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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markings"Christopher Columbus" is a biography that chronicles the life and voyages of the Genoese navigator who transformed the known world,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Cristo: Colombo: Christopher Columbus, chronicles the life and voyages of the famed explorer, presenting a nuanced portrait...

The anthropological account of Columbus' discovery of the Americas 'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land ... He promised to give a silk doublet to the first...

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Author: Kirkpatrick SaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and inside covers; pages in good condition...

""The cornerstone of the history of the American continent."" --Washington Irving This revised edition (originally published in 1959) of the famous biography of Columbus by his son Ferdinand was published...

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Christopher Columbus sailed the seas in search of the perfect trade route - find out how his life and explorations helped to change the world! Discover the stories of people...

The book titled Christopher Columbus: Master of the Atlantic by the author Dr. David A. Thomas, QC. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

This impeccably researched and "adventure-packed" ( The Washington Post ) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus's son to create the greatest library in the world is "the stuff...

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The voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492 is one of the most significant journeys ever made by man. It led directly to the colonization of America by Europeans, something that...

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Author: Rex And Thea RienitsBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hamlyn Publishing Group., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chipping and sun fading...

Author: Washington IrvingBinding: HardbackPublished: Bell & Daldy, 1866Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWashington Irving's Irving's Works: Life Of Columbus presents a...

Format: Paperback, 190mm x 246mm, 846g, 416 pagesPublished: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom, 2016With his Letter of 1493 to the court of Spain, Christopher Columbus heralded his first voyage to...

Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus and author of the first published account of a voyage to the New World, was also the owner of one of the largest private...

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The fourth book in the "Time Quest" series. Each book focuses on a dramatic recent historical event. In words and pictures, the explorer, scientist or archaeologist responsible for the discovery...

In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror , The Verge tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and...

'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...

Author: Virginia W. JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Gay and Bird, 1892Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cracked. This historical account,...

The first volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World examines how the United States emerged out of a series of colonial interactions, some involving indigenous empires and...

Author: S.K. LothropBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich tradition of Pre-Columbian art created by the indigenous peoples of the Americas...

Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Lockwood narrates lives filled with imagination and wonder, curiosity, connection, and exchange. Familiar...

'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...

'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew journeys in the history of science have altered the course of human understanding as profoundly as Charles Darwin's five-year expedition aboard HMS Beagle, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of cultural history and archaeology, Peoples of the Sun: The Civilizations of Pre-Columbian America chronicles the rich...

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Author: Sam Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move. 'Fascinating... Miller's perspective...

Author: Christina ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: Sheed & Ward Ltd, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsChristina Scott's A Historian And His World: A Life Of Christopher Dawson 1889-1970 chronicles the...

Author: Richard PenningtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1970Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a collection of recollections and insights into the life and works of Christopher...

Author: R E Pritchard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an...

Author: Anthony TrollopeBinding: HardbackPublished: Omnium Publishing for The Trollope Society, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two‑volume set presents Anthony Trollope’s vivid account...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFrom the pen of one of history's greatest statesmen comes a sweeping narrative of civilisation's most consequential chapter — A History of...

Author: Christopher GilbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Studio Vista - Christie's - London, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the extraordinary career of Thomas Chippendale, the...

Eusebius is regarded as *the* historian of Christian antiquity Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned...

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