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The last great quest [[electronic resource]] : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice / / Max Jones
| The last great quest [[electronic resource]] : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice / / Max Jones |
| Autore | Jones Max, Dr. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina | 919.8904092 |
| Soggetto topico | Explorers - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
0-19-162233-8
1-280-75291-2 9786610752911 0-19-151305-9 1-4294-7000-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Measuring the World; CHAPTER TWO: The Race to the South Pole; CHAPTER THREE: Disaster in the Antarctic; CHAPTER FOUR: Remembering the Dead; CHAPTER FIVE: 'Martyrs of Science'; CHAPTER SIX: 'For the Honour of our Country'; CHAPTER SEVEN: 'These Were Men'; CHAPTER EIGHT: 'So Many Heroes'; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1 British Memorials Commemorating the Antarctic Disaster, 1913-1925; Appendix 2 Message to the Public; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777061503321 |
Jones Max, Dr.
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last great quest [[electronic resource]] : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice / / Max Jones
| The last great quest [[electronic resource]] : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice / / Max Jones |
| Autore | Jones Max, Dr. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina | 919.8904092 |
| Soggetto topico | Explorers - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
0-19-162233-8
1-280-75291-2 9786610752911 0-19-151305-9 1-4294-7000-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Measuring the World; CHAPTER TWO: The Race to the South Pole; CHAPTER THREE: Disaster in the Antarctic; CHAPTER FOUR: Remembering the Dead; CHAPTER FIVE: 'Martyrs of Science'; CHAPTER SIX: 'For the Honour of our Country'; CHAPTER SEVEN: 'These Were Men'; CHAPTER EIGHT: 'So Many Heroes'; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1 British Memorials Commemorating the Antarctic Disaster, 1913-1925; Appendix 2 Message to the Public; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819001403321 |
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Jones Max, Dr.
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition / / edited by Russell A. Potter [and four others]
| May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition / / edited by Russell A. Potter [and four others] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (505 pages) |
| Disciplina | 910.916327 |
| Soggetto topico |
Discoveries in geography
Explorers - Great Britain Sailors - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Personal correspondence
Sources. Correspondance privée |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th Century
Anglo-Irish explorers Archipelago Arctic sovereignty Canadian Daguerreotype Exploration Inuit Orkney Royal Navy Tasmanian West Greenland Whaling correspondence cultural contact engineering global warming history ice conditions icebergs literacy material culture natural naturalists naval ships nineteenth photography shipboard life signals social class steam-powered terminology writing |
| ISBN |
0-2280-1336-4
0-2280-1337-2 |
| Classificazione | cci1icc |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- MAY WE BE SPARED TO MEET ON EARTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Anticipation -- 2 Preparation -- 3 Sailing -- 4 London to Stromness -- 5 Stromness to Greenland -- 6 Last Partings -- 7 Letters to the Lost -- Appendices -- A Harry Goodsir's "Zoology from the Arctic Expedition," with a fragment of a letter to Edward Forbes -- B Unattributed Letters in the Press -- C Franklin's Two Official Despatches to the Admiralty -- D A Brief Account of the Role of Steam Power in the Launch of the Expedition -- E A Note on the Proposed Route of the Expedition -- F Capsule Biographies of the Writers of These Letters -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795745503321 |
| Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition / / edited by Russell A. Potter [and four others]
| May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition / / edited by Russell A. Potter [and four others] |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (505 pages) |
| Disciplina | 910.916327 |
| Soggetto topico |
Discoveries in geography
Explorers - Great Britain Sailors - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Personal correspondence
Sources. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19th Century
Anglo-Irish explorers Archipelago Arctic sovereignty Canadian Daguerreotype Exploration Inuit Orkney Royal Navy Tasmanian West Greenland Whaling correspondence cultural contact engineering global warming history ice conditions icebergs literacy material culture natural naturalists naval ships nineteenth photography shipboard life signals social class steam-powered terminology writing |
| ISBN |
0-2280-1336-4
0-2280-1337-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- MAY WE BE SPARED TO MEET ON EARTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Anticipation -- 2 Preparation -- 3 Sailing -- 4 London to Stromness -- 5 Stromness to Greenland -- 6 Last Partings -- 7 Letters to the Lost -- Appendices -- A Harry Goodsir's "Zoology from the Arctic Expedition," with a fragment of a letter to Edward Forbes -- B Unattributed Letters in the Press -- C Franklin's Two Official Despatches to the Admiralty -- D A Brief Account of the Role of Steam Power in the Launch of the Expedition -- E A Note on the Proposed Route of the Expedition -- F Capsule Biographies of the Writers of These Letters -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813629403321 |
| Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The multifarious Mr. Banks : from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world / / Toby Musgrave [[electronic resource]]
| The multifarious Mr. Banks : from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world / / Toby Musgrave [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Musgrave Toby |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 508.092 |
| Collana | Yale scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Botany - History
Natural history Explorers - Great Britain Naturalists - Great Britain Enlightenment - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 0-300-25213-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Banks Family and the Young Joseph -- CHAPTER 2 Newfoundland and Labrador -- CHAPTER 3 HMS Endeavour -- CHAPTER 4 The Hero and the Egotist -- CHAPTER 5 To Iceland: The Independent Explorer -- CHAPTER 6 The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew -- CHAPTER 7 The Father of Australia -- CHAPTER 8 The Scientist-Enabler -- CHAPTER 9 The Last Two Decades -- A Note on Banks’s Journals & Correspondence -- A Note on Banks’s Date of Birth -- Endnotes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794155003321 |
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Musgrave Toby
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| New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The multifarious Mr. Banks : from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world / / Toby Musgrave [[electronic resource]]
| The multifarious Mr. Banks : from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world / / Toby Musgrave [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Musgrave Toby |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 508.092 |
| Collana | Yale scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Botany - History
Natural history Explorers - Great Britain Naturalists - Great Britain Enlightenment - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 0-300-25213-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Banks Family and the Young Joseph -- CHAPTER 2 Newfoundland and Labrador -- CHAPTER 3 HMS Endeavour -- CHAPTER 4 The Hero and the Egotist -- CHAPTER 5 To Iceland: The Independent Explorer -- CHAPTER 6 The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew -- CHAPTER 7 The Father of Australia -- CHAPTER 8 The Scientist-Enabler -- CHAPTER 9 The Last Two Decades -- A Note on Banks’s Journals & Correspondence -- A Note on Banks’s Date of Birth -- Endnotes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828415803321 |
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Musgrave Toby
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| New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt
| Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt |
| Autore | Palmer Hilary C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina | 967.9/02 |
| Collana | European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Mozambique
Ethnology - Mozambique Explorers - Great Britain Diplomats - Great Britain Slave trade - Indian Ocean Region |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-29368-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Lieutenant Henry Edward O’Neill -- Sketch of Two Voyages, North of Mozambique – in 1880 -- Sketch of Three Voyages, South of Mozambique – in 1881 and 1882 -- First Journey in Makua and Lomwe Countries, West of Mozambique – in 1881 -- Visit to Fernão Veloso, and Discovery and Survey of Nakala and Kisima Julu Bays – in 1881 -- Journey in the District West of Cape Delgado Bay, Discovery of Lake Lidedi and Visit to Mavia Tribe, with Voyage to Kissanga and Neighbourhood – 1882 -- From Mozambique to Lake Shirwa, Including Discovery of Lakes, Amaramba and Chiūta the True Sources of the Lugenda River 1883 -- From Quillimane to Blantyre in the Shiré Highlands and Thence Overland to the Coast – 1884 -- A Catalogue of the Published Papers of Henry Edward O’Neill -- Notes by Consul O’Neill upon Agriculture and Labour in the Province of Mozambique, 15 March 1883 -- Comparative Table of Makua and the Dialects of Angoche and Ibo -- Table of Native Names of Places Between Mozambique and Pemba Bays -- Letter Relating to ‘the New Slave Trade’ -- Caravan Route from Kissanga to the Nyassa Lake -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910494603103321 |
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Palmer Hilary C.
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| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt
| Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt |
| Autore | Palmer Hilary C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina | 967.9/02 |
| Collana | European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Mozambique
Ethnology - Mozambique Explorers - Great Britain Diplomats - Great Britain Slave trade - Indian Ocean Region |
| ISBN | 90-04-29368-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Lieutenant Henry Edward O’Neill -- Sketch of Two Voyages, North of Mozambique – in 1880 -- Sketch of Three Voyages, South of Mozambique – in 1881 and 1882 -- First Journey in Makua and Lomwe Countries, West of Mozambique – in 1881 -- Visit to Fernão Veloso, and Discovery and Survey of Nakala and Kisima Julu Bays – in 1881 -- Journey in the District West of Cape Delgado Bay, Discovery of Lake Lidedi and Visit to Mavia Tribe, with Voyage to Kissanga and Neighbourhood – 1882 -- From Mozambique to Lake Shirwa, Including Discovery of Lakes, Amaramba and Chiūta the True Sources of the Lugenda River 1883 -- From Quillimane to Blantyre in the Shiré Highlands and Thence Overland to the Coast – 1884 -- A Catalogue of the Published Papers of Henry Edward O’Neill -- Notes by Consul O’Neill upon Agriculture and Labour in the Province of Mozambique, 15 March 1883 -- Comparative Table of Makua and the Dialects of Angoche and Ibo -- Table of Native Names of Places Between Mozambique and Pemba Bays -- Letter Relating to ‘the New Slave Trade’ -- Caravan Route from Kissanga to the Nyassa Lake -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797969203321 |
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Palmer Hilary C.
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| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt
| Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt |
| Autore | Palmer Hilary C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 p.) |
| Disciplina | 967.9/02 |
| Collana | European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Mozambique
Ethnology - Mozambique Explorers - Great Britain Diplomats - Great Britain Slave trade - Indian Ocean Region |
| ISBN | 90-04-29368-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Lieutenant Henry Edward O’Neill -- Sketch of Two Voyages, North of Mozambique – in 1880 -- Sketch of Three Voyages, South of Mozambique – in 1881 and 1882 -- First Journey in Makua and Lomwe Countries, West of Mozambique – in 1881 -- Visit to Fernão Veloso, and Discovery and Survey of Nakala and Kisima Julu Bays – in 1881 -- Journey in the District West of Cape Delgado Bay, Discovery of Lake Lidedi and Visit to Mavia Tribe, with Voyage to Kissanga and Neighbourhood – 1882 -- From Mozambique to Lake Shirwa, Including Discovery of Lakes, Amaramba and Chiūta the True Sources of the Lugenda River 1883 -- From Quillimane to Blantyre in the Shiré Highlands and Thence Overland to the Coast – 1884 -- A Catalogue of the Published Papers of Henry Edward O’Neill -- Notes by Consul O’Neill upon Agriculture and Labour in the Province of Mozambique, 15 March 1883 -- Comparative Table of Makua and the Dialects of Angoche and Ibo -- Table of Native Names of Places Between Mozambique and Pemba Bays -- Letter Relating to ‘the New Slave Trade’ -- Caravan Route from Kissanga to the Nyassa Lake -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809193603321 |
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Palmer Hilary C.
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| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sir Francis Drake / / Barbara Krasner
| Sir Francis Drake / / Barbara Krasner |
| Autore | Krasner Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Rosen Publishing, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (50 pages) |
| Disciplina | 942.05/5092 |
| Collana | Spotlight on explorers and colonization |
| Soggetto topico |
Explorers - Great Britain
Admirals - Great Britain |
| ISBN | 1-5081-7221-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The age of exploration -- Destiny for the seafaring life -- The first voyage to the Spanish Main -- Out for revenge and treasure -- Raid on the treasure house of the world -- Off to the Americas, 1577 -- Through the Strait of Magellan -- Discovery in South America -- Peruvian gold -- California! -- Rounding the Cape of Good Hope -- A thankful queen -- A policy of secrets -- The dragon and his return to the West Indies -- The ultimate battle: Drake against the Spanish Armada -- From privateer to legendary explorer. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158616803321 |
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Krasner Barbara
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| New York, New York : , : Rosen Publishing, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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