The Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher [[electronic resource] ] : an Elizabethan venture / / Robert McGhee |
Autore | McGhee Robert <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal [Que.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.9/52 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's native and northern series |
Soggetto topico |
Gold ores - Nunavut - Baffin Island - History
Inuit - Nunavut - Baffin Island - History Explorers - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-85951-X
9786612859519 0-7735-6950-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454700403321 |
McGhee Robert <1941-> | ||
Montreal [Que.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher [[electronic resource] ] : an Elizabethan venture / / Robert McGhee |
Autore | McGhee Robert <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal [Que.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.9/52 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's native and northern series |
Soggetto topico |
Gold ores - Nunavut - Baffin Island - History
Inuit - Nunavut - Baffin Island - History Explorers - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-282-85951-X
9786612859519 0-7735-6950-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preamble -- Lodestones, Unicorns, and Perpetual Daylight -- A Passage to Cathay -- Martin Frobisher, Pirate and Explorer -- To Arctic America -- The Five Lost Sailors -- A Token of Possession -- Ice, Hostages, and Gold -- Inuit in England -- Creating a Gold Play -- The Gold Fleet -- The Countess of Warwick’s Island -- Retreat -- Disgrace -- Kodlunarn Island -- A Final Assay -- Sources and Selected Readings -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782732503321 |
McGhee Robert <1941-> | ||
Montreal [Que.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher : an Elizabethan adventure / / Robert McGhee |
Autore | McGhee Robert |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.9/52 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's native and northern series |
Soggetto topico |
Gold mines and mining - Nunavut - Baffin Island - History - 16th century
Explorers - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-282-85951-X
9786612859519 0-7735-6950-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preamble -- Lodestones, Unicorns, and Perpetual Daylight -- A Passage to Cathay -- Martin Frobisher, Pirate and Explorer -- To Arctic America -- The Five Lost Sailors -- A Token of Possession -- Ice, Hostages, and Gold -- Inuit in England -- Creating a Gold Play -- The Gold Fleet -- The Countess of Warwick’s Island -- Retreat -- Disgrace -- Kodlunarn Island -- A Final Assay -- Sources and Selected Readings -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813935003321 |
McGhee Robert | ||
Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Captain Cook [[electronic resource] ] : master of the seas / / Frank McLynn |
Autore | McLynn Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 490 p., [5] leaves of plates : maps |
Disciplina | 910.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Great Britain
Voyages around the world - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-300-17220-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- CHAPTER 1. A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- CHAPTER 2. The Seven Years War -- CHAPTER 3. Charting Newfoundland -- CHAPTER 4. The Challenge of the Pacific -- CHAPTER 5. First Contacts with Tahiti -- CHAPTER 6. The Isle of Cythera -- CHAPTER 7. Peril in Australasia -- CHAPTER 8. Homeward Bound -- CHAPTER 9. Antarctica -- CHAPTER 10. Tongans and Maoris -- CHAPTER 11. Mastering the Pacific -- CHAPTER 13. The Last Voyage -- CHAPTER 14 Tahiti: The Final Phase -- CHAPTER 15. Quest for Illusion: The Northwest Passage -- CHAPTER 16. Hawaiian Nightmare -- CHAPTER 17. Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452819803321 |
McLynn Frank | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Captain Cook : master of the seas / / Frank McLynn |
Autore | McLynn Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 490 p., [5] leaves of plates : maps |
Disciplina | 910.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Great Britain
Voyages around the world - History - 18th century |
ISBN | 0-300-17220-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- CHAPTER 1. A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- CHAPTER 2. The Seven Years War -- CHAPTER 3. Charting Newfoundland -- CHAPTER 4. The Challenge of the Pacific -- CHAPTER 5. First Contacts with Tahiti -- CHAPTER 6. The Isle of Cythera -- CHAPTER 7. Peril in Australasia -- CHAPTER 8. Homeward Bound -- CHAPTER 9. Antarctica -- CHAPTER 10. Tongans and Maoris -- CHAPTER 11. Mastering the Pacific -- CHAPTER 13. The Last Voyage -- CHAPTER 14 Tahiti: The Final Phase -- CHAPTER 15. Quest for Illusion: The Northwest Passage -- CHAPTER 16. Hawaiian Nightmare -- CHAPTER 17. Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779244703321 |
McLynn Frank | ||
New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Captain Cook : master of the seas / / Frank McLynn |
Autore | McLynn Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 490 p., [5] leaves of plates : maps |
Disciplina | 910.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Great Britain
Voyages around the world - History - 18th century |
ISBN | 0-300-17220-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charting Cook -- CHAPTER 1. A Yorkshire Apprenticeship -- CHAPTER 2. The Seven Years War -- CHAPTER 3. Charting Newfoundland -- CHAPTER 4. The Challenge of the Pacific -- CHAPTER 5. First Contacts with Tahiti -- CHAPTER 6. The Isle of Cythera -- CHAPTER 7. Peril in Australasia -- CHAPTER 8. Homeward Bound -- CHAPTER 9. Antarctica -- CHAPTER 10. Tongans and Maoris -- CHAPTER 11. Mastering the Pacific -- CHAPTER 13. The Last Voyage -- CHAPTER 14 Tahiti: The Final Phase -- CHAPTER 15. Quest for Illusion: The Northwest Passage -- CHAPTER 16. Hawaiian Nightmare -- CHAPTER 17. Tragedy on Kealakekua Beach -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819347203321 |
McLynn Frank | ||
New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorers of the Nile [[electronic resource] ] : the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure / / Tim Jeal |
Autore | Jeal Tim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (592 p.) |
Disciplina | 962 |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Africa, East
Explorers - Africa, Central Explorers - Great Britain British - Africa, East - History - 19th century British - Africa, Central - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-30920-3
9786613309204 0-300-17827-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457166203321 |
Jeal Tim | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The gates of hell [[electronic resource] ] : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage / / Andrew Lambert |
Autore | Lambert Andrew D. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Explorers - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-35289-X
9786612352898 0-300-15486-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456820203321 |
Lambert Andrew D. <1956-> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The gates of hell [[electronic resource] ] : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage / / Andrew Lambert |
Autore | Lambert Andrew D. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Explorers - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-282-35289-X
9786612352898 0-300-15486-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell -- The North West Passage : designs and delusions -- John Franklin : navigator -- Another career -- Scientific empires -- From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43 -- Science, culture and civilisation -- 'The nucleus of an iceberg' -- Magnetic empires -- 'Till our provisions get short' -- Defeated, deceived and defrauded -- Belcher -- Martyrs of science -- Arctic Fox -- Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer' -- Terror : what really happened? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780648603321 |
Lambert Andrew D. <1956-> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The gates of hell : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage / / Andrew Lambert |
Autore | Lambert Andrew D. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Explorers - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-282-35289-X
9786612352898 0-300-15486-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell -- The North West Passage : designs and delusions -- John Franklin : navigator -- Another career -- Scientific empires -- From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43 -- Science, culture and civilisation -- 'The nucleus of an iceberg' -- Magnetic empires -- 'Till our provisions get short' -- Defeated, deceived and defrauded -- Belcher -- Martyrs of science -- Arctic Fox -- Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer' -- Terror : what really happened? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820937203321 |
Lambert Andrew D. <1956-> | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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