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Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot, with His Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin
ISBN: 9781108050043 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Rene Bellot (1826 53) was a French naval officer whose travels took him from Africa to the Arctic before his tragic death at the age of 27. In 1851 he joined a British expedition to search for the missing explorer Sir John Franklin (1786 1847), whose expedition to find the North-West Passage was last heard of in July 1845. Although the voyage was unsuccessful in its search, it explored previously unknown areas of the Arctic. Bellot kept extensive notes about his journey in this remote region; they originally appeared in French in 1854 and were translated into English in 1855 and...
Joseph Rene Bellot (1826 53) was a French naval officer whose travels took him from Africa to the Arctic before his tragic death at the age of 27. In ...
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265,79 zł |
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Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot, with his Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin
ISBN: 9781108050050 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Rene Bellot (1826 53) was a French naval officer whose travels took him from Africa to the Arctic before his tragic death at the age of 27. In 1851 he joined a British expedition to search for the missing polar explorer Sir John Franklin (1786 1847), whose expedition to find the North-West Passage was last heard of in July 1845. Although the voyage was unsuccessful in its search, it explored previously unknown areas of the Arctic. Bellot kept extensive notes about his journey in this remote region; they originally appeared in French in 1854 and were translated into English in 1855 and...
Joseph Rene Bellot (1826 53) was a French naval officer whose travels took him from Africa to the Arctic before his tragic death at the age of 27. In ...
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255,56 zł |
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The Two Voyages of the Pandora: In 1875 and 1876
ISBN: 9781108050104 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Allen Young (1827 1915), was a merchant navy officer and experienced polar explorer. He took part in several expeditions before those of the Pandora including as navigator to McClintock on the Fox to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin. He was also in command of the Fox on the 1860 North Atlantic Telegraph Expedition to assess the practicality of a cable route between Europe and America across the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. In 1875 and 1876 he led two expeditions in the Canadian Arctic on the steam yacht Pandora. The first, the British North-West Passage Expedition, was an attempt...
Sir Allen Young (1827 1915), was a merchant navy officer and experienced polar explorer. He took part in several expeditions before those of the Pando...
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168,67 zł |
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The Love-Life of Dr Kane: Containing the Correspondence, and a History of the Acquaintance, Engagement, and Secret Marriage Between Elisha K. Ka
ISBN: 9781108050128 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elisha Kane (1820 57) was a famous U.S. Arctic explorer who fell in love with the well-known New York spiritualist Margaret Fox (1836 93). When their secret engagement was revealed, it caused much controversy and Fox was later accused of fabricating their subsequent marriage. She wanted to publish their correspondence in 1862 to clear her name, but Kane's family who disapproved of Fox and did not believe the couple ever married halted the book's publication and they reached a settlement. When they failed to make agreed payments to Fox, she decided to publish the letters in 1866. The...
Elisha Kane (1820 57) was a famous U.S. Arctic explorer who fell in love with the well-known New York spiritualist Margaret Fox (1836 93). When their ...
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178,89 zł |
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Report of the President and Council of the Royal Society on the Instructions to Be Prepared for the Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic Regions
ISBN: 9781108050135 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1839 43 Antarctic expedition was primarily a scientific voyage. James Clark Ross, a member of the expedition that had located the Magnetic North Pole in 1831, was the natural choice to lead this mission to find the Magnetic South Pole. Although he was unsuccessful in this aim, he charted the coastline of most of the continent, collected valuable scientific data and made several important discoveries. Published in 1840, these papers were prepared by the Royal Society for the expedition and give detailed instructions on how to make the important magnetic and meteorological observations....
The 1839 43 Antarctic expedition was primarily a scientific voyage. James Clark Ross, a member of the expedition that had located the Magnetic North P...
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137,95 zł |
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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition: U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding
ISBN: 9781108050159 / Angielski / Miękka / 780 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The account, first published in 1876, of a dramatic and ill-fated American expedition to the North Pole.
The account, first published in 1876, of a dramatic and ill-fated American expedition to the North Pole.
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352,62 zł |
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Journal d'Un Voyage Aux Mers Polaires: Exécuté À La Recherche de Sir John Franklin, En 1851 Et 1852
ISBN: 9781108050166 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The intrepid French explorer Joseph Rene Bellot (1826 53) became a symbol of Anglo-French friendship in 1851, when he took part in the second expedition of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin. During the seventeen-month expedition, Bellot wrote a journal which captures his enthusiasm for the discovery of unknown lands and the anxieties of a perilous journey. Together with Captain William Kennedy, Bellot found the northernmost point of the American continent and was named a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His journal was published posthumously, together with a short...
The intrepid French explorer Joseph Rene Bellot (1826 53) became a symbol of Anglo-French friendship in 1851, when he took part in the second expediti...
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250,39 zł |
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The Voyage of the Jeannette: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. de Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of
ISBN: 9781108050173 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George W. De Long (1844 81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, he and his crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. His doomed expedition is documented in these two volumes, compiled by his wife Emma from his journals and the testimony of the mission's survivors. First published in 1883, Volume 1 begins by sketching De Long's early years and his preparations for the...
George W. De Long (1844 81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which le...
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337,33 zł |
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The Voyage of the Jeannette: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. de Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of
ISBN: 9781108050180 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George W. De Long (1844 81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, the crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony of the survivors, these two volumes document De Long's doomed expedition. First published in 1883, Volume 2 records the Jeannette's final wreckage, and the crew's continuation of their perilous mission in...
George W. De Long (1844 81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which le...
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337,33 zł |
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The Heart of Oregon's Outback: Reflections on Lake County, Oregon
ISBN: 9781467923996 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an affectionate history and description of life in Lake County, Oregon. The book offers an affectionate glimpse of the land forms, history and people of Lake County. Located at the extreme north of the Great Basin, the county's high desert environment was home to a nomadic First People who lived here peacefully but perilously for many thousands of years before the coming of the white man. The coming of white pioneers brought the classic old west "Indian Wars," range wars, "sheep wars," homesteading; and, for a time, a thriving timber industry. The high desert country is a land of...
This is an affectionate history and description of life in Lake County, Oregon. The book offers an affectionate glimpse of the land forms, history and...
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68,40 zł |
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Oceans in the Years 1829, 1830, 183
ISBN: 9781108049771 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abby Jane Morrell (b. 1809) was the wife of ship captain and explorer Benjamin Morrell (1795 1839). During the nineteenth century it became more common for women to join their husbands on voyages, and Abby insisted on accompanying her husband on his fourth voyage. They left America for the Pacific in 1829 on board the Antarctic, which visited the Auckland Islands and Pacific Islands in search of commercial gain, before returning via the Azores in 1831. First published in 1833, this is Abby's account of their journey. It was ghostwritten by the American author Samuel Knapp (1783 1838) and...
Abby Jane Morrell (b. 1809) was the wife of ship captain and explorer Benjamin Morrell (1795 1839). During the nineteenth century it became more commo...
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163,56 zł |
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Proceedings of the Proteus Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883
ISBN: 9781108050074 / Angielski / Miękka / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 1884 investigation into the two failed attempts to relieve the Greely Arctic Expedition led to success later that year.
This 1884 investigation into the two failed attempts to relieve the Greely Arctic Expedition led to success later that year.
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337,29 zł |
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An Account of the Petrological, Botanical, and Zoological Collection Made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez During the Transit of Venus Expeditions 18
ISBN: 9781108050098 / Angielski / Miękka / 652 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Kerguelen Islands, known also as the Desolation Islands, lie in the extreme south of the Indian Ocean. By the late nineteenth century they were still relatively unexplored, but they represented a fascinating puzzle: although the Islands were four thousand miles away from South America, they shared the same species of flora. Rodrigues, an island off the coast of Madagascar, was also a point of increasing interest among naturalists. While most archipelagic islands then discovered were volcanic, explorers noted that the caves of Rodrigues were formed of limestone, and that most local species...
The Kerguelen Islands, known also as the Desolation Islands, lie in the extreme south of the Indian Ocean. By the late nineteenth century they were st...
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439,56 zł |
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Voyage Dans Les Mers Du Nord a Bord de La Corvette La Reine Hortense
ISBN: 9781108050142 / Francuski / Miękka / 820 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1856, Prince Napoleon, the French Emperor's cousin, carried out a four-month expedition in the North Sea. He was accompanied by a scientific committee as well as a group of painters, photographers and writers. Among the participants was Polish novelist, playwright, poet and journalist Karol Edmund Choiecki (1822 99). In 1844, he had fled Russian persecution in Poland, having been in jeopardy due to his activism and patriotic writings. He found refuge in France and befriended such members of the intellectual elite as Gustave Flaubert and George Sand. In 1857, Choiecki published a...
In 1856, Prince Napoleon, the French Emperor's cousin, carried out a four-month expedition in the North Sea. He was accompanied by a scientific commit...
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383,29 zł |
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Mapping the Patterns of World History, Volume Two: Since 1450
ISBN: 9780199856398 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each volume of Mapping Patterns of World History includes approximately 50 full-color maps (each accompanied by a headnote), as well as Concept Map exercises.
FREE in a bundle, contact your Oxford University Press representative for details, or call 800-280-0280. Each volume of Mapping Patterns of World History includes approximately 50 full-color maps (each accompanied by a headnote), as well as Concept Map ex...
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221,51 zł |
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A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804: In Which the Author Visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the Engl
ISBN: 9781108053983 / Angielski / Miękka / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This nineteenth-century travelogue documents John Turnbull's five-year journey around the world. Turnbull (fl. 1799 1813), a sailor in the merchant service, set out from Portsmouth in 1800 with the original purpose of pursuing trade in north-west Asia. In his ship, the Margaret, he sailed via Madeira and around the Cape of Good Hope. Setting aside his trading plans, he went on to explore Pacific territories, including Australia, Norfolk Island and the Society Islands. This book records his observations throughout, and also includes an appendix featuring Turnbull's account of his time in New...
This nineteenth-century travelogue documents John Turnbull's five-year journey around the world. Turnbull (fl. 1799 1813), a sailor in the merchant se...
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337,29 zł |
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From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury
ISBN: 9781554588374 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City is a historical geography of the City of Greater Sudbury. The story that began billions of years ago encompasses dramatic physical and human events. Among them are volcanic eruptions, two meteorite impacts, the ebb and flow of continental glaciers, Aboriginal occupancy, exploration and mapping by Europeans, exploitation by fur traders and Canadian lumbermen and American entrepreneurs, the rise of global mining giants, unionism, pollution and re-greening, and the creation of a unique constellation city of 160,000. The title posits... From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City is a historical geography of the City of Greater Sudbury. The story that began billions of year... |
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170,72 zł |
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The Alps from End to End
ISBN: 9781108054782 / Angielski / Miękka / 606 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During a life of many and varied interests, the art historian and mountaineer William Martin Conway (1856 1927) served as a professor of art at Liverpool and Cambridge, a member of parliament, director-general of the Imperial War Museum, and president of the Alpine Club. He climbed extensively in Europe and the Himalayas, mapped part of the Karakoram range (for which he was knighted), and named several mountains. In 1894 he walked the length of the Alps accompanied by two Gurkha soldiers. The celebrated expedition took the party sixty-five days to complete. Conway and his companions climbed...
During a life of many and varied interests, the art historian and mountaineer William Martin Conway (1856 1927) served as a professor of art at Liverp...
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373,12 zł |
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The Hypocrites: CIA/Mossad Road Map to Iran
ISBN: 9781542862738 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,56 zł |
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Indian Wells Chamber of Commerce: Celebrting the Past, Present and Future of the Chamber
ISBN: 9781477548004 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book celebrates the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Indian Wells
This book celebrates the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Indian Wells
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104,87 zł |
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