The pacific islands
List the pacific islands
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After handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacifiche then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea floweroxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid she made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a yearalthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translationreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to topfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken inhe returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian ocean
14 €
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From skirmishes involving single destroyers hunting down merchantmen to the clashing of massive battleships, from invasions of islands across the pacific to mastering waves of dive bombers, victory at sea enables you to fight exciting battles that take place on the oceans of world war iithroughout , the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in the face of rapidly developing technologiesvictory at sea is the game of naval combat during the second world warnow you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop with entire fleets drawn from the royal navy, us navy, imperial japanese navy, german kriegsmarine or any of the other nations featured in victory at sea
84 €
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The author's journey takes him from southampton to new york and then to hawaii, the pacific islands, japan, korea, china, hong kong, singapore, brazil, falkland islands, patagonia, chile, peru, panama, cuba, and floridaround the world by frank hedges butler, founder of the royal aero club and hon treasurer of the royal automobile clubit features 79 b/w photographic platescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book is presented by the author to denham-smith and there is also frank hedges butler's business card red hardboards with gilt globe and lettering to the front boardsome marks to edges of boards, especially the rear board but firm and binding tightplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 2nd part of the book covers red sea, aden, malaysia, java, bali, australia, new zealand, fiji, tonga, samoa, tahiti, vancouver and home to englandit is a first edition published ingilt illustration and lettering to the spine alsoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
51 €
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If the love the pacific islands, you will love this booklavishly produced, richly colour illustrated/photographsbut without the paper cover sleeve, reason for it being is incredibly reasonably pricedpolynesia: the mark and carolyn blackburn collection of polynesian artcovers hawaii, the cook islands, samoa, tonga, fiji, easter island, aotearoa (new zealand) and on across polynesiathe book is newthis is a stunningly beautiful coffee table bookhigh quality paper and printingstill a gorgeous book
75 €
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Called "one of the most exciting authors in nordic literature" by henning mankell, carsten jensen has worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from china, cambodia, latin america, the pacific islands, and afghanistan new republichailed in europe as an instant classic, we, the drowned is the story of the port town of marstal, denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the second world war"washington post"a generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor's tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity both melville and steinbeck might have been pleased to read ithe lives in copenhagen and marstalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation; there are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivalsa gorgeous, unsparing novelthe result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the seaoxfam bookshop cheltenham an international bestsellera thrilling epic tale of the sea"we, the drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches tolstoy in its evocation of war's confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alike
2 €
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Oxfam bookshop thame the story of a daring voyage by the author and five companions in on board a primitive raft from the coast of peru to the pacific islandsdust jacket has a few scuff marks the mile journey took 101 days and decisively established the feasibility of his claim mr heyerdahl was convinced that the original polynesians had come by sea from south america, and to prove that such a journey was possible at that remote period, he and his party built the kon-tiki, similar to the rafts then used, and embarked on itsee oxfam website for delivery information read more pages clean internally though some staining to edges of pagescontains 18 black and white photographs the craft used was an exact replica of the ancient inca balsa rafthardback in orange cloth with gilt lettering and embossed illustration on front cover
19 €
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Oxfam books & music romsey from the producers of band of brothers, the pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three umarines--robert leckie (james badge dale), eugene sledge (joe mazzello) and john basilone (jon seda)--across the vast canvas of the pacific theatre during world war iisee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow marines take them from the first clash with the japanese in the haunted jungles of guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of cape gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of peleliu, up the black sand terraces of iwo jima, through the killing fields of okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after v-j day
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop swanage from the producers of band of brothers, the pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three umarines--robert leckie (james badge dale), eugene sledge (joe mazzello) and john basilone (jon seda)--across the vast canvas of the pacific theatre during world war iisee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow marines take them from the first clash with the japanese in the haunted jungles of guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of cape gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of peleliu, up the black sand terraces of iwo jima, through the killing fields of okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after v-j day
15 €
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Oxfam books & music romsey from the producers of band of brothers, the pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three umarines--robert leckie (james badge dale), eugene sledge (joe mazzello) and john basilone (jon seda)--across the vast canvas of the pacific theatre during world war iidiscs are in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow marines take them from the first clash with the japanese in the haunted jungles of guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of cape gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of peleliu, up the black sand terraces of iwo jima, through the killing fields of okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after v-j day
12 €
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A full colour softback book detailing the airlines of the pacific oceanit is in excellent condition and postage is extra to the price required
5 €
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This 112 page book published by airlife publishing depicts airliners from the pacific oceanfull colour photographs in exc cond
5 €
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History of the world kids book the americas and the pacific, new, very good condition, free postage
3 €
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warthis a brilliant series and worth watching see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop smithdown road all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriesepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'
14 €
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world warepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dalkeith all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-series
6 €
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world waroxfam shop colne road all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'
8 €
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world waroxfam shop hull all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'
9 €
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The series tells the intertwined stories of three us marines - eugene sledge (joseph mazzello), robert leckie (james badge dale) and john basilone (jon seda) - during america's battle with the japanese in the pacific in the second world waroxfam shop magdelen street all ten episodes of the fact-based hbo historical drama mini-seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes are: 'guadalcanal/leckie', 'basilone', 'melbourne', 'gloucester/pavuvu/banika', 'peleliu landing', 'peleliu airfield', 'peleliu hills', 'iwo jima', 'okinawa' and 'home'
9 €
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Lion's gate, british columbia gateway to the pacific art print artist: robert mcvittie (canadian, ) frame size: w- 97cm(381inch) directly under the image, in pencil: numbered at left; signed by artist right condition very good
300 €
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The kamikaze hunters: fighting for the pacific, by will iredale (hardback,…condition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class
3 €
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The greek islandstitle: the greek islandscondition: used; goodauthors: durrell, lawrencebinding: paperback
2 €
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2 box sets band of brothers and the pacific only played once original tins see pictures
4 €
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Wwii: battle over the pacific (sony ps)condition is good with manuals combine postage available please let me know before payment is made
2 €
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Silent hunter: wolves of the pacific (pc: mac/ windows, )dispatched with royal mail 1st class large lettercondition is very good
1 €
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The pacific (blu-ray, -disc set, box set)condition is gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class signed for
6 €
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Sony ps2 playsation 2 game wwii: battle over the pacific (ps2)
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Tacticos and his bouzoukis ?- music from the greek islands - mfp tracklist a1 strose to stroma sou yia thio - zorba's dance a2 afto to agori - that boy a3 sikou horepse koukli mou - get up, dance my doll a4 sikou horepse sirtaki - get up, dance sirtaki a5 faliriotissa - the girl from faliron a6 laikos horos - folk dance in 9/8 b1 ta pethia tou pirea - never on sunday b2 pai, pai - gone, gone b3 ftohologia - poverty b4 varka sto yialo - rowing boat by the shore b5 ta thakria mou eene kafta - my tears are burning condition lp vinyl record - very good condition the sleeve - very good condition postage to uk only - ÂŁ380 royal mail standard your album will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read more
5 €
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Spain, airmail , franco's visit to the canary islands (a246), with check digit on the reverse mint and perfect stampscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe photos are part of the description and present the stampplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetracked shipping with philatelic postage
85 €
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The title is music of the greek islandsfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casingthe item format is a cd cd
8 €
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Complete series of caudillo's visit to the canary islands in the year , first issueshipped by registered mailedifil catalogue: €380see pictures
88 €