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Clara's Grand Tour
Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Häftad, 2006
274 kr
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A biography of Clara, an eighteenth-century globe-trotting celebrity that also happened to be a fully grown Indian rhinocerosIn 1741, an enterprising Dutch sea captain transported a young female Indian rhinoceros from Assam to Europe, where she was displayed before everyone from peasants to …
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
Häftad, 2011
229 kr
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Discovery of Jeanne Baret
A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
E-bok, 2010
144 kr
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The year was 1765. Eminent botanist Philibert Commerson had just been appointed to a grand new expedition: the first French circumnavigation of the world. As the ships’ official naturalist, Commerson would seek out resources—medicines, spices, timber, food—that could give the French an edge in the …
Life of the Author: Alexander Pope
Häftad, 2026
379 kr
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Offers a reader-friendly guide to reading, understanding, and appreciating Pope today Alexander Pope’s words echo across centuries, woven into the fabric of everyday English. Phrases such as “to err is human” and “hope springs eternal” have long since left the pages of his poetry to become part of …
Life of the Author: Alexander Pope
E-bok, 2026
431 kr
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Offers a reader-friendly guide to reading, understanding, and appreciating Pope today Alexander Pope s words echo across centuries, woven into the fabric of everyday English. Phrases such as to err is human and hope springs eternal have long since left the pages of his poetry to become part of …
Life of the Author: Alexander Pope
E-bok, 2026
418 kr
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Offers a reader-friendly guide to reading, understanding, and appreciating Pope today Alexander Pope s words echo across centuries, woven into the fabric of everyday English. Phrases such as to err is human and hope springs eternal have long since left the pages of his poetry to become part of …
Robinson Crusoe After 300 Years
Av Andreas K. E. Mueller, Glynis Ridley
Häftad, 2021
574 kr
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There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both religious allegory and frontier myth, with Crusoe seen as an example of the self-sufficient adventurer and the archetypal colonizer and capitalist. Defoe’s original has been …
Robinson Crusoe After 300 Years
Av Andreas K. E. Mueller, Glynis Ridley
Inbunden, 2021
2014 kr
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There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both religious allegory and frontier myth, with Crusoe seen as an example of the self-sufficient adventurer and the archetypal colonizer and capitalist. Defoe’s original has been …
