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Titanic: The Sinking of The Titanic
ISBN: 9781522776604 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest ship in the world, hit an iceberg, starting a chain of events that would ultimately make it history's most famous ship. In the 100 plus years since it sank on its maiden voyage, the Titanic has been the subject of endless fascination, as evidenced by the efforts to find its final resting spot, the museums full of its objects, and the countless books, documentaries, and movies made about the doomed ocean liner. Thanks to the dramatization of the Titanic's sinking and the undying interest in the story, millions of people...
Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest ship in the world, hit an iceberg, starting a chain of events that would ultimate...
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55,00 zł |
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On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500
ISBN: 9780198757894 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For humans the sea is, and always has been, an alien environment. Ever moving and ever changing in mood, it is a place without time, in contrast to the land which is fixed and scarred by human activity giving it a visible history. While the land is familiar, even reassuring, the sea is unknown and threatening. By taking to the sea humans put themselves at its mercy. It has often been perceived to be an alien power teasing and cajoling. The sea may give but it takes. Why, then, did humans become seafarers? Part of the answer is that we are conditioned by our genetics to be acquisitive...
For humans the sea is, and always has been, an alien environment. Ever moving and ever changing in mood, it is a place without time, in contrast to th...
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169,05 zł |
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The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship
ISBN: 9781611687057 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two days after Christmas in 1738, a British merchant ship traveling from Rotterdam to Philadelphia grounded in a blizzard on the northern tip of Block Island, twelve miles off the Rhode Island coast. The ship carried emigrants from the Palatinate and its neighboring territories in what is now southwest Germany. The 105 passengers and crew on board--sick, frozen, and starving--were all that remained of the 340 men, women, and children who had left their homeland the previous spring. They now found themselves castaways, on the verge of death, and at the mercy of a community of strangers whose...
Two days after Christmas in 1738, a British merchant ship traveling from Rotterdam to Philadelphia grounded in a blizzard on the northern tip of Block...
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88,20 zł |
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La Real Armada de España de 1786 a 1801.: Revueltas En Gran Canaria En 1808 Y Sus Causas
ISBN: 9781545155608 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,88 zł |
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Les Marins du XVIe siècle
ISBN: 9781545446485 / Francuski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,27 zł |
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La marine militaire de la France en 1845
ISBN: 9781545446607 / Francuski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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36,08 zł |
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Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia
ISBN: 9781682472460 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An excellent must-read for anyone about to deploy on anti-piracy operations (and for politicians and diplomats who ought to know about the practical aspects of dealing with pirates)." ― Warships International Fleet Review
Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings magazine, Pirate Alley is now available in paperback. The book provides an in-depth look at every aspect of Somali piracy, from how the pirates operate to how the actions of a relative handful of youthful criminals and their bosses have impacted the world economy. It explores the debate... "An excellent must-read for anyone about to deploy on anti-piracy operations (and for politicians and diplomats who ought to know about the practical ...
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111,26 zł |
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Daniel Defoe - A General History of the Pyrates: "and of All Plagues with Which Mankind Are Curst, Ecclesiastic Tyranny's the Worst"
ISBN: 9781787374294 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Daniel Defoe is most well-known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1660, he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a businessman, a spy. His life was long and colourful, and the breadth of his work, still highly regarded, is infused with similar vigour. It is said that only the bible has been printed in more languages than Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is also noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel. He was extremely prolific and a very versatile writer, producing several hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including...
Daniel Defoe is most well-known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1660, he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a...
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47,38 zł |
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White Squall: Sailing the Great Lakes
ISBN: 9780970260611 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Native water monster who raised canoe-killing storms to thousand-foot cargo ships, sailing the Great Lakes has inspired autobiography, folksong, poetry, and fiction about some of the most beautiful, most dangerous, waters in the world. In the words of the men and women who lived them, here are the dangers and triumphs, the ghosts and mysteries, the daredevil risks and losses, spanning the worlds of Native journeys, wars on the lakes, early canoe travel, schooner work, yacht racing, steamer travel, and the great bulk carriers. Their accounts are edited with introductions and technical...
From the Native water monster who raised canoe-killing storms to thousand-foot cargo ships, sailing the Great Lakes has inspired autobiography, folkso...
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116,78 zł |
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Voyage of HMS Pandora: Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the Bounty in the South Seas, 1790-1791
ISBN: 9780994517852 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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28,20 zł |
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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
ISBN: 9780820353258 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined.
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve sch...
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126,63 zł |
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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
ISBN: 9780820353265 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined.
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve sch...
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506,39 zł |
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Blackbeard's Sunken Prize: The 300-Year Voyage of Queen Anne's Revenge
ISBN: 9781469640525 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1717, the pirate Blackbeard captured a French slaving vessel off the coast of Martinique and renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge. But in June 1718 Blackbeard reportedly ran the ship aground off the coast of North Carolina. When divers discovered the wreck in 1996, it was heralded as a major find in maritime archaeology. Now the story of Queen Anne's Revenge is revealed in full detail.
In 1717, the pirate Blackbeard captured a French slaving vessel off the coast of Martinique and renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge. But in June 1718 Blac...
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121,64 zł |
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Oceanic Histories
ISBN: 9781108423182 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oceanic Histories is the first comprehensive account of world history focused not on the land but viewed through the 70% of the Earth's surface covered by water. Leading historians trace the history of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans and seas, from the Arctic and the Baltic to the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan/Korea's East Sea, over the longue duree. Individual chapters trace the histories and the historiographies of the various oceanic regions, with special attention given to the histories of circulation and particularity, the links between human and non-human history and the...
Oceanic Histories is the first comprehensive account of world history focused not on the land but viewed through the 70% of the Earth's surface covere...
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444,40 zł |
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Oceanic Histories
ISBN: 9781108434829 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oceanic Histories is the first comprehensive account of world history focused not on the land but viewed through the 70% of the Earth's surface covered by water. Leading historians trace the history of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans and seas, from the Arctic and the Baltic to the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan/Korea's East Sea, over the longue duree. Individual chapters trace the histories and the historiographies of the various oceanic regions, with special attention given to the histories of circulation and particularity, the links between human and non-human history and the...
Oceanic Histories is the first comprehensive account of world history focused not on the land but viewed through the 70% of the Earth's surface covere...
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121,59 zł |
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The Sound Toll at Elsinore: Politics, Shipping and the Collection of Duties 1429-1857
ISBN: 9788763544702 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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404,74 zł |
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Property, Place and Piracy
ISBN: 9781138745131 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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778,85 zł |
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The Wreck of the San Francisco: Disaster and Aftermath in the Great Hurricane of December 1853
ISBN: 9781476674100 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On December 22, 1853, a brand new steamship left New York Harbor on its maiden voyage. The San Francisco was arguably the best-made ocean-going vessel built up to that time. Only two days out, the San Francisco ran into one of the great hurricanes of maritime history. Her sails and masts were blown away, the engine was wrecked, and scores of people were washed overboard.
On December 22, 1853, a brand new steamship left New York Harbor on its maiden voyage. The San Francisco was arguably the best-made ocean-going vessel...
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221,24 zł |
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From Peebles to Gympie: The Diary of William Rankine
ISBN: 9781999784904 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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27,44 zł |
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inventaire photographique et généalogique de trentemoult et vertou: photos de familles de trentemoult et vertou
ISBN: 9782322085576 / Francuski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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273,99 zł |
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