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EUROPEAN POWERS 1900-1945

In 1900 the great European Empires stood prosperous and strong in the centre of the world stage, surrounded by an aura of glamour and optimism.By 1945 the old order had changed completely- Germany had fought Britain, France and Russia in two prolonged and wasteful wars; and at the end of the pero...

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AMAZON JOURNAL OF ROGER CASEMENT

This edition illustrates the scale and force of Casement’s investigation into atrocities committed in Africa and South America and confirms a suspicion that the Black Diaries were forged to destroy his public reputation.

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ANDREE AND HIS BALLOON

On the afternoon of Sunday 11th July 1897 Salomon-Auguste Andree and two companions left the port of Virgo, Spitzbergen in a balloon heading for the North Pole. They were not seen again until the summer of 1930. This detailed account of the preparations and departure of the epic flight by two me...

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NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN’S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN IN THE YEARS 1857, ’58, ’59

Superbly illustrated two-volume account of Lord Elgin’s expeditions to the Far East in 1857-59 which resulted in the occupation of Canton, the burning of Peking’s Imperial Summer Palace; and the opening of Japan to European trade.

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A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION SENT BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1855, with notices of the country, government, and people

Richly illustrated narrative by Henry Yule of a mission to the King of Ava. In his capacity as secretary to the British envoy, Major Arthur Phayre, Yule describes the journey, architecture and people in fascinating detail.

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NOTES FROM A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. SAMARANG under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S.

Like Darwin on the Beagle, surgeon Arthur Adams was a naturalist with this 1843-45 Naval expedition to Japan and the Indian and China Seas. Contains fascinating descriptions of the region’s flora and fauna.

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THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales

Well-illustrated two-volume account of three expeditions to explore the interior of eastern Australia in the 1830s, written from his journals by the expedition’s leader Major T.J. Mitchell.

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LAST OF THE TASMANIANS, or The Black War of Van Diemen’s Land

Composed by James Bonwick, an Englishman who spent much of his life in Australia, this is a sympathetic work that documents the history of the Tasmanian people with references from a variety of sources and including several illustrations.

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VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP ALCESTE, to China, Corea, and the Island of Lewchew, with an account of her shipwreck

Rather aptly summed up by the title, this book was written by the ship's surgeon on the 'Alceste' which was charged with delivering the British Embassy of Lord Amherst to China in 1816. Passing through Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia en-route, they arrived in the China Sea in th...

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TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA; with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia

Originally published in 1845, these two volumes describe Charles Lyell's travels around North America in the early 1840's. Lyell had already gained some considerable fame as a geologist with his works; Principles of Geology and Elements of Geology and counted Charles Darwin as a close friend. Whi...

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