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Cuando en 1607 se fundó Jamestown, el primer asentamiento inglés en América, los españoles ya estaban establecidos en Florida y Nuevo México, eran dueños de un vasto territorio al sur y habían descubierto y colonizado parcialmente el interior del continente. Superaron también a los ingleses en humanidad, justicia y amabilidad hacia los nativos.
Este volumen ofrece primero la historia del descubrimiento y la conquista; luego, las aventuras...
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In the age of adventure, when dirigibles coasted through the air and vast swaths of the Earth remained untouched and unseen by man, one pack of relentless explorers competed in the race of a lifetime: to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole. What inspired their dangerous fascination? For some, it was the romantic theory about a 'lost world,' a hidden continent in the Arctic Ocean. Others were seduced by new aviation technology, which they...
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In 1866, six Frenchmen set out on a dangerous mission to seek a trade route up the Mekong. During the two years that followed, they would journey through more than four thousand miles of unmapped territory, from the tropical heat of the swamps of Vietnam and Cambodia to the bitter cold of the mountain ranges of southwestern China. Their historic expedition is the dramatic subject of River Road to China by world-renowned Southeast Asia expert Milton...
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Cradled in the valley of the Arno, its noble architecture fitly supplementing its numerous natural charms, lies the Tuscan city of Florence, the birthplace of immortal Dante, the early home of Michael Angelo, the seat of the Florentine Medici, the scene of Savonarola's triumphs and his tragic end. Fame has come to many sons of Florence, as poets, statesmen, sculptors, painters, travellers; but perhaps none has achieved a distinction so unique, apart,...
5) In ascension
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"Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of Earth's first life forms--what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our...
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In 'The Not So Great America,' Gemechu takes readers on a side-splitting journey through the United States without ever setting foot on its soil. Through the lens of stories, books, gossips, news, movies, social media, and personal encounters, Gemechu humorously unravels the myths and realities of the USA. From the amazing 90s to post-9/11 era to the Obama years, to the thrilling Trump years and everything in between and beyond, join Gemechu on a...
7) Animal Minds
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Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book examines how animals think and the ways scientists study their cognitive abilities. What's going on inside their heads?
A deep dive into the minds of animals and how they think.
Wouldn't it be amazing to see inside the mind of a lion, a gorilla, an octopus or even a bee? In Animal Minds: What Are They Thinking?, author...
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Una historia precursora de la novela de investigación judicial que presenta a los lectores un hecho real ocurrido en el Milán de 1630. Todo comienza con una denuncia interpuesta en un clima de histerismo provocado por una epidemia de peste, tras la que son detenidas varias personas acusadas de ser "untadores", es decir, supuestos individuos que restregaban por edificios y puertas de la ciudad un ungüento destinado a extender la peste entre la población....
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THE IDEA OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT has always been rooted inexpansion and abundance- at great cost to the environment. Withthe world burning up, one can't help but wonder: how did we gethere? Wilderness and the American Spirit traces hundreds ofyears of The United States' relationship to the environment starting fromthe initial colonization of Native American land, to the developmentof land use policies, and the creation of resource...
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NAMED A NEW YORK TIMESA five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the...
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A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, illustrated, and accurate chronicle of the search to solve "the longitude problem," the question of how to determine a ship's position at sea-and one that changed the history of mankind.
Ships, Clocks, and Stars brings into focus one of our greatest scientific stories: the search to accurately measure a ship's position at sea. The incredible, illustrated...
12) Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations
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A sweeping historical epic and a radical new interpretation of Vasco da Gama's groundbreaking voyages, seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam
In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history. The little ships were pushed beyond their...
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Originally published in 1893 and remastered by the Boone and Crockett Club in 2012. This collection of unique hunting adventures in America was compiled by Boone and Crockett Club Members and published as "The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club." American Big Game Hunting is the first in what became the Club's Acorn Series of hunting and adventure titles spanning more than a century. This edition includes chapters by Theodore Roosevelt on hunting...
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Paula Kolonitz, noble austriaca, integrante de las damas de compañía de Carlota y la única mujer en la Novara, fue una de los europeos acompañantes de Maximiliano durante el periodo en el cual gobernó a México y que escribieron las memorias de este viaje y del Segundo Imperio Mexicano. Pergeñó su experiencia en Viaje a México en 1867. Dicha edición precedió por escasos meses al fusilamiento de Maximiliano, lo cual la convirtió en una obligada...
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Come explore the wonders of space in this intriguing title that uses numerous vivid images, fascinating facts, and easy-to-read text to both delight and engage readers! From satellites to space food, observatories to Sputnik, readers will learn all about space and the various ways people have explored and learned about astronomy for years! A creative hands-on lab activity is featured to encourage children to explore astronomy even further!
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Come along and explore the wonders of our solar system in this exciting title! Featuring a variety of stunning, vivid photos, helpful charts and graphs, and easy-to-read text, this book will have readers engaged from beginning to end as they learn about the sun, the eight planets in our solar system, the Milky Way Galaxy, constellations, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets! An accessible glossary and index give readers the tools they need while the...
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El descubrimiento de los manuscritos del Mar Muerto en 1947 es considerado el acontecimiento arqueológico más importante del siglo XX. Los documentos contienen los textos más antiguos de la Biblia hebrea y una amplia colección de escritos que describen el contexto social, político y religioso que se vivía en Jerusalén durante los orígenes del cristianismo. Desde el día en el que unos jóvenes beduinos recuperaron una cabra que se había perdido...
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Discover the evidence that Vikings walked on American soil-centuries before Columbus.
When Columbus claimed to have discovered America in 1492 and the Borgia pope declared it a New World for Catholic Spain, the Vatican started a five-hundred-year conspiracy to conceal the true story of Viking America.
In this groundbreaking new work by the author of The Early English Settlement of Orkney and Shetland, the true extent of the Viking discovery and...
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Mysteries Revealed covers a variety of new mysteries being revealed by the Webb Telescope, including new stars in the Tarantula Nebula, pre-stellar ice chemistry, and baby stars in the Carina Nebula. Features the cutting-edge technology helping scientists make these discoveries. Activities for further learning Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Photo Captions Table of contents The Wonders of the Webb Telescope series gives readers a...
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