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Author | : Frank Jastrzembski |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2020-02-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1526725932 |
The story of a 19th-century adventurer who battled pirates, hunted buffalo, sailed the Arctic, and was “one of the most arresting figures of his time” (The Globe). Few men have lived such an extraordinary life as Admiral Albert Hastings Markham. Besides dedicating five decades of his career to Britain’s Royal Navy, Markham was a voracious reader, prolific writer, keen naturalist, and daring explorer. He battled Chinese pirates during the Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion; chased down Australian blackbirding ships in the South Pacific; trekked to within 400 miles of the North Pole; hunted buffalo and visited Indian reservations in the United States; observed a bloody war in South America; canoed Canada’s remote Hayes River; and explored the icy waters of Baffin Bay and the Arctic Ocean archipelago of Novaya Zemlya. At the time of his death in 1918, The Globe declared that Markham had been “one of the most arresting figures of his time.” While Markham’s life was filled with adventure, it was also marred by tragedy. Regrettably, Markham is best remembered for his role in the sinking of HMS Victoria in 1893. This one incident has tarnished his legacy until now. This book follows Markham through his adventures and misfortunes—and reassesses the life of this forgotten yet fascinating admiral.
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Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1919 |
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Author | : Albert Hastings Markham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2014-11-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1108074847 |
A 1917 biography of the explorer and historical geographer, written by his cousin and fellow polar enthusiast.
Author | : Sir Henry Yule |
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Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : China |
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Author | : Sir Clements Markham |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317121627 |
Translated from the original manuscript in the Library of the University at Goettingen (Col. ms. hist. 809) as published by R. Pietschmann in Abhandlungen d. K. Gesellschaft d. Wiss. zu Goettingen. Philol. Hist. Kl., N.F., Bd. VI, no. 4 (1906). The second part of the author's Historia indica; a first part (Historia natural destas tierras) and a third which was to contain the history of the conquest until 1572 were projected, but apparently never completed. The first text was dedicated to Philip II in 1572; the second was written in 1610. The edition includes a bibliography of Peru, pp. 341-58. Pagination of this and the Supplement is continuous.The Supplement is another eye-witness account. Internally stated to have been issued as a separate item, yet in fact bound within the previous item. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1907.
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Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Voyages and travels |
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Author | : Bolton Glanvill Corney |
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Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Spaniards |
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Author | : Sir Clements R. Markham |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317011791 |
Book III (1543-44) of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited. The additional documents continue the narrative to c. 1568. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 42 and 54. Contents: Contents: Introductory note.-The war of Quito / Pedro de Cieza de Leon (LIII chapters), with notes.-Letter from the Bishop of Cuzco to the King.-Indictment of the judges against the Viceroy. Sequel [by the editor]-Letter from Carbajal to Gonzalo Pizarro.-Gasca's voyage.-Murder of the Inca Manco narrated by his son.-Mission of Figueroa to the Inca.-Note on Molina.-Index This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1913.
Author | : Lt. Col. Sir Richard Carnac Temple |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317188136 |
The original volume was first published in 1905. The writer who was a sailor , but who has hidden his identity under initials, writes full accounts of the subject of the East Coast of India, with photographs of original drawings.
Author | : Sir William Martin Conway |
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Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Spitsbergen Island (Norway) |
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