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Four Against the Arctic

2005-09-02 History
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Release : 2005-09-02
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Book Synopsis Four Against the Arctic by : David Roberts

Download or read book Four Against the Arctic written by David Roberts. This book was released on 2005-09-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1743, four stranded Russian sailors survived the next six years in the Arctic with no provisions. Making a bow and arrows from driftwood--since there are no trees there--they survived on reindeer meat until another ship blown off course rescued them.

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

2020-03-10 History
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Release : 2020-03-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by : Edward Wilson-Lee

Download or read book The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books written by Edward Wilson-Lee. This book was released on 2020-03-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.

Shipwrecked on the Top of the World

2003 Edge Island (Norway)
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Release : 2003
Genre : Edge Island (Norway)
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Book Synopsis Shipwrecked on the Top of the World by : David Roberts

Download or read book Shipwrecked on the Top of the World written by David Roberts. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Roberts' quest to reconstruct one of the most amazing and inspirational survival story in history: the tale of how four 18th- century sailors endured six years on a barren Arctic island.

Treasures of the Spanish Main

2006-09-01 History
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Release : 2006-09-01
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Book Synopsis Treasures of the Spanish Main by : John Christopher Fine

Download or read book Treasures of the Spanish Main written by John Christopher Fine. This book was released on 2006-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about the lust for gold and treasure," Fine writes. In the 1600s and 1700s, Spain dominated the oceans with its fleet of galleons. Coming to the New World, these ships filled their holds with gold and silver and treasures beyond imagining. The seaway between Spain and the New World was dubbed The Golden Highway. On their journeys back across the seas, many were wrecked on reefs or destroyed by hurricanes. The watery depths now hold their treasures. Today, treasure divers seek their fortunes by attempting--sometimes successfully, sometimes fatally--to retrieve these hordes of riches. In Treasures of the Spanish Main, readers relive each voyage of long ago as well as witness the modern wreck diver's efforts to extract their secrets. Included are: The 1622 fleet * The Concepcion * The Maravillas * The Shipwreck off Jupiter Beach * The San Jose * the 1715 Fleet * and the 1733 Fleet The voyages of centuries ago come alive with Fine's excellent historical detail. Readers will experience the wild storms and the results of unfortunate choices made by long-ago sailors. The eccentric treasure hunters of today, along with those of the past, create a mosaic of suspense and drama on the high seas. A must for everyone interested in pirates, treasure, sailing, history, or just plain fun.

Shipwrecked on the Top of the World B Pbp Four Against the Artic

2005-04
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Release : 2005-04
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Book Synopsis Shipwrecked on the Top of the World B Pbp Four Against the Artic by : David Roberts

Download or read book Shipwrecked on the Top of the World B Pbp Four Against the Artic written by David Roberts. This book was released on 2005-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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