The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk Volume II the Boundary Survey, 1840-1844: Volume II: The Boundary Survey 1840-1844
ISBN: 9780904180886 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in greatly abridged and heavily edited versions. After his explorations in Guiana between 1835 and 1839 on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, which are the subject of Volume I of The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk 1835-1844, Robert Schomburgk travelled to London. He was appointed Her Majesty's Commissioner for Boundaries with the duty to survey the boundaries of British Guiana, hitherto undefined. His surveys between 1841...
This is the second of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously avail...
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True North: A Captivating 85-Day Solo Journey To All of South America & Easter Island & The Antarctic
ISBN: 9781475044348 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. True North: A captivating 85-Day epic solo journey to all of South America & Easter Island & The Antarctic, leaving no bucket list location or global power vortex spot behind. Nearly everything that is a "must see" in South America is described in this adventure, from Easter Island, to Machu Picchu, The Sacred Valley of The Incas, the notorious "Road of Death" in Bolivia, Tiwanaku, the beaches of Ecuador, Ollantaytambo, the Floating Islands of the Uros Indians on Lake Titicaca, Iguazu Falls, Angel Falls, Carnival in Rio, many Unesco World Heritage sites such as Cartagena and Cuzco, most major...
True North: A captivating 85-Day epic solo journey to all of South America & Easter Island & The Antarctic, leaving no bucket list location or global ...
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The Way We Love: Tripping Into Purpose in South America
ISBN: 9781477506837 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Way We Love: Tripping into Purpose in South America exists for the most basic of reasons. Andrea Nicole Aylard, who hails from Edmonton, Alberta, has a story to tell. Starting out as a personal travel journal, The Way We Love helped Andrea cope with the stress of being alone in Argentina. Incapable of speaking fluent Spanish at the time, she hoped to eventually see the humour in her predicament. However, when she finally began to realize how six months in South America would seriously affect her life, she decided to share her journal with friends and family to show them how she had...
The Way We Love: Tripping into Purpose in South America exists for the most basic of reasons. Andrea Nicole Aylard, who hails from Edmonton, Alberta, ...
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Between the two hemispheres: Columbus in Reverse and Adventures in Latin America
ISBN: 9781479251544 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a student of Ole Miss University in her course of international studies Anastasia travelled two continents: Latin America in 2011 and Europe in 2012. Here is the quote from her book: ..".person who chooses to travel is one affected with wanderlust. This person wants to see life as it exists outside of his culture. He travels with an open mind and open eyes and is ready to see and accept other cultural traditions without derisive sneering and comparing other cultures to his own. He does not challenge or dare the world - he challenges himself to learn and understand life in our diverse and...
As a student of Ole Miss University in her course of international studies Anastasia travelled two continents: Latin America in 2011 and Europe in 201...
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'Rounding the Horn: A Sailing Adventure
ISBN: 9781481216685 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book pertains to a sailing adventure experienced by eleven people from several different countries on a schooner out of Puerto Williams, Chile. The main purpose of the voyage was to sail around Cape Horn (called by many "Cape Horn the Terrible" and "the Mount Everest of Sailing"). This voyage begins on a lovely schooner with billowing sails that traverses the Beagle Channel, as well as Nassau Bay and various other regions of Tierra del Fuego only to face a storm in the dreaded Drake Passage at the foot of Cape Horn. Sailing in dangerous waters in the Battleground of the Sea Gods while...
This book pertains to a sailing adventure experienced by eleven people from several different countries on a schooner out of Puerto Williams, Chile. T...
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Let's Have Coffee
ISBN: 9781449779481 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At twenty-six, single and living in her native Brazil, Marta Kluft was on a mission. Her assignment was to entertain a lonesome, well-educated, male leper. She was filling in for her mother and grandmother, who had held that post for many years. Their letters to Mr. Jacob were filled with Bible Scriptures, and he took it all in. To show his appreciation, Mr. Jacob called them every three months. Since Marta did not know the Bible, she was going to need to use another approach, in order to befriend him. A brief suggestion from her Creator pointed Marta in the right direction: she was going to...
At twenty-six, single and living in her native Brazil, Marta Kluft was on a mission. Her assignment was to entertain a lonesome, well-educated, male l...
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60,77 zł |
Let's Have Coffee
ISBN: 9781449779504 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At twenty-six, single and living in her native Brazil, Marta Kluft was on a mission. Her assignment was to entertain a lonesome, well-educated, male leper. She was filling in for her mother and grandmother, who had held that post for many years. Their letters to Mr. Jacob were filled with Bible Scriptures, and he took it all in. To show his appreciation, Mr. Jacob called them every three months. Since Marta did not know the Bible, she was going to need to use another approach, in order to befriend him. A brief suggestion from her Creator pointed Marta in the right direction: she was going to...
At twenty-six, single and living in her native Brazil, Marta Kluft was on a mission. Her assignment was to entertain a lonesome, well-educated, male l...
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147,22 zł |
Zone Policeman 88
ISBN: 9781419195532 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 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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114,63 zł |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: Band 1
ISBN: 9783863474225 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, which took place between 1848 and 1852. Upon returning home eleven years after his departure, Bates wrote down his findings. The Naturalist on the River Amazons, published in two volumes, has become his best-known work. The first volume focuses on the events and discoveries which had taken place between their arrival in the Brazilian Amazon and their journey to the Barra of the...
Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expe...
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246,75 zł |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: Band 2
ISBN: 9783863474249 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, which took place between 1848 and 1852. Upon returning home eleven years after his departure, Bates wrote down his findings. The Naturalist on the River Amazons, published in two volumes, has become his best-known work. The second volume focuses on the events and discoveries which had taken place between their stay at Santarem and their final departure for England.
Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expe...
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The Diary of Benjamin Reynolds: The Journal of a Voyage 'Round Cape Horn from Philadelphia to Chile and Back Again Via Rio de Janiero in 1840-41
ISBN: 9781556137969 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine yourself, a young man of twenty in the year 1840, about to embark on a sailing ship for an adventure you will never forget. You bid an emotional farewell to your friends and family, wondering if, indeed, you will ever see them again. Then you walk up the gangplank and put your trust in the good ship Roanoke, bound for exotic South America. This diary is one of those wonderful treasures that we all hope to discover in the attic. It is eloquently written, and it is a pleasure to read. Here is an excerpt from January 31, 1840, just after passing into the southern hemisphere: "Whilst...
Imagine yourself, a young man of twenty in the year 1840, about to embark on a sailing ship for an adventure you will never forget. You bid an emotion...
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67,01 zł |
The Physical Geography of South America
ISBN: 9780195313413 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components...
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical ...
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571,41 zł |
Chile: Travels In A Thin Country
ISBN: 9780349120010 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most authorative book available on Chile, now updated with a new 5,000-word introduction.
The most authorative book available on Chile, now updated with a new 5,000-word introduction.
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder And Survival In The Amazon
ISBN: 9780553815399 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival...
An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival...
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Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
ISBN: 9780719565168 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The eight feet referenced in the title belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter, and an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capitaltraveling over 1,300 miles in high altitudes. Despite extreme discomfort and occasional danger, mother and daughter, a formidable duo, were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty and impoverished people of the Andes."
The eight feet referenced in the title belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter, and an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of ...
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Brazilian Adventure: The Classic Quest for the Lost City of Z
ISBN: 9781848857919 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Brazilian Adventure' is the irresistible story of Peter Fleming's involvement in the expedition to find Colonel Fawcett, who disappeared in Central Brazil searching for a lost city which had been reported in the 18th century.
'Brazilian Adventure' is the irresistible story of Peter Fleming's involvement in the expedition to find Colonel Fawcett, who disappeared in Central B...
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67,38 zł |
Inca Kola
ISBN: 9781857990768 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A modern classic of travel and adventure
A modern classic of travel and adventure
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54,55 zł |
The voyage to the end of the world - Treasure of South America - Coffee Table
ISBN: 9781532776076 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The voyage to the end of the world
ISBN: 9781532770678 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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35,81 zł |
48,000,000 Colombians Can't Be Wrong: Finding Love In The Land of Shakira, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Fernando Botero and Sofia Vergara
ISBN: 9781530862535 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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26,47 zł |