The centuries
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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 soulas 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 skywhether 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 earthnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdbirds 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 dustthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedoxfam 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 birdsthe 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 centuriesit 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 graillaurence gardener has been granted privileged access to european sovereign and noble archives, along with special insight into chivalric and church repositoriesthis 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 daythere is also a fascinating history of the knights templars of jerusalemsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 ended
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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 centuriesmore info visit: https://wwwif you have a short time for your holidays then the best travel guide to bologna is the best for youitalians love to define bologna as a scholarly, fat and red cityuk/destinationguides/europe/italy/bologna
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An academic text looking at the contribution persia has made to the development of society over the centuriesit should be noted however the dust jacket is worn (but it has acquired a plastic cover to protect it) the book is in good condition 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 needsee oxfam website for delivery information read morediscover 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 hangoversoxfam shop ulverston the complete guide to getting through the morning after the night beforein 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 hamelinset 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' birdsongsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowingthe war is overoxfam shop inverness pungent tales of world war two converge with more distant memories of the thirty years war in this powerful, compelling debut novela 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 centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford in daniel rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his lifebut this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars abovethere he sets up an observatory to chart the starsas a lieutenant in the first fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of new south wales
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Oxfam bookshop ludlow ex library copy, first editionwith the gupta period india entered upon the classical phase of sculpturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious black and white photographs throughoutthe foundation of the gupta empire in the 4th century aby the efforts of the centuries, techniques of art were perfected, definite types were evolved, and ideals of beauty were formulated with precisionother wise the book is in very good order, with intact dust jacket and clean binding in scarlet clothgood condition, with one front page only, carrying library stamp, to publisher page
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The 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-clippeda close-knit community grew up in this once remote parish and a strong sense of friendship and family ties continues to this dayoxfam 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 visitorssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding list of subscribersthe 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 book
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Volume iii: susan higman (ednorthern european booksmillard architectural collectionsun wear on spine of dust jacketmillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washingtonitalian and spanish bookssmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketour 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 illsixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppfifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppvolume iv: frances kianka (edcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark jvery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jvolume ii: susan higman (edsixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppbibliographical info and an indexseventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 otherthere are two sections of colour illustrationsthe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 changethe pages are tightthe black cloth boards are in very good conditionwe 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 scaledust 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 perspectiveoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us all
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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 tranquillityestimates of its length vary from to milesyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesmyths surround iteven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliathe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcmany 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 moonwe all feel we know the wallit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonit 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 allbut we are wrongmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountains
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claim" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has servedas 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 worldoxfam 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 bcthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredeciphering 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 historyin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theorypeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculated
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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 successfulthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionlacking 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 landtext block cleanthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerdust jacket unmarkedin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionno highlighting or other notesfull 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 moreoxfam 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 geniusexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of use
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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 alchemyrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative see oxfam website for delivery information read morepresents 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
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Through five centuriesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the dates
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Five centuries of verseexcellent conditionthe essential book of poetryi accept paypalcan be posted by arrangementany questions, please feel free to contact me
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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 tilemotifs i to xviwith stampplease see the photos for an accurate impressioneverything is on displayregistered shipping via ctt
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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 longoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldthe 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 chinait reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itthe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhismsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremade 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 faiththe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingthis 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 desert
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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 centuriesthe 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 sectionthe 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 jthe front endpages have heavy foxing and the rear endpages have foxingthere is foxing on the pages throughout the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe thread, which to a large extent justifies the continued existence of the company, is the quasi-hereditary privilege of patrimonythe book has blue boards and an illustrated alms sticker on the upper boardin particular it is intended to record the family relationships of the present members of the liveryit is inevitable that in pursuing one objective, other information would emerge which it is hoped will be of interest to readersthe lower page edge has bumping on the upper board
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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 agoafter countless gory showdowns, neither immortal has managed to truly vanquish the otherdirector 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)will 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 conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle anime instalment of the cult 'highlander' franchisemacleod has the power to save the survivors but, driven by a blinding bloodlust, he has only one goal - to avenge the murder of moyahis 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 fortressruling 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 populace
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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 yearnow, 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 marsfor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seductionand 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 come
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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 bcethe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (cprinted calcutta - kolkata indiaref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kapprox 500 pages each volumethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishbinding slightly-loose in volume iii & iv4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddencondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegenerally good conditionwith original red cloth covers, slight bumped cornersthese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagetraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasathese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationhis 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 successorsthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 heartoxfam 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 heartit 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 falsificationalternatively, 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' energythe time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schapersee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike new with clean pages insidesuch 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 errorin 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 bypasses
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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 forcesits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastwilson 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 twainunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfjohn 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 region" see oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn 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 cityoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firm"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationwith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianitybanias' story starts in canaanite times
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The 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 technology with the doctor's help, the archaeological party discover the last of the cybermen, frozen and entombed in a vast underground cavernsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle for centuries, the disappearance of the cybermen from the universe has been a mysteryall around them, the cybermen begin to rise from the deadbut by entering the tombs, the humans have sprung a fiendish trap
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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 peoplesunlike 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 translationsincluded 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 africanusaided 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 cin 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 landsfrom 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 oceansmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this era
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