Geografiske opdagelser og udforskning
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Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905–7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 15 focuses on the West Indies, Mexico, and 'New Spain', and especially on the narratives of José de Acosta.
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Captain John Smith: Travels, History of Virginia: The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africa and America and The General History of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, Books I-III (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Originally published in 1908, this collection for school children is comprised of a selection from the writings of the renowned explorer Captain John Smith (1580–1631). The book will be of value to anyone with an interest in writing for children and the history of pedagogy.
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German Science in the Age of Empire: Enterprise, Opportunity and the Schlagintweit Brothers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)A study of German scientists who travelled to other nations' empires to observe, record, and collect rich... Læs mere
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Intimate Strangers: Friendship, Exchange and Pacific Encounters (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Fascinating study of the the political and emotional significances of ideas of friendship for late eighteenth-century explorations of the... Læs mere
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Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey through Polynesia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)This is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this... Læs mere
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Reading Columbus (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Focusing on the hundreds of letters that Columbus wrote to the King and Queen of Spain concerning his discoveries in the New World, this study analyzes questions concerning the... Læs mere
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Castaways (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)A narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36).
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The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450-1650 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)The Age of Reconnaissance, as JH Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world.... Læs mere
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Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)This first modern study to focus on James Cook’s polar adventures, Captain Cook Rediscovered introduces an entirely new explorer who is more at home along the edge of the polar ice packs than the Pacific’s sandy beaches.
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Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the shipboard artists of Cook and Flinders (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
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Transatlantic Echoes: Alexander von Humboldt in World Literature (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)This collection of one-hundred texts features tales of adventure, travel reports, novellas, memoirs, letters, poetry, drama, screenplays,... Læs mere
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Cosmos and Colonialism: Alexander von Humboldt in Cultural Criticism (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Alexander von Humboldt explored the Spanish Empire on the verge of its collapse. He is the most significant German travel writer and the most important mediator between Europe and the Americas of the nineteenth century. His works integrated knowledge from two dozen domains.
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