The Wanderings That Made Headlines
ISBN: 9781645876779 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027977 / Angielski / Miękka / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
ISBN: 9781108069588 / Angielski / Miękka / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Lewis Burckhardt (1784 1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan. In 1809 he was commissioned by the African Association to discover the source of the River Niger. In preparation for this journey, for which he needed to pass as a Muslim, Burckhardt spent two years exploring and studying Arabic and Islamic law in Aleppo, before travelling widely in Arabia and Egypt. This book provides 'a view of Arabian life and manners in every degree, from the Bedouin camp to the populous city', but the most striking passages...
John Lewis Burckhardt (1784 1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan. In 18...
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Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: In the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, Commanded by Captain Freycinet, During the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and
ISBN: 9781108061544 / Angielski / Miękka / 678 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded in 1666, the French Academie des Sciences was a prominent and prestigious organisation behind numerous scientific advances in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1817, commissioned by the Academie, Louis de Freycinet (1779 1841) embarked on a three-year expedition with the main purpose of investigating terrestrial magnetism and taking a series of pendulum measurements. In the course of this voyage around the world, the scientists aboard the Uranie also collected an abundance of samples and made significant observations in the fields of geography, ethnology,...
Founded in 1666, the French Academie des Sciences was a prominent and prestigious organisation behind numerous scientific advances in Europe in the se...
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The Quaker City Travel Letters of Mary Mason Fairbanks
ISBN: 9781527586420 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first-ever reprinting of all 27 letters composed by Mary Mason Fairbanks during the cruise of the Quaker City to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867, the first organized leisure tour of its kind and one of the most famous travel excursions in American history. These letters are punctuated by several cameo appearances by Mark Twain, Fairbanks' fellow passenger and, afterwards, her lifelong friend and correspondent.
This book is the first-ever reprinting of all 27 letters composed by Mary Mason Fairbanks during the cruise of the Quaker City to Europe and the Holy ...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: During the Years 1799-1804
ISBN: 9781108027984 / Angielski / Miękka / 874 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component...
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the grea...
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Prehistory in Practice: A Multi-Stranded Analysis of British Archaeology, 1975-2010
ISBN: 9781407310862 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines developments in British archaeology over the last 30 years or so (between 1975-2010), focusing in particular on transformations in prehistoric research. Ultimately it seeks to foreground the extent to which recent historical developments (at all levels of the discipline and in various working contexts) are implicated in contemporary research practices. Advocating the need for taking a multi-stranded and interdisciplinary approach, the author consulted a range of sources - digital archives, documentary and oral material - and draws on ideas from archaeology, sociology,... This study examines developments in British archaeology over the last 30 years or so (between 1975-2010), focusing in particular on transformations... |
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In Search of the Samnites: Adornment and Identity in Archaic Central Italy, 750-350 B.C.
ISBN: 9781407311708 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Samnites recur throughout Greek and Roman historical sources as formidable warriors and Rome's greatest foes from the mid-fourth century B.C. This book explores the portable material culture for evidence of an emerging 'proto-Samnite' identity between 750 and 350 B.C. The relationships between material culture, ethnicity, constructions of social identity, gender and the life-course are critically examined through the personal adornments recovered from necropolis sites in the central Apennines and surrounding regions. The catalogue of fibulae, bracelets, pendants and necklaces (available...
The Samnites recur throughout Greek and Roman historical sources as formidable warriors and Rome's greatest foes from the mid-fourth century B.C. This...
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Viajes por Europa, Africa y Norte América -1845/1847
ISBN: 9789872050672 / Hiszpański / Inna / 676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Viajes por Europa, Africa y Norte America -1845/1847 Faustino Domingo Sarmiento Foreword by Juan Carlos Casas - (Author of "La Ingratitud de Sarmiento," ISBN 987-20506-8-6) 676 pages - IN SPANISH One of the most remarkable travel books ever written is undoubtedly "Travels through Europe, Africa and North America -1845/1847 " by the Argentine Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. At the moment of departing for Europe, Algiers and North America, the 34 years old Sarmiento had already written his famous "Facundo," had suffered twice the exile due to political reasons, and possesed a cultural background...
Viajes por Europa, Africa y Norte America -1845/1847 Faustino Domingo Sarmiento Foreword by Juan Carlos Casas - (Author of "La Ingratitud de Sarmiento...
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309,40 zł |
The Nile: Notes for Travelers in Egypt
ISBN: 9780548001547 / Angielski / Twarda / 692 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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310,87 zł |
Wandering Women: Travel Wrings in Bengali Periodicals, 1900-1940
ISBN: 9789356876941 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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310,87 zł |
Singapore: Through My Lens
ISBN: 9780228873402 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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311,06 zł |
Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers
ISBN: 9780691048437 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, the Victorians were intrepid explorers, zealously expanding the limits of science and human knowledge. In Bright Paradise, Peter Raby describes brave voyages and gives us vivid and unforgettable portraits of the larger-than-life personalities of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and Henry Bates, glorious examples of Victorian energy and confidence. He also explores wider issues such as the growth of knowledge and the spread of the... Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, ... |
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312,61 zł |
Von Haparanda bis San Francisco
ISBN: 9783861954712 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zusammenstellung von Erzahlungen uber verschiedene Reisen, die Ernst Wasserzieher zwischen 1878 und 1900 unternommen hat. Die Berichte fuhren den Leser in die unterschiedlichsten Regionen: Vom Harz bis nach Kalifornien, vom Baltikum bis nach Schottland. Nachdruck der erstmalig 1902 erschienenen Ausgabe. "Dass das Reisen eine Kunst sei, wie andre, die gelernt sein will, die viele aber nie lernen - das ist eine Wahrheit, die manchen eine Torheit erscheinen mag."
Zusammenstellung von Erzahlungen uber verschiedene Reisen, die Ernst Wasserzieher zwischen 1878 und 1900 unternommen hat. Die Berichte fuhren den Lese...
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The Route 66 Party Guide
ISBN: 9780990493228 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Route 66 Party Guide is the most complete single source of information about Route 66 available in print. It is the only Route 66 guide that has turn by turn directions going both east and west; a suggested primary route and interesting alternate routes; nearly 200 color photos; current and historical information about each town; listings of all the cool attractions, and the places to stay, eat and enjoy adult beverages; and listings of motorcycle shops. Plus, there are stories about the author's favorite adventures on Route 66. The Route 66 Party Guide also has listings of the authors...
The Route 66 Party Guide is the most complete single source of information about Route 66 available in print. It is the only Route 66 guide that has t...
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314,06 zł |
From the Outer World
ISBN: 9780674326408 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oscar and Lilian Handlin show us how the new voyagers in the twentieth century--from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America--record their experiences in the United States. The narratives of the non-Europeans, they find, clearly reflect the circumstances of their composition, as well as the political prejudices of their authors. These literary products have earned far less attention than those of the English, French, Germans, and Russians, and this volume proposes to redress the balance. The earliest of the thirty-one travel accounts was written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1924, and... Oscar and Lilian Handlin show us how the new voyagers in the twentieth century--from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America--record their exper... |
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Revisiting Isabella Bird
ISBN: 9781898823797 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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317,73 zł |
Dreiser's Russian Diary
ISBN: 9780812280913 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theodore Dreiser's Russian Diary is an extended record of the American writer's travels throughout the Soviet Union in 1927-28. Dreiser was initially invited to Moscow for a week-long observance of the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution. He asked, and was granted, permission to make an extended tour of the country. This previously unpublished diary is a firsthand record of life in the USSR during the 1920s as seen by a leading American cultural figure. It is a valuable primary source, surely among the last from this period of modern history. Theodore Dreiser's Russian Diary is an extended record of the American writer's travels throughout the Soviet Union in 1927-28. Dreiser was ... |
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317,98 zł |
Culinary Tourism
ISBN: 9780813122922 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""From Kosher Oreos to the gentrification of Mexican cusine, from the charismatic cook of Basque communities in Spain and the United States to the mainstreaming of southwestern foodways, Culinary Tourism maps a lively cultural and intellectual terrain."" -- from the foreword by Barbara Kirshenblatt-GimblettCulinary Tourism is the first book to consider food as both a destination and a means for tourism. The book's contributors examine the many intersections of food, culture and tourism in public and commercial contexts, in private and domestic settings, and around the world. The... ""From Kosher Oreos to the gentrification of Mexican cusine, from the charismatic cook of Basque communities in Spain and the United States to the ... |
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317,98 zł |