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Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India, During the Years 1847-8
ISBN: 9781108046008 / Angielski / Miękka / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explorer and naturalist Thomas Thomson (1817 78) led an intrepid life. He started his career as an assistant surgeon with the East India Company and soon became a curator of the Asiatic Society's museum in Bengal. He was sent to Afghanistan in 1840 during the First Anglo-Afghan War, and was captured but managed to escape as he was about to be sold as a slave. Undaunted by this misfortune, he accepted a perilous mission to define the boundary between Kashmir and Chinese Tibet in 1847. During his eighteen-month journey, Thomson explored the Kashmir territories and went as far north as the...
Explorer and naturalist Thomas Thomson (1817 78) led an intrepid life. He started his career as an assistant surgeon with the East India Company and s...
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322,89 |
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
ISBN: 9781616406646 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps the first modern travelogues still to capture the imaginations of armchair explorers, the mid-19th-century bestselling books of American diplomat and writer JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS (1805-1852) reads like the most inspired of novels. The poetic immediacy places the reader square in the saddle of adventure. In this classic 1837 work-which a critic like Edgar Allan Poe praised for its "freshness of manner evincing manliness of feeling"-Stephens takes the reader on an evocative journey through the Middle East, from a visit to the pyramids of Egypt to encounters with enthusiastic locals and...
Perhaps the first modern travelogues still to capture the imaginations of armchair explorers, the mid-19th-century bestselling books of American diplo...
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181,23 |
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A Wandering Scholar in the Levant
ISBN: 9781108041911 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862 1927) was, when he died, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He was instrumental in launching T. E. Lawrence's career, employing him at Carchemish and encouraging him to learn Arabic. This book, published in 1896 and described by Lawrence as 'one of the best travel books ever written', relates a journey through Ottoman Turkey, with additional chapters on Egypt and Cyprus. It combines a highly readable account of the practicalities and pitfalls of archaeology with Hogarth's (often unsympathetic) opinions on...
The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862 1927) was, when he died, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He was ...
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205,00 |
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Field Guide to Hong Kong Mangroves
ISBN: 9789629370565 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This field guide is a companion publication of "Hong Kong Mangroves" and serves three purposes: to provide maps indicating where mangrove plants and animals can be found; to provide teachers, students and parents with tips of do's and don'ts when they collect field data, and the safe steps for them to follow; and, to provide identification keys, lists and indexes of the names of places, plants and animals so as to assist readers in conducting background research. The book focuses on useful tools and techniques for field studies. This book, together with the companion volume - Hong Kong...
This field guide is a companion publication of "Hong Kong Mangroves" and serves three purposes: to provide maps indicating where mangrove plants and a...
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24,44 |
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Petr Petrovich Semenov's Travels in the Tian'-Shan', 1856-1857: Travels in the Tian'-Shan' 1856-1857
ISBN: 9780904180602 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the mid-nineteenth century the eyes of western European explorers were firmly fixed on advancing inland from former maritime colonies in the Americas, Africa, the Indian sub-continent and Australasia, their motives often being inextricably bound up with concerns of imperial politics and commerce. Simultaneously, further east, Russians resumed their perceived mission to civilise Asia, following their own countrya s humiliation during the Crimean War. From a springboard of Siberian territories acquired gradually over the previous three centuries, discovery and expansion radiated from the...
In the mid-nineteenth century the eyes of western European explorers were firmly fixed on advancing inland from former maritime colonies in the Americ...
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695,99 |
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Scientific Travellers, 1789-1874
ISBN: 9780415441650 / Angielski / Twarda / 4304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection will bring together a selection of works by travellers studying natural philosophy as well as natural history. The set will cover a wide geographical spread, including accounts from Australia, Asia, Africa and South America. The style of writing and subject matter are also diverse. Some offer more reflective writing, mingling scientific observation with romantic musing and high style, others have a more specific focus - such as Bates description of Mimicry in butterflies in Bali.
The first volume includes a general introduction to the collection and each succeeding volume... This collection will bring together a selection of works by travellers studying natural philosophy as well as natural history. The set will cover a wi...
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10040,34 |
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A Knight Templar's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
ISBN: 9781781070000 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Knights Templar have three philanthropies: The Knights Templar Eye Foundation, The Knights Templar Educational Foundation and The Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage. The Eye Foundation is a Great Humanitarian Charity whose purpose is to provide research, surgical treatment and hospitalization to those who suffer from diseases or injury to the eyes. The Educational Foundation gives scholarships to students to complete their last two years of College without regard to race, colour, creed, age or Masonic affiliation. The purpose of the Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage is to send a...
The Knights Templar have three philanthropies: The Knights Templar Eye Foundation, The Knights Templar Educational Foundation and The Knights Templar ...
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90,03 |
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The Suma Oriental of Tomé Pires: Volume I
ISBN: 9781409414568 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated from the Portuguese MS in the Bibliotheque de la Chambre des Deputes, Paris. Containing the translated Books I-V of the Suma Oriental. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 90) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1944.
Translated from the Portuguese MS in the Bibliotheque de la Chambre des Deputes, Paris. Containing the translated Books I-V of the Suma Oriental. The ...
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695,99 |
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The Life of Reginald Heber, D.D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta: With Selections from His Correspondence, Unpublished Poems, and Private Papers; Together wi
ISBN: 9781108046473 / Angielski / Miękka / 652 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reginald Heber (1783 1826), had long been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions when he was appointed second Bishop of Calcutta in 1823. The diocese had been established only in 1814, and included India, Southern Africa and Australia; Heber's short episcopate involved much travelling around his scattered flock. His widow, Amelia published his Sermons and Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India (also available in this series), before writing this two-volume biography, published in 1830 and also containing previously unpublished writings by Heber. Volume 2...
Reginald Heber (1783 1826), had long been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions when he was appointed second Bishop of Calcutta in 1...
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425,33 |
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The Life of Reginald Heber, D.D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta: With Selections from His Correspondence, Unpublished Poems, and Private Papers; Together wi
ISBN: 9781108046466 / Angielski / Miękka / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reginald Heber (1783 1826), had for a long time been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions when he was appointed second Bishop of Calcutta in 1823. The diocese had been established only in 1814, and included India, Southern Africa and Australia; Heber's short episcopate involved much travelling around his scattered flock. His widow, Amelia published his Sermons and Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India (also available in this series), before writing this two-volume biography, published in 1830 and also containing previously unpublished writings by...
Reginald Heber (1783 1826), had for a long time been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions when he was appointed second Bishop of Ca...
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476,58 |
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Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia
ISBN: 9781108042123 / Angielski / Miękka / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and went on to publish accounts of his extensive travels to India, Palestine and Persia. His criticisms of the East India Company and the Bengal government led to his expulsion from India in 1823. In the 1830s he became a Member of Parliament and campaigned for social reforms. He founded several journals, including the periodical The Athenaeum. This illustrated two-volume work, published in 1829 and reprinted here from its second...
Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the...
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338,26 |
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Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia
ISBN: 9781108042116 / Angielski / Miękka / 566 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and went on to publish accounts of his extensive travels to India, Palestine and Persia. His criticisms of the East India Company and the Bengal government led to his expulsion from India in 1823. In the 1830s he became a Member of Parliament and campaigned for social reforms. He founded several journals, including the periodical The Athenaeum. This illustrated two-volume work, published in 1829 and reprinted here from its second...
Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the...
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374,14 |
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Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea: With an Appendix Containing Short Notices of the Geology and
ISBN: 9781108046657 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scottish explorer and author James Baillie Fraser (1783 1856) was already known for his narratives of travel in the East (his 1820 journal of a journey through the Himalayas being also reissued in this series) when in 1826 he published this account of his journey into the lesser known provinces of Persia. Though it includes an appendix containing information on geology and commerce, it dwells less on statistical and historical details than it does on the author's personal experiences and impressions. In his preface, Fraser summarily rejects factual material as 'insignificant', preferring to...
Scottish explorer and author James Baillie Fraser (1783 1856) was already known for his narratives of travel in the East (his 1820 journal of a journe...
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338,26 |
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Imagined Mobility: Migration and Transnationalism Among Indian Students in Australia
ISBN: 9780857285706 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its close analysis of the phenomenon of the migration of Indian students to Australia, this book critically approaches the entanglement of the education industry with migration opportunities, and looks into the goals and aspirations of the Indian middle class. It discusses the overlaps of studies on migration and transnationalism, and raises questions on skilled migration. With its close analysis of the phenomenon of the migration of Indian students to Australia, this book critically approaches the entanglement of the... |
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128,89 |
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Travels in the Levant: The Observations of Pierre Belon of Le Mans on Many Singularities and Memorable Things Found in Greece, Turkey, Judaea, Egypt, Arabia and Other Foreign Countries (1553)
ISBN: 9781843821960 / Angielski / Miękka / 644 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1546, Pierre Belon - already a naturalist of some renown - travelled to Constantinople in the entourage of the French Ambassador to Suleiman the Magnificent. En route, he visited Venice, Ragusa, Corfu and Crete, and over the next two years travelled throughout the Ottoman domains, - to Egypt, Anatolia, Arabia, and the Holy Land - returning to France in 1549. Wherever he went, Belon described plants, birds, mammals and fish, and recorded the customs of the inhabitants - what they ate, how they reared their children - collecting information on almost every aspect of the lands through which...
In 1546, Pierre Belon - already a naturalist of some renown - travelled to Constantinople in the entourage of the French Ambassador to Suleiman the Ma...
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155,37 |
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From Buddha to Jesus: An Insider's View of Buddhism & Christianity
ISBN: 9780980483901 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learn the 2 most popular religions in 1 book Take an inside look at Buddhism the way it's actually lived, not the way it's presented in textbooks or by Hollywood Discover the connections between Buddha's teachings to Jesus' teachings This expert will dispel many Western myths about Buddhism and equip Christians to engage Buddhists in a culturally relevant way. "From Buddha to Jesus" reveals not only the important differences, but also the largely ignored similarities between Buddhism & Christianity. Now you can read rarely translated parables and prophecies of Buddhism that take us back to...
Learn the 2 most popular religions in 1 book Take an inside look at Buddhism the way it's actually lived, not the way it's presented in textbooks or ...
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60,49 |
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An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet: Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan, and Part of Tibet
ISBN: 9781108061353 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan in the hope of promoting British-Indian trade across the Himalayas. Samuel Turner (1759 1802), an army officer in the East India Company, was appointed leader of the mission. His journal, offering first-hand descriptions of these countries, was originally published in 1800 and remained the only such English-language work for more than half a century. Assisted by the botanist and surgeon Robert Saunders and the surveyor and illustrator Samuel...
In 1783, at the opportunity presented by a new Panchen (or Teshoo) Lama, Bengal governor-general Warren Hastings sent a deputation to Tibet and Bhutan...
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440,76 |
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Korea: As Seen by Magnum Photographers
ISBN: 9780393067743 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Korea, with its craggy hillsides, gnarled trees, and ancient temples, is steeped in tradition yet, at the same time, is thoroughly modern--the tenth-ranking industrial power in the world. Its capital city, Seoul, is one of the most populous cities in the world and home to such cutting-edge buildings as the Samsung Tower Palace.The beautiful landscape and day-to-day details of life in South Korea are depicted here in images taken by the photographers of Magnum--the famed cooperative whose members are among the greatest photographers of our time. Here we see a rich culture that both...
South Korea, with its craggy hillsides, gnarled trees, and ancient temples, is steeped in tradition yet, at the same time, is thoroughly modern--the t...
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309,28 |
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Travels in Arabia Deserta
ISBN: 9781108009478 / Angielski / Miękka / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Western exploration of the Arabian Desert began in the mid-eighteenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the British officers of the Indian colonial government undertook surveys of the areas remote from the major pilgrimage routes. Charles Doughty (1843 1926) spent two years among various nomad tribes and wrote in 1888 what would be the first comprehensive Western work on the geography of Arabia, in an attempt, as he says in the preface, to 'set forth faithfully some parcel of the soil of Arabia smelling of samn and camels'. His classic and justly famous account is a...
Western exploration of the Arabian Desert began in the mid-eighteenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the British officers o...
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440,76 |
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The Kombi Trail: Across Three Continents in a VW Van
ISBN: 9781780763767 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union to the Middle East, South Asia and on to Africa. Their mode of transport? The iconic VW Kombi. This book tells the story of that trip, not just the people they met and the places they saw, but the many experiences - sometimes nerve-wracking, sometimes bizarre - that they encountered along the way. It provides a fascinating insight into a world on the brink of change - seen through the eyes of nine young men fresh from university. The two VW... Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union t... |
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257,78 |
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