Historical geography books

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Excerpt: ...Towards morning the wind moderated, and the rain ceased. Still, the sky was overcast, and the clouds...  Read More >>

The sea has been the site of radical changes in human lives and national histories. It has been an agent of colonial...  Read More >>

A study of water and its unique role and history in the West, as well as in the nation.  Read More >>

"Title: Journal d'un voyage aux mers polaires, exe cute a la recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852 ......  Read More >>

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Rethinking the Great White North explores the troubling side of the images of whiteness and wilderness that are...  Read More >>

Provides edited accounts of six English voyagers and their experiences in Muscovy Russia between 1553 and 1600....  Read More >>

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"Especially for those who have obtained a copy of the recent facsimile copy of George Bradshaw's tourist's guide...  Read More >>

The Big Bend of Texas is at once compelling and mysterious. It has been described as a rich and varied land of history,...  Read More >>

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During an aerospace engineer's undergraduate studies, he or she will attend classes in aerodynamics, thermodynamics,...  Read More >>

An assessment of the character and motivations of Christopher Columbus reveals the passionate religious beliefs...  Read More >>

Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of German cities' metamorphoses from walled to defortified places between 1689 and 1866....  Read More >>

For many members of the Viking flight team, the early morning hours of 20 July 1976 were the culmination of 8 years...  Read More >>

Much more than your typical sailor's yarn, Slocum's journey features unrivaled descriptions of gargantuan waves,...  Read More >>

Bulpin writes about the hunters, wildlife, the original people (Bushmen), mosquitoes, tsetse fly of the Lowveld....  Read More >>

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Surely there can be a few people in this day and age who are not familiar with the television images of a NASA spacecraft...  Read More >>