Galapagos archipelago
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Contents - five days at jerusalem; sicily as it is; china (pages ), cochin china and japan; islands of the indian and eastern seas; up and down the amoor; from asia to america; vancouver island; from the atlantic to the pacific; cremation ghats at calcutta; cuba and the cubans; to cuba and back; the search for the franklin expedition; dalmatia; galapagos archipelago; coral islands; maldiva islands; society islands; mount athos and its monasteries; the great plains of north america; travel and sporting adventures in south africa; the steppes of russia and the caucasus; morocco or maroccoi have here for sale a book entitled all round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels and adventures, in all parts of the globe, edited by wf ainsworthare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith 200 illustrations after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel and other eminent artists, and six finely engraved full coloured mapsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethere are 72 full pages plates in this book, together with innumerable woodcut illustrations in the text, and of course the six coloured maps of asia; china and the indo-chinese states; north america; south america; turkey in europe and greece; and africapublished in by william collins of london and glasgowplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefold out plate showing jerusalem from the mount of olives; illustrated title page with vignette of the great eastern laying the atlantic cable; plain text title page; xii pages of preface, contents and illustrations; 820 pagesquarter bound in brown buckram on maroon buckram hardboards, with five raised bands on the spine, and gilt letteringthis is the first series, so presumably more were planned or actually publishedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevery good condition with both boards firmly attached and no pages loose or missing
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Swarovski crystal galapagos tortoise in excellent condition never been touched with out gloves on all comes in original box,bags and all signed read more
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Authors: john hickmanbinding: paperbacklist price (msrp)condition: goodproduct category: books
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These two wet suits were purchased for a one week trip to the galapagos and have been hardly worn since so are in excellent condition100% d-flex panels for durabilitysmooth-skin chest and backthe features are: titanium double lined neoprene which reflects heat back inboth the blue and red wet suits are the same size - men’s m/l but one was worn by and both are here modeled by a 6ft tall woman! we also have 2 pairs of gul slipper shoes to go with the wet suits (see separate product or ask for details)long sturdy back zip and velcro adjustable neckflatlock durable seam construction£12 each or both for £20 read more
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Oxfam shop brentwood 'the greatest nature writer in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across skraeling island in northern canada, the colonialists who plundered central africa, an enlightenment-era englishman who sailed the pacific, a native american emissary who found his way into isolationist japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropicshorizon is a revelatory, epic work that voices concern but also hope - a book that makes you see the world differently, and that is the crowning achievement by one of america's great voicestaking us nearly from pole to pole - from modern megacities to some of the earth's most remote regions - and across decades of lived experience, barry lopez gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that describes his travels to six regions of the world: from western oregon to the high arctic; from the galápagos to the kenyan desert; from botany bay in australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of antarctica an astounding new memoir' sunday times'horizon is magnificent; a contemporary epic' robert macfarlane, author of underlandfrom the author of the classic arctic dreams comes a vivid recollection of his travels around the world and the encounters that have shaped an extraordinary lifethroughout his journeys - to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe - and via friendships with scientists, archaeologists, artists and local residents, lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken worldhe is also the greatest travel writer
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Nor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthwith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and the went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly time
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From the tip of south america and the galapagos islands to australia and tahiti; darwin set out to study geology, but ended up finding the information that would lead to this theory of evolution by natural selectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover has some creases and marks at the side but isn't very noticeablea naturalist's voyage around the world follows charles darwin over his almost five year journey around the world, in which he studied animals, plants geology, and much moreoxfam shop scarborough a book which is in great condition for its age, the pages are slightly coloured but has no effect on the reading
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£5 cash on collectionan impressive selection of children’s nonfiction books, around 20all books are in very good clean conditioncollection includes: record breakers, fantastic sea creatures, animal hunters, living history of britain, 3 dinosaur books, aztecs and incas, galapagos, nursery rhymes, 6 books from tell me about it seriesthis is a real bargain
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Cyca revoluta or sago palm is restricted to a few of the islands of the japanese archipelagoindoors it is best grown in a bright position or conservatorythe sago palm is also one of the few cycads worth trying outdoors in a milder gardenmeasurements: 110cm (w) 55cm (h) nb: 90cm (h) in the pot collection only read morethis is a great plant and makes an interesting addition to nearly any roomin appearance, the sago palm is the typical palm tree, with a tall rough trunk and a crown of glossy deep green leaves at the top
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Riachristiecollectionsbuy book onlne from uk's largest bookstore riachristiecollectionsvisit us to get more info:wwwcontact us for all type of books, we have thousands of new book collection in our stock
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Hokkaido, the northern island of the japanese archipelago is far more rural and rugged than much of the countrywatching the northern limits of japanese air space isn't easy60th anniversary special marking code: ) chitose ajasdf 2nd aw 201st sq chitose a
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigood overall condition, few foxing¶ marie-armand pascal de castera-macaya d'avezac () is a french archivist and geographerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store) bound in one volume with red morocco leatheran early account, full of scarce anecdotes and picturesque details, dealing with the african islands: islets of the lybian coast, islands of the gulf of sidra, pelagian islands, azores archipelago, canary islands, cape verde, guinea, atlantic sporades, rodrigues islands, seychelles, comoros, zenges and islands of the arabian gulf, etcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteone of the founders of the ethnographic society, he was interested in colonial geography and great discoveries, admitting the existence of atlantishe arrived in paris in and spent his entire career at the ministry of the navy where he took care of the archives and the management of the coloniesthe text is illustrated with 20 steel-engraved plates showing scenes, people, landscapes, buildings, views, etcthree parts published in the collection "l'univers" (126 pfrom to he was secretary general of the geographical society, of which he was 13 times vice-president and 6 times presidentcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe scientific-geographical reference book of the former dutch east indies for the period , containing 456 pages, which aims to present a complete cartographic image of india as it was in the last pre-war decadesto map the largely impenetrable forests, marshes and volcano-covered indian archipelago, a huge amount of cartographic pioneering work had to be doneour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall texts in dutch and englishplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe results were collected in the great atlas of the dutch east indies, an eight kilo geographical reference work concerned with (colonial) dutch east indiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Very, very beautiful mini folds corners t15 archipelago of terror eare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinew t14 the prisoner of the yellow shadow every nice damaged caps(photos) t19 guerilla in tumbaga every, very beautiful t25 the yellow shadow bubbles eour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebob morane henri vernes william vance / forton dedication volume 7please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenear new condition the photos are part of the description # specialcollectionservice read moredargaud editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenew t26 borrowed from et6 the mystery of the re area very, very beautiful t7 the valley of the rattlesnakes ré dedication by henri vernes
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Kronos, the titans’ father just barged in the cyclades archipelagobatteries included?number of puzzle pieces: 1educational objective(s): not availablebatteries required?
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His second-closest, and then his closest friend (after the death of the poet philip larkin), was robert conquest, a leading sovietologist, whose book of , the great terror, was second only to solzhenitsyn's the gulag archipelago in undermining the ussrit addresses itself to the central lacuna of twentieth-century thought: the indulgence of communism by intellectuals of the weststalin said that the death of one person was tragic, the death of a million a mere 'statistic'amis's remarkable memoir explores these connectionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein between the personal beginning and the personal ending, amis gives us perhaps the best one hundred pages ever written about stalin: koba the dread, iosif the terribleoxfam shop colne road koba the dread is the successor to martin amis's celebrated memoir, experiencekoba the dread, during whose course the author absorbs a particular, a familial death, is a rebuttal of stalin's aphorismit is largely political (while remaining personal)the author's father, kingsley amis, though later reactionary in tendency, was 'a comintern dogsbody' (as he would come to put it) from towith general shelfwear and foxing
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Send your vikings to the archipelago of lofoten, the orkney islands, or as far south as tierra del fuego and discover the possibilities that await you therewith two new exploration boards that take you to far-flung locales, you can unlock more options than ever before
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A famous paper of the moluccas archipelago in beautiful coeval colouring, printed on a beautiful sheet with wide margins latin text at verso read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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* the karimun islands is a group of 26 small islands in the riau archipelago between singapore and sumatra, notorious at the time as a base for malay pirates, in: tijdschrift voor nederlandsch-indiëvan hoëvell - zalt-bommel, johsympathie voor het indische leger(total) - bound in a contemporary half-leather binding with gilt title on the spine ( cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenoman en zooncondition: virtually as new* an incident in in which 15 indigenous chiefs (they are mentioned by name) at goegoer-sigandang (in sumatra) were put to death after being accused of treason to the dutch government, - de versnelde en geregelde gemeenschap met de nederlandsche bezittingen in oost- en west-indiëiets over het overplaatsen van officieren uit het nederlandsche in het indische legercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablede discipline aan boord bij de supletie-troepen voor de koloniënplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteherinneringen aan eener reis van soerabaja baar ambonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibijdrage tot de kennis der zuid-westereilanden, door eenen zendelingde "executie” te te goegoer-sigandang* 8 ppde voornaamste dames hielden zich vroeger met dezen tak van nijverheid onledig, die te lukratiever was, naar mate de rondventsters jeugdiger, schooner, en ligtzinniger waren[iv], iv, 403 ppwat verlangt het leger en wat doet men voor het leger? 9 pppublished by drlion - onderzoek naar de opleiding van ambtenaren voor de burgerlijke dienst in nederlandsch-indiëbeschrijving van het eiland soemba of sandelhoutde karimon-eilanden** except this article (one of the earliest dedicated to the karimun islands) this complete half volume of the tni contains many more interesting articles, such as: - redenen van ontevredenheid bij het indische leger17th volume, issues 1-6review on the publication of the 7th and 8th edition of the plates ‘nederlandsch-oost-indische typen’ by van pers, in which the reviewer (van hoëvell?), referring to the lithograph ‘kinderen, snoeperijen verkopende’, says the following: ‘tot nadere opheldering van de laatste plaat hebben wij hier aan te teekeningen dat men, vooral zondag 's morgens ook slavinnen met fijn gebak aan de huizen rond ziet gaan; om die te verkoopen; ten profijte van de dames, aan welke zij toebehooren, en die daardoor, bij gebrek aan koeke-bakkers, te batavia en in de binnenlanden een belangrijk speldegeld verdienen
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S svalbard scrapbook svalbard (the whole archipelago whose largest island is spitsbergen) sits a long way north of norway above the arctic circle and there is still much research being undertaken therearctic expedition handbook and bwhilst you can't travel to spitsbergen again (yet) this book will help you imagine being there! arctic expedition handbook and bthis book is based on the handbook written by the many specialist leaders and then a personal note is added by extracts from the young people's accounts and illustrations of their experiencespaperback, corners creased but otherwise in used good conditionnicknames of participantssvalbard scrapbook by chris furse , hegg hill farm trustthe bses provided young people with the opportunity in the 's and '90's to spend six weeks undertaking research in svalbard, camping and living in tents - technically in summer but still a snowy and cold environmentsome photo's annotated with eg see oxfam website for delivery information read morededication on frontispiece by author
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Gently used though cleanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe sixth editionmany have the opinion that wallace picked-up the idea in indonesia and did that before darwinour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecomplete with maps and a few engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis book takes second place in the formulation of the evolution theory after ‘origin of species’ by charles darwinsomewhat loose in the binding, though intactcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean ex-libris in the front
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No deep inclusions from the tuamotu archipelago (french polynesia) the pearl is untreatedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiregistered shipping, securely packaged and protectedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storediameter: top pearl 106 mm total pendant size: 25 mm total pendant weight: 5please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontact us with any questions9 mm, bottom pearl 11necklace + integrated pendant in 18 kt yellow gold and tahiti pearls adjustable: 45 cm at the longest (adjustable down to choker length: see photos) delivered with invoice35 g 18 kt yellow gold: hallmarked "au750" (see photos) new necklace, never worncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletahiti cultured pearl (saltwater) shape: round lustre quality: very beautiful lustre surface quality: over 70% of the surface is without any imperfections
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