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With 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 centuriesgorgeously 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 soulthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedfrom 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 birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinbirds 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 earthas 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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He proves for the first time that there is a royal heritage of the messiah in the west, and documents the systematic and continuing suppression of records tracing the descent of the sacred lineage by regimes down the centuriesoxfam shop evesham did jesus marry and have children? if so, what happened to his family? are there descendants of his still alive today? at last the truth can be told, this extraordinary and controversial book, packed with intrigue, begins where others have endedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelaurence gardener has been granted privileged access to european sovereign and noble archives, along with special insight into chivalric and church repositoriesthere is also a fascinating history of the knights templars of jerusalemit casts penetrating new light on the bible story and onto the enigmatic figures of joseph of arimathea and mary magdalene, and on the real truth behind the arthurian legends and the holy grailthis unique book gives a detailed genealogical account of the authentic line of succession of the royal blood from the sons of jesus and his brother james down to the present day
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The centre of bologna is one of the best conserved in europe, and it is full of beautiful palaces and churches packed with artworks that bear witness to the cultural importance of the city over the centuriesuk/destinationguides/europe/italy/bolognaitalians love to define bologna as a scholarly, fat and red citymore info visit: https://wwwif you have a short time for your holidays then the best travel guide to bologna is the best for you
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An academic text looking at the contribution persia has made to the development of society over the centuries the book is in good conditionit should be noted however the dust jacket is worn (but it has acquired a plastic cover to protect it) the main body of the book has 421 pages see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the product of personal experience but also draws on the accumulated wisdom of the centuries - from the days of ancient rome when cabbage and a necklace of garlic was recommended up to today's time-honoured curesthis is the most complete and informative book on hangovers that you are likely to needoxfam shop ulverston the complete guide to getting through the morning after the night beforediscover why we get hangovers, what they are and they're not, what precautionary measures you need to take to avoid them, how you can cure them (from food to exercise), what drinks can zap you back to your usual sparkling form (from the non-alcoholic to hair of the dog cocktails) and what the wits of the world have said about their hangoverssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein its pages you will find all you need to know to get the better of a retribution that has dogged mankind since noah planted the first vineyard
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Meanwhile, a colleague is much more concerned with unravelling uncannily similar events three hundred years old, events twisted by the centuries into their current, misshapen form, as the fairy-story of the pied piper of hamelinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in the borderlands between germany and poland, this powerful first novel is reminiscent in mood, complexity and accomplishment of pat barker's world war one trilogy or sebastian faulks' birdsongoxfam shop inverness pungent tales of world war two converge with more distant memories of the thirty years war in this powerful, compelling debut novelwhat he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowingthe war is overa young british army doctor finds himself ordered to investigate a curious plague in a polish refugee camp
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Based on real events, the lieutenant tells the unforgettable story of rooke's connection to an aboriginal child - a remarkable friendship that resonates across the oceans and the centuriesbut this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars abovethere he sets up an observatory to chart the starssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a lieutenant in the first fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of new south walesoxfam bookshop hertford in daniel rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreother wise the book is in very good order, with intact dust jacket and clean binding in scarlet clothoxfam bookshop ludlow ex library copy, first editionthe foundation of the gupta empire in the 4th century awith the gupta period india entered upon the classical phase of sculptureby the efforts of the centuries, techniques of art were perfected, definite types were evolved, and ideals of beauty were formulated with precisionvarious black and white photographs throughoutgood condition, with one front page only, carrying library stamp, to publisher page
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morea close-knit community grew up in this once remote parish and a strong sense of friendship and family ties continues to this daythe sea has played a vital part in the life of the parish with fisherman gaining a tough living from it and the lifeboat, coastguards and lighthouse keepers have all been part of its proud maritime traditionboth book and dust jacket are slightly bumped at extremities, but the jacket is wonderfully glossy, the binding is sound and tight, the contents of the book are close to as new, and the jacket is not price-clippedoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames sennen can lay claim to being the first and last parish in britain, sited at the most westerly tip of cornwall, it is a landscape of coves, farms, and hamlets, and includes the famous promontory of land's end which, over the centuries, has attracted thousands of visitorsthe community spirit endures in sennen, and through memories and a rich harvest of photographs, a way of life that is fast disappearing is celebrated and preserved in this bookincluding list of subscribers
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Millard architectural collectionsixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppvolume iii: susan higman (edour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeeach volume is a clothbound hardcover with dustjacket and b/w illseventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppnorthern european bookscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume iv: frances kianka (edvery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jsun wear on spine of dust jacketbibliographical info and an indexsixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteitalian and spanish booksvolume ii: susan higman (edfifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washingtonsmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketvolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark j
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In centuries of change bestselling historian ian mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of western historycenturies of change is a journey into the past like no otherthe pages are tightoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditiondust jacket shows some minor shelf wearhere is a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution and cataclysmic shifts in perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us allthe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagesthere are two sections of colour illustrationsit is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest changewe journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilisations came into conflict with each other on an epic scalethe black cloth boards are in very good condition
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Mutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundanthe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillitybut we are wrongit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westestimates of its length vary from to milessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe all feel we know the wallit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightseven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timeshe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliamyths surround ityet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsmany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moon
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theorypeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculatedthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptoxfam shop lytham the old world has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the dark age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from to 800 bcas a result, our notions about the trojan war, the foundation of rome, the origins of the greek alphabet, and the golden age of solomon all have to be reexamined, revolutionizing our view of the ancient worlddeciphering the clues from papyri and pottery, they search layer by layer through the excavated treasures of a vast area from spain to france and from denmark to the sudan, until they reach egypt - where they unearth 250 years of "ghost history" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has served
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfultext block cleanlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking see oxfam website for delivery information read morethousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionno highlighting or other notesdust jacket unmarkedoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english genius
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriescovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
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Through five centuries published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Five centuries of versecan be posted by arrangementany questions, please feel free to contact mei accept paypalexcellent conditionthe essential book of poetry
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Oxfam bookshop truro this book is the first to tell the full story of killigarth's most colourful three centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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5 centuries of tileplease see the photos for an accurate impressionregistered shipping via cttmotifs i to xviwith stampeverything is on display
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Bought many years ago for ÂŁ40 from gems in scarborough, many centuries old, prefer collection but will post for ÂŁ3 extra, very unusual item read more
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Very old ring, many centuries old, bought from gems in scarborough ago, just been in a drawer ever since i can remember, prefer collection but will post for ÂŁ3 extra read more
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The diamond sutra was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest china, and it was created from seven strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters longmade in 868 ad and written in chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faithit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe oldest dated example of wood block printing, produced some six hundred years before gutenberg's movable type printing in europe, it is clearly the product of a mature printing industry in chinathis beautifully designed book, the first to focus solely on the diamond sutra, features a full-color reproduction of the work, along with an account of the discovery of the sutra by sir aurel stein in may in a hidden cave on the edge of the gobi desertthe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingthe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhism
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This book deals admirably with the corporate history of the company but tells us little about the liverymen, freemen and free women who have come and gone over the centuriesthere is foxing on the pages throughout the bookthe thread, which to a large extent justifies the continued existence of the company, is the quasi-hereditary privilege of patrimonyit is inevitable that in pursuing one objective, other information would emerge which it is hoped will be of interest to readerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe lower page edge has bumping on the upper boardthe front endpages have heavy foxing and the rear endpages have foxingthe intention of this publication is to show the way in which patrimony has permitted the emergence of families of members - some of which have lasted for only two generations, whereas others have lasted for severalas can be seen from the picture the spine has been damaged in the upper sectionin particular it is intended to record the family relationships of the present members of the liverythe book has blue boards and an illustrated alms sticker on the upper boardthe lower and upper edge of the spine and the lower gutter hinge have bumpingoxfam shop mutley plain title: salters' families extract from the introduction: most members of the company will have received copies of "a history of the salters' company" by j
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Macleod has traveled through the ages searching for fellow immortal, marcus octavius (kouichi yamadera), the man responsible for killing his lover, moya (yurika hino), on the celtic plains centuries agosee oxfam website for delivery information read moredirector yoshiaki kawajiri pairs up with original highlander writer david abramowitz to create a new feature-length adventure for the sci-fi fantasy tale of ancient scots warrior colin mcleod (voice of shun oguri)his journey has taken him to a post-apocalyptic new york in the year , the city now a partly submerged ruin overshadowed by a vast monolithic fortresswill the remnants of a once-proud new york prove to be the final battleground as these two undying warriors once again come face to face? disc and case in very good conditionmacleod has the power to save the survivors but, driven by a blinding bloodlust, he has only one goal - to avenge the murder of moyaoxfam bookshop carlisle anime instalment of the cult 'highlander' franchiseruling what is left of the once proud metropolis, mcleod finds none other than marcus octavius, whose despotic plans for the future include poisoning the big apple's populaceafter countless gory showdowns, neither immortal has managed to truly vanquish the other
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The "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the yearand yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe seven t'ang, the ruling dictatorship of the solar system, is weakened by the birth of a special child, and the forces of rebellion and change are spreading from the mega-cities of earth to a secretive, planet-wide conspiracy on marsrevolution may finally free the long-shackled masses, or it may spread unimaginable destruction sufficient to level a world--and the hopes of all worlds to comefor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsnow, as a mad, blood-thirsty ruler plots a coup from within the t'ang, hans ebert, his famous face obscured forever behind a mask, begins a new fight for power and love on the red soil of marsbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seduction
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The mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bcethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiihis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsthese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationgenerally good conditionapprox 500 pages each volumewith original red cloth covers, slight bumped cornersthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aprinted calcutta - kolkata indiacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagebinding slightly-loose in volume iii & iv4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddentraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasathe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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This can be exemplified by the historic view of angina pectoris, which used to be simplified as being always fatal, thus obscuring for nearly two centuries the view of a 'self-healing' mechanism such as the collateral circulation of the heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit would be naive, to assume the present work to be free of erroneous oversimplification, because the very nature of scientific work is related to generating (simple) hypotheses with their subsequent falsificationin that context and bluntly, my primary interest in the field of the collateral circulation was not initiated with a vision of eradicating the consequences of coronary artery disease (cad) by promoting the growth of natural bypassesthe time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schapersuch a process of reducing disarray in a system with the aim of grasping it better is related to simplification, which carries the risk of introducing errorlike new with clean pages insidealternatively, it could be 'sold' as the result of my intention to reduce entropy of 18 years of scientific work on the topic of the coronary circulation, which was itself meant to diminish the amount of 'useless' energyoxfam bookshop hampstead collateral circulation of the heart by christian seiler the sober explanation for this book is a call by the springer-verlag, london, to edit a publication on 'the functional relevance of the collateral circulation' of the heart
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In the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firmwilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights regionin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable city" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationbanias' story starts in canaanite timeswith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianity
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With the doctor's help, the archaeological party discover the last of the cybermen, frozen and entombed in a vast underground cavernbut by entering the tombs, the humans have sprung a fiendish trapsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle for centuries, the disappearance of the cybermen from the universe has been a mysterythe doctor, jamie and victoria arrive on telos - once the cyber home world - just as an earth expedition uncovers the entrance to a long-lost control centre filled with baffling technologyall around them, the cybermen begin to rise from the dead
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this eraaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforein travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translations
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