Author: LIONEL. WAFERPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033091661
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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NEW VOYAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA
Author: LIONEL. WAFERPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033091661
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America
Author: Lionel WaferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F
Author: Jennifer SpeakePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579584252
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America
Author: Lionel WaferPublisher: Oxford, Hakluyt Society
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
1903. Wafer was an English naval surgeon who deserted to join the buccaneers. This volume recalls his adventures and observations of his expeditions to the Isthmus, the western coast of South America and the West Indies from 1680 to 1688. While crossing the Isthmus of Panama after the taking of Santa Maria, Wafer was injured and left in the care of Darien Indians. The Indians took a liking to him, which allowed him to gather material for this book. He was picked up by William Dampier, the English explorer and buccaneer. His book today is still recognized as a standard reference on the area.
A New Voyage Round the World
Author: William DampierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Voyage of the Endeavour
Author: Alan FrostPublisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781865082004
Category : Cook, James, 1728-1779
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In this book you will discover what it meant to sail with Captain Cook into the uncharted waters of the South Pacific, why the Endeavour sought out the mysterious Great South Land and what kind of man Cook was.
Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382106388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Volume IV. History of Central America
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385418178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands
Author: Max QuanchiPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.
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