Author: Bruce McFadgen
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 177558089X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Evidence from several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, demography, history, and the Maori oral tradition, are combined in this analysis of the many volcanic periods that shaped New Zealand. This authoritative, groundbreaking study examines the consequences on the coastal landscape and its people, from the first Polynesian settlers until European colonization in the 18th century. A study of the wave of tsunamis that struck New Zealand in the 15th century, known as the &“big crunch,&” and precipitated various crises that led to cultural change and much warfare is also included.
Hostile Shores
Author: Bruce McFadgen
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 177558089X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Evidence from several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, demography, history, and the Maori oral tradition, are combined in this analysis of the many volcanic periods that shaped New Zealand. This authoritative, groundbreaking study examines the consequences on the coastal landscape and its people, from the first Polynesian settlers until European colonization in the 18th century. A study of the wave of tsunamis that struck New Zealand in the 15th century, known as the &“big crunch,&” and precipitated various crises that led to cultural change and much warfare is also included.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 177558089X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Evidence from several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, demography, history, and the Maori oral tradition, are combined in this analysis of the many volcanic periods that shaped New Zealand. This authoritative, groundbreaking study examines the consequences on the coastal landscape and its people, from the first Polynesian settlers until European colonization in the 18th century. A study of the wave of tsunamis that struck New Zealand in the 15th century, known as the &“big crunch,&” and precipitated various crises that led to cultural change and much warfare is also included.
Hostile Shores
Author: Dewey Lambdin
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312595727
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Participating in the 1805 Battle of Cape Town after the death of Admiral Nelson, Captain Lewrie voyages to South America to assist Britain's campaigns on the Spanish colonies only to confront a formidable adversary.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312595727
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Participating in the 1805 Battle of Cape Town after the death of Admiral Nelson, Captain Lewrie voyages to South America to assist Britain's campaigns on the Spanish colonies only to confront a formidable adversary.
A Hard, Cruel Shore
Author: Dewey Lambdin
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250030099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
“You could get addicted to this series. Easily.”---The New York Times Book Review The year 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They’ve extracted the sick, cold survivors of Sir John Moore’s army from disaster at Corunna, got hit by lightning while escorting the army to England, and suffered a shattered mainmast which may end Lewrie’s active commission if a replacement can’t be found or fashioned soon. Admiralty needs troopships, not slow, old Fourth Rate two-deckers, so Lewrie must beg, borrow, steal, and gild the facts most glibly if he wishes to keep her and her skilled crew together. Just when he imagines he’s succeeded, new orders come appointing him a Commodore over a wee squadron assigned to prey upon French seaborne supply convoys off the treacherous north coast of Spain, better known as the Costa da Morte, the Coast of Death, where the sea may be more dangerous to him and his ships than the French Navy! Basing out of newly won Lisbon, where Lewrie hopes his mistress from Gibraltar, Maddalena Covilhá, might move, he’s sure of one thing: It's going to be a rocky year that, hopefully, doesn’t involve wrecking on the rugged shores of Spain!
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250030099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
“You could get addicted to this series. Easily.”---The New York Times Book Review The year 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They’ve extracted the sick, cold survivors of Sir John Moore’s army from disaster at Corunna, got hit by lightning while escorting the army to England, and suffered a shattered mainmast which may end Lewrie’s active commission if a replacement can’t be found or fashioned soon. Admiralty needs troopships, not slow, old Fourth Rate two-deckers, so Lewrie must beg, borrow, steal, and gild the facts most glibly if he wishes to keep her and her skilled crew together. Just when he imagines he’s succeeded, new orders come appointing him a Commodore over a wee squadron assigned to prey upon French seaborne supply convoys off the treacherous north coast of Spain, better known as the Costa da Morte, the Coast of Death, where the sea may be more dangerous to him and his ships than the French Navy! Basing out of newly won Lisbon, where Lewrie hopes his mistress from Gibraltar, Maddalena Covilhá, might move, he’s sure of one thing: It's going to be a rocky year that, hopefully, doesn’t involve wrecking on the rugged shores of Spain!
The Corps of Engineers
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Aircraft
Author: United States. President's Aircraft Board
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1792
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1792
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Chemical Warfare Bulletin
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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All Hands
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Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Languages : en
Pages : 848
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International Political Effects of the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
Author: John Kerry King
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Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Winged Defense
Author: William Mitchell
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817356053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Mitchell antagonized many people in the army with his arguments and criticism and in 1925 was demoted to colonel, and later that year, he was court-martialed for insubordination after accusing army and navy leaders of an "almost treasonable administration of the national defense." He resigned from the service shortly afterward. Following his death, however, Mitchell received many honors, including a commission as major general. He is the only individual after whom a type of American military aircraft is named: the B-25 "Mitchell" bomber.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817356053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Mitchell antagonized many people in the army with his arguments and criticism and in 1925 was demoted to colonel, and later that year, he was court-martialed for insubordination after accusing army and navy leaders of an "almost treasonable administration of the national defense." He resigned from the service shortly afterward. Following his death, however, Mitchell received many honors, including a commission as major general. He is the only individual after whom a type of American military aircraft is named: the B-25 "Mitchell" bomber.
Professional Journal of the United States Army
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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