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Languages : en
Pages : 754
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle
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Pages : 754
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Pages : 754
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle... a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs
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Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Pages : 746
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle
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Pages : 722
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Pages : 722
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1851
Author: Various
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108054439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 725
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The Nautical Magazine for 1851 describes Baffin Bay and Labrador, pirates and privateers, shipping services to Asia and Turkish vocabulary.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108054439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 725
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The Nautical Magazine for 1851 describes Baffin Bay and Labrador, pirates and privateers, shipping services to Asia and Turkish vocabulary.
The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle... a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs
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Languages : en
Pages : 922
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Pages : 922
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Bitter Waters
Author: David Haward Bain
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1590209974
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
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“An intriguing, thorough study of a little-known scientific expedition to the Dead Sea by a mid-19th-century U.S. Navy lieutenant” (Kirkus Reviews). With customary depth and insight, David Haward Bain illumines the United States’s nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To lead the expedition, the navy tabbed William Francis Lynch, an officer eager to enter the esteemed yet dangerous field of Victorian exploration. Like many of his successful contemporaries, Lynch was well read and possessed an independent nature, but a man who also preferred organization to chaos, and with a character that tended toward the obsessive. The expedition would force a juxtaposition of the ancient world with the modern, as the world’s newest power attempted an exhaustive scientific study of the waters of the cradle of civilization. Beyond its fascinating topic, Bitter Waters is full of broad allusions from the period that demonstrate Bain’s deep understanding of America, and serve to make the work appealing for general scholars and lay readers. Heroically engaging unfamiliar terrain, hostile Bedouins, and ancient mysteries, Lynch and his party epitomize their nation’s spirit of Manifest Destiny in the days before the Civil War. “An engrossing narrative of the expedition that richly positions the mission’s incidents within Lynch’s Western perspective on the Near East. Wonderfully realized, Bain’s account will enthrall seekers of history off the beaten path.” —Booklist (starred review) “David Haward Bain, author of Empire Express, paints a vivid picture of the ambitious, visionary seafarers and their bold adventure . . . Bitter Waters captures this fascinating moment in American history.” —History Book Club (official selection)
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1590209974
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
“An intriguing, thorough study of a little-known scientific expedition to the Dead Sea by a mid-19th-century U.S. Navy lieutenant” (Kirkus Reviews). With customary depth and insight, David Haward Bain illumines the United States’s nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To lead the expedition, the navy tabbed William Francis Lynch, an officer eager to enter the esteemed yet dangerous field of Victorian exploration. Like many of his successful contemporaries, Lynch was well read and possessed an independent nature, but a man who also preferred organization to chaos, and with a character that tended toward the obsessive. The expedition would force a juxtaposition of the ancient world with the modern, as the world’s newest power attempted an exhaustive scientific study of the waters of the cradle of civilization. Beyond its fascinating topic, Bitter Waters is full of broad allusions from the period that demonstrate Bain’s deep understanding of America, and serve to make the work appealing for general scholars and lay readers. Heroically engaging unfamiliar terrain, hostile Bedouins, and ancient mysteries, Lynch and his party epitomize their nation’s spirit of Manifest Destiny in the days before the Civil War. “An engrossing narrative of the expedition that richly positions the mission’s incidents within Lynch’s Western perspective on the Near East. Wonderfully realized, Bain’s account will enthrall seekers of history off the beaten path.” —Booklist (starred review) “David Haward Bain, author of Empire Express, paints a vivid picture of the ambitious, visionary seafarers and their bold adventure . . . Bitter Waters captures this fascinating moment in American history.” —History Book Club (official selection)
Religion and Social Organization in Central Polynesia
Author: Robert W. Williamson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625696
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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Originally published in 1937, this presents a detailed account of religious and mythical structures in Central Polynesia.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625696
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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Originally published in 1937, this presents a detailed account of religious and mythical structures in Central Polynesia.
The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia
Author: Robert W. Williamson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Originally published in 1924, this book forms part of a three-volume study on the socio-political systems of Polynesian islands near the equator.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Originally published in 1924, this book forms part of a three-volume study on the socio-political systems of Polynesian islands near the equator.
The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia
Author: Robert Wood Williamson
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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