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Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index

Author : Jennifer Speake

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 566 pages

File Size : 17,43 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Travel

ISBN : 9781579584405

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Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.



2007

Author : Massimo Mastrogregori

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter

Page : 396 pages

File Size : 16,69 MB

Release : 2011-12-23

Category : History

ISBN : 3110251183

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Die International Bibliographiy of Historical Sciences verzeichnet jährlich die bedeutendsten Neuerscheinungen geschichtswissenschaftlicher Monographien und Zeitschriftenartikel weltweit, die inhaltlich von der Vor- und Frühgeschichte bis zur jüngsten Vergangenheit reichen. Sie ist damit die derzeit einzige laufende Bibliographie dieser Art, die thematisch, zeitlich und geographisch ein derart breites Spektrum abdeckt. Innerhalb der systematischen Gliederung nach Zeitalter, Region oder historischer Disziplin sind die Werke nach Autorennamen oder charakteristischem Titelhauptwort aufgelistet.



Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Author : Ari Ben-Menahem

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 6070 pages

File Size : 33,68 MB

Release : 2009-03-06

Category : Education

ISBN : 3540688315

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This 5,800-page encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering more than 2,000 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy.



Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places

Author : Theresa Bane

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 28,37 MB

Release : 2014-03-04

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0786478489

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The heavens and hells of the world's religions and the "far, far away" legends cannot be seen or visited, but they remain an integral part of culture and history. This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings from Arthurian lore, and kingdoms found in fairy tales and political and philosophical works, including Sir Thomas More's Utopia and Plato's Atlantis. From al A'raf, the limbo of Islam, to Zulal, one of the many streams that run through Paradise, entries give the literary origin of each site, explain its cultural context, and describe its topical features, listing variations on names when applicable. Cross-referenced for ease of use, this compendium will prove useful to scholars, researchers or anyone wishing to tour the unseen landscapes of myth and legend.





The Internet Encyclopedia, Volume 3 (P - Z)

Author : Hossein Bidgoli

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 979 pages

File Size : 20,65 MB

Release : 2004-04-12

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0471689971

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Book Description

The Internet Encyclopedia in a 3-volume reference work on the internet as a business tool, IT platform, and communications and commerce medium.



The Cumulative Book Index

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Publisher :

Page : 3250 pages

File Size : 14,34 MB

Release : 1984

Category : American literature

ISBN :

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Book Description

A world list of books in the English language.



Encyclopedia of Historic Places: R to Z

Author : Courtlandt Canby

Publisher :

Page : 1604 pages

File Size : 45,68 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Gazetteers

ISBN : 9780816053445

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Identifies and provides background information on cities, towns, districts, territories, and nations around the world.



Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Page : 2146 pages

File Size : 35,24 MB

Release : 2008-05-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1593394926

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia is the perfect resource for information on the people, places, and events of yesterday and today. Students, teachers, and librarians can find fast facts combined with the quality and accuracy that have made Britannica the brand to trust. A tool for both the classroom and the library, no other desk reference can compare.