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Early Modern Exchanges: Dialogues Between Nations and Cultures, 1550-1750
ISBN: 9781472425294 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marcus Gheeraerts s portrait of a Persian lady - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern English culture. Her surrounding landscape and the embroidery on her gown are typically English; but her head-dress and slippers are decidedly exotic, the inscriptions beside her are Latin, and her creator was an incomer artist. She is emblematic of the early modern culture of exchange, both between England and its neighbours, and between Europe and the wider world. This volume presents fresh research into such early modern exchanges, exploring how...
Marcus Gheeraerts s portrait of a Persian lady - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern Engl...
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680,04 zł |
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The Invisible City: Travel, Attention, and Performance
ISBN: 9780367133979 / Angielski / Twarda / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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680,04 zł |
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Xu Xiake (1586-1641): The Art of Travel Writing
ISBN: 9780700713196 / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sheds new light on the importance of the diaries of Xu Xiake (1587-1641), a compulsive traveller who spent a lifetime visiting and writing about China's 'beauty spots'.
Sheds new light on the importance of the diaries of Xu Xiake (1587-1641), a compulsive traveller who spent a lifetime visiting and writing about China...
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680,04 zł |
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Chappe d’Auteroche: Voyage En Sibérie (vols I-II)
ISBN: 9780729408400 / Francuski / Miękka / 679 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edition critique par Michel Mervaud, accompagnée d’une étude de Madeleine Pinault Sørensen sur les superbes planches de l’ouvrage d’après les dessins de Le Prince. Le récit de Chappe, astronome et académicien, parut en 1768. Sévère à l’égard de la Russie et des Russes, il suscita une réfutation attribuée à Catherine II. Cette édition intéressera les dix-huitièmistes, les historiens, les slavistes, et les comparatistes. Michel Mervaud est ancien élève de l’ENS de Saint-Cloud, agrégé de russe, et professeur honoraire à l’université de Rouen. Son ouvrage le...
Edition critique par Michel Mervaud, accompagnée d’une étude de Madeleine Pinault Sørensen sur les superbes planches de l’ouvrage d’après le...
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689,33 zł |
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The Voyage of George Vancouver, 1791-1795: Volumes I-IV
ISBN: 9780904180169 / Angielski / Twarda / 1752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Perouse, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery. All four visited the northwest coast of North America, but weather and circumstances prevented Cook from making more than what Beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; La Perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at Yakutat Bay and Lituya Bay, and Malasina's memorable visits were to Yakutat Bay...
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expeditio...
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689,33 zł |
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Memory, Place and Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine: Travels in Isolation
ISBN: 9781785278044 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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698,25 zł |
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Design in Airline Travel Posters 1920-1970: A Semiology and Sociocultural History
ISBN: 9781785276286 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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698,25 zł |
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Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: Set
ISBN: 9781843837145 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes all seven volumes from the Museum of London's highly acclaimed Medieval Finds from Excavations in London series: Knives and Scabbards (9781843833536), Shoes and Pattens (9781843832386), Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (9781843833512), Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450 (9781843832393), The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, c.1150-1450 (9781843836797), The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (9781843835431), Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges (9781843835448). All are paperback except for Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges and The Medieval Household, which are...
Includes all seven volumes from the Museum of London's highly acclaimed Medieval Finds from Excavations in London series: Knives and Scabbards (978184...
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715,84 zł |
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The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427
ISBN: 9781409413257 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated from the Heidelberg MS edited in 1859 by Professor Karl Friedrich Neumann, by Commander J. Buchan Telfer, R.N., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. With Notes by Professor P. Bruun of the Imperial University of South Russia, at Odessa, and a Preface, Introduction and Notes by the Translator and Editor. The supplementary material consists of the 1879 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1879.
Translated from the Heidelberg MS edited in 1859 by Professor Karl Friedrich Neumann, by Commander J. Buchan Telfer, R.N., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. With Notes...
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715,84 zł |
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History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan.: Shewing His Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556: With Some Particulars of the Island
ISBN: 9781409412878 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated from the text originally published at Venice, 1572. The supplementary material consists of the 1857 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1857.
Translated from the text originally published at Venice, 1572. The supplementary material consists of the 1857 annual report. This is a new print-on...
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715,84 zł |
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Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639
ISBN: 9781409412908 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's 'Royal commentaries of Peru'; The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A.D. 1540-1, translated from the sixth decade of A. de Herrera's 'General history of the western Indies'; New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by 'Father Cristóbal de Acuña, A.D. 1639, translated from the Spanish edition of 1641. With a 'List of the Principal Tribes of the Valley of the Amazons'. Translated and Edited, with...
Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de...
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715,84 zł |
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Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6
ISBN: 9781409412922 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated, for the First Time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life of Timour Beg. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.
Translated, for the First Time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life of Timour Beg. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the ...
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715,84 zł |
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The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I
ISBN: 9781409413240 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A revised edition of First Series1 above, edited, with an Introduction, along with narratives of the voyages of Sir Richard Hawkins' grandfather William, of his father Sir John, and of his cousin William Hawkins, from manuscripts and printed editions. The supplementary material consists of the 1878 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1878.
A revised edition of First Series1 above, edited, with an Introduction, along with narratives of the voyages of Sir Richard Hawkins' grandfather Willi...
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715,84 zł |
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Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia During the Years 1520-1527, by Father Francisco Alvarez
ISBN: 9781409413318 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated from the Portuguese, and edited, with notes and an introduction. For a revised edition, see Second Series 114, 115. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1881.
Translated from the Portuguese, and edited, with notes and an introduction. For a revised edition, see Second Series 114, 115. This is a new print-on...
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715,84 zł |
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The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete, 1616-1686: Volume II
ISBN: 9781409414858 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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715,84 zł |
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Womens Travel Writing 1750-185
ISBN: 9780415320375 / Angielski / Twarda / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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730,42 zł |
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Womens Travel Writing 1750-185
ISBN: 9780415320399 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Womens Travel Writing 1750-185: Lady Morgan
ISBN: 9780415320405 / Angielski / Twarda / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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730,42 zł |
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Travel Writing, Form, and Empire: The Poetics and Politics of Mobility
ISBN: 9780415962940 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays is an important contribution to travel writing studies -- looking beyond the explicitly political questions of postcolonial and gender discourses, it considers the form, poetics, institutions and reception of travel writing in the history of empire and its aftermath. Starting from the premise that travel writing studies has received much of its impetus and theoretical input from the sometimes overgeneralized precepts of postcolonial studies and gender studies, this collection aims to explore more widely and more locally the expression of imperialist... This collection of essays is an important contribution to travel writing studies -- looking beyond the explicitly political questions of postcoloni... |
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730,42 zł |
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Gendered Journeys, Mobile Emotions
ISBN: 9780754670346 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is increasingly acknowledged that an analysis of emotions is necessary to fully understand the social world, and recent research on transport, travel and mobilities has begun to consider the gendered nature of public and personal life in relation to this sphere. A The focus of this multidisciplinary and auto/biographical volume is the emotional relationship that individuals and groups have with different means of travel. Attention is given to a variety of travel experiences, including travelling in trains, planes, cars, buses and ships, as well as biking, cycling, running and walking, from...
It is increasingly acknowledged that an analysis of emotions is necessary to fully understand the social world, and recent research on transport, trav...
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730,42 zł |