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| Author: | Richard Fortey |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 130574 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Fortey, a paleontologist by profession, has created an exceptional 'Intimate History' of the Earth. Adopting the role of enthusiastic guide, he leads the reader around and even into some of the world...
| Author: | Diana Souhami |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Catalogue number: | 155178 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
At dawn on 27th April 1789 Fletcher Christian, master’s mate on HMS Bounty, took a coconut to quench his thirst from the supply on quarterdeck… He thought this an ‘act of no consequence’, as insignificant...
Pacific Passages - Travelling the South Seas
| Author: | Hans-Christof Wächter |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 167993 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In “Pacific Passages - Travelling the South Seas” travel writer Hans-Christof Wächter sails to Vanuatu, Ovalau, Fiji, Rarotonga and the Cook Islands looking to find the real rhythms of the lives of...
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The European Discovery of the Pacific
It is a fascinating fact of cartographic history that the first world map to name the new continent of America was also the first to illustrate the existence of the Pacific Ocean. What's more, there is a mystery surrounding the origins of this remarkable map produced by Martin Waldseemuller in 1507: how did he come to represent the Pacific on his map a full decade before any European had actually seen the ocean?
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