Author: Rockford Map PublishersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bartholomew County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Atlas & Plat Book, Bartholomew County, Indiana, 1974
Author: Rockford Map PublishersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bartholomew County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Commemorative biographical record of Wayne County, Ohio
Author: J.H. BeersPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5874801103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
Commemorative biographical record of Wayne County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
A Buccaneer's Atlas
Author: Basil RingrosePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520054103
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On July 29, 1681, a band of English buccaneers that had been terrorizing Spanish possessions on the west coast of the Americas captured a Spanish ship, from which they obtained a derrotero, or book of charts and sailing directions. When they arrived back in England, the Spanish ambassador demanded that the buccaneers be brought to trial. The derrotero was ordered to be brought to King Charles II, who apparently appreciated its great intelligence value. The buccaneers were acquitted, to the chagrin of the king of Spain, who had the English ambassador expelled from the court at Madrid on a seemingly trumped-up charge. The derrotero was subsequently translated, and one of the buccaneers, Basil Ringrose, added a text to the compilation and information to the Spanish charts. The resulting atlas, consisting of 106 pages of charts and 106 pages of text, is published in full for the first time in this volume. Covering the coast from California to Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos, and Juan Fernandes, Basil Ringrose's south sea waggoner is a rich source of geographical information, with observations on navigational, physical, biological, and cultural features as well as on ethnography, customs, and folklore. After almost exactly three hundred years, this secret atlas is now made available to libraries and individuals. The editors have provided an extensive introduction on historical, geographical, and navigational aspects of the atlas, as well as annotations to the charts and text, and they have plotted the coverage of the charts on modern map bases. On July 29, 1681, a band of English buccaneers that had been terrorizing Spanish possessions on the west coast of the Americas captured a Spanish ship, from which they obtained a derrotero, or book of charts and sailing directions. When they arrived back in England, the Spanish ambassador demanded that the buccaneers be brought to trial. The derrotero was ordered to be brought to King Charles II, who apparently appreciated its great intelligence value. The buccaneers were acquitted, to the chagrin of the king of Spain, who had the English ambassador expelled from the court at Madrid on a seemingly trumped-up charge. The derrotero was subsequently translated, and one of the buccaneers, Basil Ringrose, added a text to the compilation and information to the Spanish charts. The resulting atlas, consisting of 106 pages of charts and 106 pages of text, is published in full for the first time in this volume. Covering the coast from California to Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos, and Juan Fernandes, Basil Ringrose's south sea waggoner is a rich source of geographical information, with observations on navigational, physical, biological, and cultural features as well as on ethnography, customs, and folklore. After almost exactly three hundred years, this secret atlas is now made available to libraries and individuals. The editors have provided an extensive introduction on historical, geographical, and navigational aspects of the atlas, as well as annotations to the charts and text, and they have plotted the coverage of the charts on modern map bases.
Indian Land Cessions in the United States
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian land transfers
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture
Author: New York Public Library. Art and Architecture DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to Maps and Atlases 1996
Author: G K HALLPublisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780783817705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Views and Description of the Columbian Exhibition Buildings, 1893
Author: Moss Engraving CompanyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365814238
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Excerpt from Views and Description of the Columbian Exhibition Buildings, 1893: Together With Portraiture and Biography of American Celebrities About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The People's Guide
Author: Cline & McHaffiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marion County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description