recovered or evengiven the lack of detailed contemporary descriptionsaccurately represented. Then, in the mid-1990s, a sunken ship was found in a small, shallow gulf off the coast of Panama. Chronicling both dramatic history and present-day archaeological adventures, Klaus Brinkbaumer and Clemens Hoges reveal this artifact to be not only the oldest shipwreck ever recovered in the Western Hemisphere but also very likely the remains of the Vizcaina, one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New...
Of all the great seafaring vessels of the Age of Discovery, not one has been recovered or evengiven the lack of detailed contemporary descriptionsaccu...
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83,54 zł |
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The Oxford Companion to World Exploration
ISBN: 9780195149227 / Angielski / Twarda / 1072 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) Covering all aspects of global exploration, from Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration examines the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers. This coverage includes biographies, including Lewis and Clark, Ferdinand Magellan, Cheng Ho, Hernan Cortes, Ibn Battuta, Vitus Bering, and Christopher Columbus; national expeditions, including Portuguese, British, French, Chinese, Dutch, and Spanish; and navigational and marine sciences, such as navigational techniques, ancient and medieval navigation, ocean currents and winds, longitude, cartography,...
Covering all aspects of global exploration, from Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration examines the lives and expedi...
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974,04 zł |
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Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery : An Anthology
ISBN: 9780195155976 / Angielski / Miękka / 413 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoples. Aided by the invention of the printing press in Europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever before. In Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery, historian Peter C. Mancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this era. Written by authors from Spain, France, Italy, England, China, and North Africa describing locations that range from Brazil to Canada,...
The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant l...
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200,01 zł |
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The Trial of the Cannibal Dog : The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Encounters in the South Seas
ISBN: 9780300100921 / Angielski / Twarda / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) This vivid book retells the story of Captain Cook's great voyages in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers and the island peoples they "discovered." While Cook and his men were initially confounded by the Polynesians, they were also curious. Cook and his crew soon formed friendships--and often more intimate relationships--with the islanders. The islanders, who initially were not certain if the Englishmen were even human, came to experiment with Western customs and in some cases joined the voyagers on their expeditions. But familiarity quickly bred contempt....
This vivid book retells the story of Captain Cook's great voyages in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers and the island p...
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172,73 zł |
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
ISBN: 9780375404030 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. Their ordeal would last for twenty months,...
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the S...
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138,86 zł |
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
ISBN: 9780375706523 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color.
In the spring of 1804, at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson, a party of explorers called the Corps of Discovery crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri, heading west into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. The expedition, led by two remarkable and utterly different commanders -- the brilliant but troubled Meriwether Lewis and his trustworthy, gregarious friend William Clark -- was to be the United States' first exploration into unknown spaces.... The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color.
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118,98 zł |
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The Voyage of the Beagle: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countriesvisited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
ISBN: 9780375756801 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin began to formulate the theories of evolution and natural selection realized in his master work, The Origin of Species. Travel memoir and scientific primer alike, The Voyage of the Beagle is a lively and accessible introduction to the mind of one...
In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his f...
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81,22 zł |
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North American Exploration
ISBN: 9780471391487 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) A comprehensive, highly readable reference This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century. Completely up-to-date in content and historical approach, the book is divided into seven sections, each covering a major area of exploration. Vivid, narrative entries bring to life early expeditions (e.g., African and Scandinavian voyages, real and apocryphal), voyages of European explorers, Western expeditions, and explorations of the Arctic. From the...
A comprehensive, highly readable reference This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North Ameri...
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158,55 zł |
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The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza De Vaca : His Account of the Disasterous First European Exploration of the American Southwest
ISBN: 9780486431802 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned -- after covering about 6,000 miles in the course of eight harrowing years. Cabeza de Vaca's incredible account of his 1528-1536 expedition of what is now the southern and southwestern United States and northern Mexico is unparalleled in the history of exploration. The first European to see and report sightings of the buffalo and the Mississippi River, he presents a narrative that crackles with excitement and suspense, from interactions with friendly and hostile Indians and...
Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned -- after covering about 6,000 mil...
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44,16 zł |
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Rediscovering Vinland : Evidence of Ancient Viking Presence in America
ISBN: 9780595436804 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) |
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91,41 zł |
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The American Diaries of Count de Berlaymont : Some Primary Source Material from a Diary of a Young Belgian...
ISBN: 9780761828594 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych (dostawa może nastąpić po świętach) The American Diaries of Count de Berlaymont is the first-ever English translation of a nineteenth-century French travel narrative, outlaying the adventurous travels of Count Guy de Berlaymont throughout the United States and Cuba. Perhaps most interesting are de Berlaymont's descriptions and observations on travel, culture, and politics, which serve as firsthand historical accounting of the two countries. Young de Berlaymont was a frequent traveler and his American adventure remained important to him throughout his life. Publication of travel accounts particularly popular in Europe and...
The American Diaries of Count de Berlaymont is the first-ever English translation of a nineteenth-century French travel narrative, outlaying the adven...
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371,12 zł |
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The Developing World and the Environment : Making the Case for Effective Protection of the Global Environment
ISBN: 9780761828792 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) In this study, author Rajendra Ramlogan calls for a re-examination of the legal and institutional framework for protection of the global environment within the context of the special needs of the developing world. This unique third-world perspective on international environmental law is suitable for college-level courses.
In this study, author Rajendra Ramlogan calls for a re-examination of the legal and institutional framework for protection of the global environment w...
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371,12 zł |
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A Long Way Home : The Story of a Jewish Youth, 1939-1949
ISBN: 9780761830399 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (nie gwarantujemy dostawy w 2020 roku) Golan's book is an eyewitness account of some of the most important events of the 20th century. This is a fresh and engaging story of the experience of Jewish refugees in the Soviet Union and Israel as seen through the eyes of a boy.
Golan's book is an eyewitness account of some of the most important events of the 20th century. This is a fresh and engaging story of the experience o...
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277,41 zł |
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