World Explorers and Discoverers
Title | World Explorers and Discoverers PDF eBook |
Author | Richard E. Bohlander |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
Pages | 552 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Over 300 entries, 50 maps, and 170 photographs.
Explorers and Discoverers of the World
Title | Explorers and Discoverers of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel B. Baker |
Publisher | Gale Cengage |
Pages | 696 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Presents 322 men and women whose journeys shaped the modern world.
Discoverers and Explorers
Title | Discoverers and Explorers PDF eBook |
Author | Edward R. Shaw |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2020-08-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3752422696 |
Reproduction of the original: Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw
Discoverers and Explorers
Title | Discoverers and Explorers PDF eBook |
Author | Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw |
Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2012-08-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781290620932 |
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Discoverers
Title | The Discoverers PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel J. Boorstin |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 770 |
Release | 2011-01-26 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0307773558 |
An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos.
The Alchemy of Conquest
Title | The Alchemy of Conquest PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Bauer |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 609 |
Release | 2019-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0813942551 |
The Age of the Discovery of the Americas was concurrent with the Age of Discovery in science. In The Alchemy of Conquest, Ralph Bauer explores the historical relationship between the two, focusing on the connections between religion and science in the Spanish, English, and French literatures about the Americas during the early modern period. As sailors, conquerors, travelers, and missionaries were exploring "new worlds," and claiming ownership of them, early modern men of science redefined what it means to "discover" something. Bauer explores the role that the verbal, conceptual, and visual language of alchemy played in the literature of the discovery of the Americas and in the rise of an early modern paradigm of discovery in both science and international law. The book traces the intellectual and spiritual legacies of late medieval alchemists such as Roger Bacon, Arnald of Villanova, and Ramon Llull in the early modern literature of the conquest of America in texts written by authors such as Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, José de Acosta, Nicolás Monardes, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Harriot, Francis Bacon, and Alexander von Humboldt.
Discoverers and Explorers
Title | Discoverers and Explorers PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Richard Shaw |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Explorers |
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