Voyage Au Pole Sud Et Dans l'Océanie Sur Les Corvettes l'Astrolabe Et La Zélée: Exécuté Par Ordre Du Roi Pendant Les Années 1837-1838-1839-1840
ISBN: 9781108049962 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1836, the French King Louis-Philippe, enthusiastic for Southern Hemisphere exploration, supported M. J. Dumont d'Urville's plan for a circumnavigation focusing on the South Seas. D'Urville (1790 1842) had already distinguished himself on two Pacific expeditions and was eager to rival the achievements of James Cook. Between 1837 and 1840, the ships Astrolabe and Zelee explored the waters of the Antarctic area and Oceania in extremely harsh conditions: almost forty crew members died or deserted. However, d'Urville discovered a new portion of the Antarctic coast, shed light on the ethnography...
In 1836, the French King Louis-Philippe, enthusiastic for Southern Hemisphere exploration, supported M. J. Dumont d'Urville's plan for a circumnavigat...
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Voyage Au Pole Sud Et Dans l'Océanie Sur Les Corvettes l'Astrolabe Et La Zélée: Exécuté Par Ordre Du Roi Pendant Les Années 1837-1838-1839-1840
ISBN: 9781108049979 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1836, the French King Louis-Philippe, enthusiastic for Southern Hemisphere exploration, supported M. J. Dumont d'Urville's plan for a circumnavigation focusing on the South Seas. D'Urville (1790 1842) had already distinguished himself on two Pacific expeditions and was eager to rival the achievements of James Cook. Between 1837 and 1840, the ships Astrolabe and Zelee explored the waters of the Antarctic area and Oceania in extremely harsh conditions: almost forty crew members died or deserted. However, d'Urville discovered a new portion of the Antarctic coast, shed light on the ethnography...
In 1836, the French King Louis-Philippe, enthusiastic for Southern Hemisphere exploration, supported M. J. Dumont d'Urville's plan for a circumnavigat...
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151,37 zł |
Fur-Clad Adventurers: Or, Travels in Skin-Canoes, on Dog-Sledges, on Reindeer, and on Snow-Shoes, Through Alaska, Kamchatka, and Eastern Sib
ISBN: 9781108050005 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Z. A. Mudge (1813 88) was an American pastor, author and Arctic exploration enthusiast. After the success of his popular books North Pole Voyages and Arctic Heroes, he wrote this book on the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. In the mid-nineteenth century the Western Union Telegraph Company decided to create a telegraph line that would run from San Francisco, California to Moscow, Russia. The line was to run through Alaska and Siberia, and although the project was abandoned in 1867, a large amount of Arctic exploration had been achieved in the meantime. This book, first published in 1880, is...
Z. A. Mudge (1813 88) was an American pastor, author and Arctic exploration enthusiast. After the success of his popular books North Pole Voyages and ...
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126,14 zł |
A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology: Reprinted and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fell
ISBN: 9781108050029 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The book is divided into two sections: geographical observations by the likes of Admiral Collinson, who led the 1850 expedition in search of John Franklin, and ethnographic observations, including accounts of the Inuit and their language. Unfortunately, it does not include the one piece of...
In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. Th...
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions: The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas
ISBN: 9781108050036 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819 1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dangerous sledge journeys charting the territory. McClintock's account of his 1857 9 expedition on the yacht Fox through the North-West Passage to discover the fate of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his ships, the Erebus and Terror, was first published in 1859. The journey was commissioned by Franklin's widow who, unhappy with the Admiralty's reluctance to seek confirmation of the account of her husband's expedition brought back in 1854 by...
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819 1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dan...
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156,42 zł |
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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161,47 zł |
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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156,42 zł |
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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95,84 zł |
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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111,00 zł |
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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80,70 zł |
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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211,94 zł |
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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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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181,65 zł |
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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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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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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90,80 zł |
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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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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267,46 zł |
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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237,17 zł |
Mapping Patterns of World History, Volume 1: To 1750
ISBN: 9780199856381 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 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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215,64 zł |