Mailboats of the Bahamas: 200 Years of Maritime History, Hardcover - Eric Wiberg

Reducere. Mailboats of the Bahamas is the story of a humble fleet of cast-off merchant boats which continue to serve over 50 remote communities in the Bahama...

Reducere. Eric Wiberg] ..".builds a character both attractive and intriguing to the reader. I ended genuinely curious about what might come next, and confide...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Orville A. TurnquestForeword by: Sidney PoitierEditor: Diane GedyminWhat Manner of Man Is This? is a unique and incisive lo...

Reducere. Take this book with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natur...

This stunningly illustrated book examines the history of poster design and its relation to the arts and broader culture.

DescriptionToday travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus. The author, a highly experienced ...

Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, the Guardian has been a key institution in the definition an...

DescriptionOriginally published in Japan in 2005, each album in The Japanese Naval Warship photo album series contains official photographs taken b...

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Reducere. These 57 short stories are an entertaining introduction to the history of Cleveland, Ohio, for natives and newcomers alike. They hit the highlights...

As one of Britain's leading newspapers for more than 200 years The Times has covered every major world events as they happened. This book profiles ...

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Balloons, parachutes, aeroplanes, gliders, airships -the extraordinary personal tales of the women who led the way in early British aviation!Publis...

In 1819, Daniel Drake founded the Medical College of Ohio, which later became the University of Cincinnati (UC), College of Medicine. Thus began tw...

The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution--the product of compromises and an artifact of its time--and mad...

DescriptionThirty was the number of minutes it took for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. This remarkable achievement was carried out b...

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Since 1853, Solomon Northup has been credited as being the author of the autobiographical slave narrative, Twelve Years A Slave. His name became a ...

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Reducere. Explore the History of Scotland From Start to End... Are you interested in the romance and drama of Scottish history? Are tales of Robert the Bruce...

Reducere. Explore the History of Wales From Start to End... Do you have an interest in the fascinating history of Wales? Are there gaps in your knowledge and...

Reducere. On April 16, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a blockade of the Confederate coastline. The largely agrarian South did not have the industrial...

Reducere. Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were alre...

On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger was dispatched to seize two high-profile lieutenants of a Somali warlord. Special Forces troops were transpor...

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On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital wa...

Reducere. The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offer...

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The battle of Lepanto has long been considered one of the decisive naval battles of history. Yet, the savage fighting on Sunday, 7 October 1571 lef...

Reducere. For more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwreck...