Travels in the East Indian Archipelago
Author : Albert Smith Bickmore
Publisher :
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Indonesia
ISBN :
Author : Albert Smith Bickmore
Publisher :
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Indonesia
ISBN :
Author : John Carr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780666606808
Excerpt from A Northern Summer Ah! Hapless stranger who without a tear Can this sad record of thy fate survey? No angry tempest laid thee breathless here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Gabriel Dellon
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 37,60 MB
Release : 2018-10-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780343158590
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Brodie Cruickshank
Publisher : London : Hurst and Blackett
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 1853
Category : Ghana
ISBN :
Author : Robert Nieuwenhuys
Publisher : Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN :
This book is the definitive literary history of the colonial Dutch East Indies and is partially distinguished from its predecessors by its discussion of materials ranging from natural history and religious sermons to pamphlets and the accounts of travelers from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. What emerges from this comprehensive approach is an unusually thorough and sensitive account of the manifold encounters of the Dutch with the East Indian societies that they conquered, tried to understand, and, finally, had to relinquish under the inevitable pressures of change and the desire for independence. This history records how a hybrid literature emerges from that of the colonial culture to become a distinct literature of its own and why the concepts derived from European cultural history--such as baroque or neoclassicism--are totally inapplicable to the works discussed here.
Author : Charles Ralph Boxer
Publisher :
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
ISBN : 9789022110881
Author : Sir Vivian Fuchs
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Antarctica
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780802821256
First published in the Dutch East Indies in 1934 and later in The Netherlands, this account of ven der Does' nine-month journey aboard a whaler sailing to the Antarctic in 1923-24 provides details of the flora and fauna, including penguins and albatross, and describes such natural phenomena as the colors of the ice, the sea, and the sky. He also chronicles in detail the workings of the ship and describes the crew and their tasks. Ven der Does writes of the solitude as "Nowhere else in the world can one so deeply comprehend the meaning of endlessness as at the Pole, with its vast desolation."
Author : Richard Evelyn Byrd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1442241713
American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic missions, but the founding of “Little America” required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world’s end. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.
Author : Vincent Eyre
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781377482842
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