Voyages And Discoveries

Author : Tony Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0565094432

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Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images--of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers--entwine into a fascinating study of human achievement and natural wonder. Among the many stories of adventure and great scientific endeavour are: Sir Hans Sloane's journey to Jamaica in 1687; James Cook's perilous Pacific crossings; and Darwin's historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Hand-picked from the vast Library of the Natural History Museum, London, the illustrations and artworks contained here form a rare collection, most of which have been presented for the first time in this stunning book.

Author : Richard Hakluyt
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141922003

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Voyages and Discoveries by Richard Hakluyt Pdf

Renaissance diplomat and part-time spy, William Hakluyt was also England's first serious geographer, gathering together a wealth of accounts about the wide-ranging travels and discoveries of the sixteenth-century English. One of the epics of this great period of expansion, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation describes, in the words of the explorers themselves, an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. Mingling accounts of the journeys of renowned adventurers such as Drake and Frobisher with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, Hakluyt's great work was originally intended principally to assist navigation and trade. It also presents one of the first and greatest modern portraits of the globe.

Author : Tony Rice,David Bellamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 1902686063

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Voyages of Discovery by Tony Rice,David Bellamy Pdf

This is a visual record of some of the most significant and beautiful discoveries in the history of natural science explorations. The photographs and artwork span three centuries and document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers - entwine in a study of human achievement and natural wonder.

Author : Richard Hakluyt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:836566199

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation by Richard Hakluyt Pdf

Author : James P. Ronda
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0917298454

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Voyages of Discovery by James P. Ronda Pdf

This Level 1 reader is a sweet treat for Valentine's Day! Dragon wants to make cookies for all his friends for Valentine’s Day. But the smell of baking cookies is so yummy, he ends up eating all the cookies! Will he find another way to show his friends how much he loves them?

Author : Robert A. Adamcik
Publisher : Apogee Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Manned space flight
ISBN : 1926837134

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Voyages of Discovery by Robert A. Adamcik Pdf

This is the first book to cover specifically the history of the space shuttle Discovery, the most storied orbiter in the fleet. No other book has dealt with this subject. It is a very straight forward narrative history of the most storied orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet. Written with a minimum of technical jargon, it puts the reader on Discovery's flight deck during some of the most important missions of the Space Shuttle era from satellite retrieval, to deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, to construction of the International Space Station, and the Return to Flight after two tragic losses. The reader will gain knowledge on the history of the Space Shuttle program in general and the shuttle Discovery in particular. Experience the thrill of space flight from the accounts of those who have been there while flying on Discovery. Discover the amount of research and scientific discoveries conducted by the Discovery and her crews.

Author : Richard Hakluyt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048552207

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Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent by Richard Hakluyt Pdf

Author : Richard Hakluyt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : OCLC:463148900

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Voyages and Discoveries by Richard Hakluyt Pdf

Author : Sir John Narbrough,Abel Janszoon Tasman,John Wood (Captain.),Friedrich Martens,Sir Tancred Robinson
Publisher : London : Printed for Sam Smith and Benj. Walford
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1694
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015078543892

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An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North by Sir John Narbrough,Abel Janszoon Tasman,John Wood (Captain.),Friedrich Martens,Sir Tancred Robinson Pdf

Includes Narbrough's 1669-71 voyage through the Strait of Magellan and into the South Pacific; Abel Janszoon Tasman's 1842-43 voyage to the Pacific, during which he discovered Tasmania; John Wood's and William Flawes' 1676 voyage in search of the north-east passage, during which they visited Novaya Zemlya; and the first English translation of Friedrich Martens' voyage to Spitzbergen and Greenland in 1671.

Author : A. L. Rice,Tony Rice,David Bellamy
Publisher : Firefly Books Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1554074142

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Voyages of Discovery by A. L. Rice,Tony Rice,David Bellamy Pdf

Recalls three centuries of natural history exploration, and includes maps and rare drawings, as well as the stories of Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, and other explorers.

Author : George Vancouver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1801
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015073767595

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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean by George Vancouver Pdf

Author : Evan T. Jones,Margaret M. Condon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bristol (England)
ISBN : 0995619301

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Cabot and Bristol's Age of Discovery by Evan T. Jones,Margaret M. Condon Pdf

Author : John Horace Parry
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Colonization
ISBN : 0520042352

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The Age of Reconnaissance by John Horace Parry Pdf

Covers the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world, beginning with the mid-fifteenth century and ending 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. The author examines the inducements--political, economic, religious--to overseas enterprise at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.

Author : Gordon Miller
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781553652892

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Voyages by Gordon Miller Pdf

From the mid-fifteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries, the driving force behind world exploration was Europe's growing passion for the luxuries of life and for discovering the uncharted territories that provided these luxuries. We know the shape of the world today because ships, driven by wind and human muscle, were navigated into every last bay and estuary on Earth, searching for this wealth. The ships that made these voyages were the products of a long evolution, and their navigators were the beneficiaries of centuries of accumulated experience. Voyages recounts the extraordinary feats of more than twenty daring maritime explorers, including Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Martin Frobisher, and James Cook. In narrating these explorers' tales, Gordon Miller touches on the great themes of maritime history, including the development of new maritime technologies, the rise and fall of the maritime empires, and the discovery of new continents. Exquisitely illustrated with almost 100 of the author's paintings and many detailed maps and drawings of sailing ships, Voyages recounts the history of Europe's early navigators as they ventured into the unknown, braving uncharted territory. In carrying out their voyages, these ships and sailors defined the true dimensions of the oceans and coastlines of the world.

Author : James Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590256847

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The life, voyages, and discoveries, of captain James Cook. [Followed by] Pitcairn's island and the mutineers of the Bounty by James Cook Pdf