Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Special Publications
Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Reports for 1884-1886/87 issued in 2 pts., pt. 2 being the Report of the National Museum.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Reports for 1884-1886/87 issued in 2 pts., pt. 2 being the Report of the National Museum.
Nansen
Author: Roland Huntford
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 1405520329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before the leap into space began. Nansen was a prime illustration of Carlyle's dictum that 'the history of the world is but the biography of great men'. He was not merely a pioneer in the wildly diverse fields of oceanography and skiing, but one of the founders of neurology. A restless, unquiet Faustian spirit, Nansen was a Renaissance Man born out of his time into the new Norway of Ibsen and Grieg. He was an artist and historian, a diplomat who had dealings with Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, and played a part in the Versailles Peace Conference, where he helped the Americans in their efforts to contain the Bolsheviks. He also undertook famine relief in Russia. Finally, working for the League of Nations as both High Commissioner for Refugees and High Commissioner for the Repatriation of Prisoners of War, he became the first of the modern media-conscious international civil servants.
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 1405520329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before the leap into space began. Nansen was a prime illustration of Carlyle's dictum that 'the history of the world is but the biography of great men'. He was not merely a pioneer in the wildly diverse fields of oceanography and skiing, but one of the founders of neurology. A restless, unquiet Faustian spirit, Nansen was a Renaissance Man born out of his time into the new Norway of Ibsen and Grieg. He was an artist and historian, a diplomat who had dealings with Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, and played a part in the Versailles Peace Conference, where he helped the Americans in their efforts to contain the Bolsheviks. He also undertook famine relief in Russia. Finally, working for the League of Nations as both High Commissioner for Refugees and High Commissioner for the Repatriation of Prisoners of War, he became the first of the modern media-conscious international civil servants.
Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) ...
Author: British Museum (Natural History). Library
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Category : Natural History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Natural History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea
Author: Ivan Löbl
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004501525
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004501525
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office: Authors. 1898
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. Library
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. Library
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Geological Magazine
Geological Magazine
Author: Henry Woodward
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Want List of Periodicals and Serials
Author: Library of Congress. Periodicals Division
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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