Автор: Brash, Alexander R. Armstrong, Robert W. Название: Whaler at twilight ISBN: 1493074768 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493074761 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hall Название: Life with the Esquimaux ISBN: 1108041396 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041393 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 1864, this two-volume work is an account by the American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821-71) of his journey to the Arctic to investigate the fate of Sir John Franklin`s 1847 expedition. In Volume 2 he recounts his discovery of artefacts from Martin Frobisher`s sixteenth-century voyage.
Описание: For Lewis Carroll, a deacon in the Church of England, faith in Christ and belief in a loving God stood at the core of his being, but little has been written about what the church or faith meant to the celebrated author of the Alice books. This new work provides the first in-depth study of the religious life of the famous author, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
Автор: Scoresby-Jackson Название: The Life of William Scoresby ISBN: 1108041310 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041317 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 1861, this biography of Arctic scientist and clergyman William Scoresby (1789-1857) was written by his nephew. The book recounts his extraordinary life, working in the Arctic fisheries from boyhood and exploring Greenland, as well as his later career as a clergyman and social reformer.
Описание: The whaling bark Progress was an authentic whaler transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago`s 1893 world`s fair. This book uses the story of Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America.
Автор: Finley Skip Название: Whaling Captains of Color: America`s First Meritocracy ISBN: 1682478327 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682478325 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3028.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Working with archival records at whaling museums, in libraries, from private archives and interviews with people whose ancestors were whaling masters, Finley culls stories from the lives of over 50 black whaling captains to create a portrait of what life was like for these leaders of colour on the high seas.
Описание: This book uses the personal testimony of over 200 American whalemen to illuminate the social history of deepwater sailing in the mid-1800s. Discussions of sailors before the mast, of shipmasters aft, of seafaring ritual, and of women in shipboard culture differentiate this from any other maritime study.
Автор: Hall Название: Life with the Esquimaux ISBN: 1108041388 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041386 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 1864, this two-volume work is an account by the American explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821-71) of his journey to the Arctic to investigate the fate of Sir John Franklin`s 1847 expedition. In Volume 1 he describes the life of the Inuit people with whom he lived.
