Author: Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien (Panama and Colombia)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Darien Papers
Author: Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien (Panama and Colombia)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien (Panama and Colombia)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The Disaster of Darién
Author: Francis Russell Hart
Publisher: Alien Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The true story of the Scottish venture in colonizing on the Isthmus of Darien (also known as the Isthmus of Panama) at the close of the seventeenth century. The "Disaster" arose from the strong resistance from both the English and the Spanish kings to this development. In the former case it threatened to compete with the East India Company while in the latter it was an incursion into the Spanish sphere of influence.
Publisher: Alien Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The true story of the Scottish venture in colonizing on the Isthmus of Darien (also known as the Isthmus of Panama) at the close of the seventeenth century. The "Disaster" arose from the strong resistance from both the English and the Spanish kings to this development. In the former case it threatened to compete with the East India Company while in the latter it was an incursion into the Spanish sphere of influence.
Papers Relating to the Ships and Voyages of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1696-1707
Author: George Pratt Insh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien Scheme
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien Scheme
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Calendar of Treasury Papers
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Records
Author: Glasgow Bibliographical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The Longest Line on the Map
Author: Eric Rutkow
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501103911
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From the award-winning author of American Canopy, a dazzling account of the world’s longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Pan-American Highway, monument to a century’s worth of diplomacy and investment, education and engineering, scandal and sweat, is the longest road in the world, passable everywhere save the mythic Darien Gap that straddles Panama and Colombia. The highway’s history, however, has long remained a mystery, a story scattered among government archives, private papers, and fading memories. In contrast to the Panama Canal and its vast literature, the Pan-American Highway—the United States’ other great twentieth-century hemispheric infrastructure project—has become an orphan of the past, effectively erased from the story of the “American Century.” The Longest Line on the Map uncovers this incredible tale for the first time and weaves it into a tapestry that fascinates, informs, and delights. Rutkow’s narrative forces the reader to take seriously the question: Why couldn’t the Americas have become a single region that “is” and not two near irreconcilable halves that “are”? Whether you’re fascinated by the history of the Americas, or you’ve dreamed of driving around the globe, or you simply love world records and the stories behind them, The Longest Line on the Map is a riveting narrative, a lost epic of hemispheric scale.
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501103911
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From the award-winning author of American Canopy, a dazzling account of the world’s longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Pan-American Highway, monument to a century’s worth of diplomacy and investment, education and engineering, scandal and sweat, is the longest road in the world, passable everywhere save the mythic Darien Gap that straddles Panama and Colombia. The highway’s history, however, has long remained a mystery, a story scattered among government archives, private papers, and fading memories. In contrast to the Panama Canal and its vast literature, the Pan-American Highway—the United States’ other great twentieth-century hemispheric infrastructure project—has become an orphan of the past, effectively erased from the story of the “American Century.” The Longest Line on the Map uncovers this incredible tale for the first time and weaves it into a tapestry that fascinates, informs, and delights. Rutkow’s narrative forces the reader to take seriously the question: Why couldn’t the Americas have become a single region that “is” and not two near irreconcilable halves that “are”? Whether you’re fascinated by the history of the Americas, or you’ve dreamed of driving around the globe, or you simply love world records and the stories behind them, The Longest Line on the Map is a riveting narrative, a lost epic of hemispheric scale.
John Derian Sticker Book
Author: John Derian
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 9781648291012
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An InStyle 2021 gift guide pick John Derian Sticker Book, from revered designer John Derian, offers a curated collection of over 500 stickers that allow adults and children to add a touch of beauty to any surface with these beautiful images of blooming flowers, charming critters, and darling forest animals. John Derian first caught the eye of tastemakers and design gurus with his now iconic collectible plates, decoupaged with 19th-century artwork sourced from old and rare books. Derian’s home goods empire has since grown to global recognition, including the New York Times bestseller John Derian Picture Book, which perfectly captures the artist’s unique and timeless eye.
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 9781648291012
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An InStyle 2021 gift guide pick John Derian Sticker Book, from revered designer John Derian, offers a curated collection of over 500 stickers that allow adults and children to add a touch of beauty to any surface with these beautiful images of blooming flowers, charming critters, and darling forest animals. John Derian first caught the eye of tastemakers and design gurus with his now iconic collectible plates, decoupaged with 19th-century artwork sourced from old and rare books. Derian’s home goods empire has since grown to global recognition, including the New York Times bestseller John Derian Picture Book, which perfectly captures the artist’s unique and timeless eye.
The Records of a Scottish Cloth Manufactory at New Mills, Haddingtonshire, 1681-1703
Author: William Robert Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Book Auction Records
Author: Frand Karslake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A priced and annotated annual record of London, New York and Edinburgh book-auctions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A priced and annotated annual record of London, New York and Edinburgh book-auctions.
Calendar of Treasury Papers, 1556-7--[1728]: 1697-1701-2
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description