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43 produkter
Island of the Lost
An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
Av Joan Druett
Häftad, 2019
196 kr
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“Riveting.” —The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on …
Watery Grave
Av Joan Druett
Häftad, 2005
311 kr
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The year is 1838, and after more than ten years in the planning, the famous United States Exploring Expedition is set to launch into uncharted waters from the coast of Virginia. A convoy of seven ships filled with astronomers, mapmakers, naturalists, and the sailors charged with getting them around …
Shark Island
A Mystery
Av Joan Druett
Häftad, 2006
311 kr
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Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the fore-front of 19th century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend Captain George Rochester as unofficial first …
Rough Medicine
Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Av Joan Druett
Inbunden, 2000
2585 kr
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Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the …
Rough Medicine
Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Av Joan Druett
Häftad, 2001
667 kr
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Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the …
Hen Frigates
Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea
Av Joan Druett
Häftad, 1999
265 kr
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She Captains
Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
Av Joan Druett
Häftad, 2001
207 kr
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In an innovative look at maritime history from the female perspective, Joan Druett introduces a remarkable array of characters and re-creates their adventures with a captivating immediacy and wit. There are 'pirate queens' armed with cutlasses and pistols who strike fear into the hearts of sailors. …
She Captains
Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
Av Joan Druett
E-bok, 2001
213 kr
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With her pistols loaded she went aboard And by her side hung a glittering sword In her belt two daggers, well armed for war Was this female smuggler Was this female smuggler who never feared a scar. If a "hen frigate" was any ship carrying a captain''s wife, then a "she captain" is a bold woman …
Rough Medicine
Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Av Joan Druett
E-bok, 2000
696 kr
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Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the …
Rough Medicine
Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Av Joan Druett
E-bok, 2000
696 kr
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Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the …
