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Nieuwpoort Sector 1917 - The Battle of the Dunes (Paperback): Kristof Jacobs Nieuwpoort Sector 1917 - The Battle of the Dunes (Paperback)
Kristof Jacobs
R932 R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Save R82 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The mainly forgotten story of the British and Australian tunnellers and their work on the Belgian Coast during the Great War. Based on historical documents, military archives, regimental records, testimonies and more than 350 photographs and pictures, the book covers the fighting around the Belgian coastal town of Nieuwpoort. Kristof Jacobs explores the presence of British and Australian soldiers at the Ijzer estuary in the build up to Third Ypres and highlights the work in the dunes including that of the Royal Engineers, the Dorset Regiment, the 135th Siege Battery, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company and Operation Hush and the diary of Major W. E. Buckingham. First-hand accounts are included throughout and complimented with the story of eighteen-year old Bert Fearns (1898-1997) a veteran from the 2nd/6th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers who ended up in Nieuwpoort in 1917. It was his story that first inspired the research for this book by Jacobs.

Archaeology: The Key Concepts (Paperback, New): Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn Archaeology: The Key Concepts (Paperback, New)
Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

From two of the best-known archaeological writers in the trade, this outstanding resource provides a thorough survey of the key ideas in archaeology, and how they impact on archaeological thinking and method. Clearly written, and easy to follow, Archaeology: The Key Concepts collates entries written specifically by field specialists, and each entry offers a definition of the term, its origins and development, and all the major figures involved in the area. The entries include: thinking about landscape archaeology of cult and religion cultural evolution concepts of time urban societies the antiquity of humankind archaeology of gender feminist archaeology experimental archaeology multiregional evolution. With guides to further reading, extensive cross-referencing, and accessibly written for even beginner students, this book is a superb guide for anyone studying, teaching, or with any interest in this fascinating subject.

Eating Together in Our Changing World - Museums & Social Issues 7:1 Thematic Issue (Paperback): Kris Morrissey, Emily Sparling Eating Together in Our Changing World - Museums & Social Issues 7:1 Thematic Issue (Paperback)
Kris Morrissey, Emily Sparling
R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides glimpses into the vast food movement in America and around the world, and explores the intersection of the food movement and museum practice. It describes the myriad ways that museums are engaging with their communities and their own operations around food and food issues.

Archaeology and Folklore (Paperback): Amy Gazin-Schwartz, Cornelius J. Holtorf Archaeology and Folklore (Paperback)
Amy Gazin-Schwartz, Cornelius J. Holtorf
R1,630 Discovery Miles 16 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Archaeology and Folklore explores the complex relationship between the two disciplines to demonstrate what they might learn from each other. This collection includes theoretical discussions and case studies drawn from Western Europe, the Mediterranean and North. They explore the differences between popular traditions relating to historic sites and archaeological interpretations of their history and meaning.

X Marks The Spot - The Story Of Archaeology In Eight Extraordinary Discoveries (Paperback): Michael Scott X Marks The Spot - The Story Of Archaeology In Eight Extraordinary Discoveries (Paperback)
Michael Scott
R435 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R87 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Uncovering the physical remains of our past is a quintessential human itch; the pursuit of every society from the ancients through to today. But the stories behind archaeological exploration and discovery - what we look for when, what we end up finding, and what we then do with it - tell us as much about ourselves today as they do about the past.

Through eight sensational stories of discovery, Professor Michael Scott traces the evolution of modern archaeology from colonial expeditions to today's cutting-edge digs, unearthing traps, curses and buried treasure along the way. We uncover why different periods and places have caught our attention and imaginations at different times. We meet the characters, some celebrated and some forgotten, who found world-famous discoveries like the Rosetta Stone, the Terracotta Warriors and Machu Picchu. We investigate ancient human footprints, stunning shipwrecks, mythical princesses and surprising rituals as keyholes to the wonders of past civilisations. And we unravel how archaeological finds have often become emblems of modern fascinations and dilemmas.

Crossing millions of years, trekking from the jungles of South America to the frozen highlands of Central Asia, X Marks the Spot reveals how much the discovery of our past is intertwined with the concerns of our present and why X never, ever marks the spot.

Heritage Sites in Contemporary China - Cultural Policies and Management Practices (Hardcover): Luca Zan, Bing Yu, Jianli Yu,... Heritage Sites in Contemporary China - Cultural Policies and Management Practices (Hardcover)
Luca Zan, Bing Yu, Jianli Yu, Haiming Yan
R4,213 Discovery Miles 42 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Heritage Sites in Contemporary China: Cultural Policies and Management Practices focuses on cultural heritage policies in China emerging in the period of the 11th and 12th Five Year Plans. Various important Chinese sites across China are investigated, including Luoyang Sui, Daming Gong, Niuheliang, Xinjiang, and Nanyuewang through the dual perspective of archaeological debate and as a case study of policy making. It explores the relationship between policy and the institutional and administrative conditions, such as budgeting and land concerns, which affect it. Building on the research project implemented by the China Academy for Cultural Heritage (CACH) from 2012-2014, which focused on the impact of the Dayizhi Policy for Great Archaeological Sites, the book provides an interdisciplinary insider's approach to viewing archaeological discoveries; policies and emerging practices in site and archaeological management; and public administration in China. Featuring contributions from experts within CACH and from the Chinese community of archaeologists, and including numerous tables, data and maps, it will appeal to researchers and scholars in disciplines such as archaeology, heritage management, public administration, and policy making.

The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology - Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour (Hardcover): Christopher J. Knusel, Eline... The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology - Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour (Hardcover)
Christopher J. Knusel, Eline M. J. Schotsmans
R6,516 Discovery Miles 65 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely publication moves away from anecdotal case studies to offer syntheses of archaeothanatological approaches with an eye to higher-level inferences about funerary behaviour and its meaning in the past. It offers detailed insight into the background and development of archaeothanatology, its theory, methods, applications, and its most recent advances, with a lexicon of related vocabulary. It is is a key source for archaeo-anthropologists and bioarchaeologists.

Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia - Rediscovering the invisible believers (Paperback): Garima Kaushik Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia - Rediscovering the invisible believers (Paperback)
Garima Kaushik
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category-thus rendering them invisible within the broader religious discourse-this monograph examines their sustained role in the larger context of South Asian Buddhism and reaffirms their agency. It highlights the multiple roles played by women as patrons, practitioners, lay and monastic members, etc. within Buddhism. The volume also investigates the individual experiences of the members, and their equations and relationships at different levels-with the Samgha at large, with their own respective Bhiksu or Bhiksuni Sangha, with the laity, and with members of the same gender (both lay and monastic). It rereads, reconfigures and reassesses historical data in order to arrive at a new understanding of Buddhism and the social matrix within which it developed and flourished. Bringing together archaeological, epigraphic, art historical, literary as well as ethnographic data, this volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars of Buddhism, gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, and South Asian studies.

Ibn al-Haytham's Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry - A History of Arabic Sciences and... Ibn al-Haytham's Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry - A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 3 (Paperback)
Roshdi Rashed
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 3, provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. The present text is complemented by two preceding volumes of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics, which focused on founding figures and commentators in the ninth and tenth centuries, and the historical and epistemological development of 'infinitesimal mathematics' as it became clearly articulated in the oeuvre of Ibn al-Haytham. This volume examines the increasing tendency, after the ninth century, to explain mathematical problems inherited from Greek times using the theory of conics. Roshdi Rashed argues that Ibn al-Haytham completes the transformation of this 'area of activity,' into a part of geometry concerned with geometrical constructions, dealing not only with the metrical properties of conic sections but with ways of drawing them and properties of their position and shape. Including extensive commentary from one of world's foremost authorities on the subject, this book contributes a more informed and balanced understanding of the internal currents of the history of mathematics and the exact sciences in Islam, and of its adaptive interpretation and assimilation in the European context. This fundamental text will appeal to historians of ideas, epistemologists and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research.

Principles of Archaeology (Paperback, Second edition): T.Douglas Price, Kelly J. Knudson Principles of Archaeology (Paperback, Second edition)
T.Douglas Price, Kelly J. Knudson 1
R1,613 Discovery Miles 16 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Principles of Archaeology provides the building blocks for students to learn how archaeologists think. Retaining its focus on teaching the major methods of thought and analysis and the importance of scientific techniques, this new edition has been thoroughly redesigned and revised to include the most recent technologies and ethical issues involved in studying the past. A new co-author specializing in archaeological chemistry means the book leads the way with coverage of the most pioneering scientific approaches in archaeology, while up-to-date examples show students the complexity of practising archaeology, and how archaeological sites and finds impact how we understand our present and future. Principles of Archaeology remains the most accessible and engaging entry point for those wanting to learn more about this fascinating field of study.

The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe (Paperback): Sue Colledge, James Conolly The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe (Paperback)
Sue Colledge, James Conolly
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this major new volume, leading scholars demonstrate the importance of archaeobotanical evidence in the understanding of the spread of agriculture in southwest Asia and Europe. Whereas previous overviews have focused either on Europe or on southwest Asia, this volume considers the transition from a pan-regional perspective, thus making a significant contribution to our understanding of the processes and dynamics in the transition to food production on both continents. It will be relevant to students, researchers, practitioners and instructors in archaeology, archaeobotany, agrobotany, agricultural history, anthropology, area studies, economic history and cultural development.

Negotiating Cultural Identity - Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History (Paperback): Himanshu Prabha Ray Negotiating Cultural Identity - Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History (Paperback)
Himanshu Prabha Ray
R1,424 Discovery Miles 14 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book draws on research by archaeologists, numismatists and historians on the social and cultural construction of landscapes in India. It deals with the perception, use and representation of the landscape as an essential dimension of life in the early medieval period.

How to Read the Landscape - A crash course in interpreting the great outdoors (Paperback): Robert Yarham How to Read the Landscape - A crash course in interpreting the great outdoors (Paperback)
Robert Yarham 1
R318 R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Save R49 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Interest in the environment has never been greater and yet most of us have little knowledge of the 4 billion years of history that formed it. This book explains the principles of geology, geography and geomorphology, and shows how a basic understanding of geological timescales, plate tectonics and landforms can help you 'read' the great outdoors. This is a highly illustrated book with a very accessible text that beautifully illuminates the landscape around us.

Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 - A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback): Itamar Radai Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 - A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
Itamar Radai
R1,470 Discovery Miles 14 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Between November 1947 and May 1948 war between the Palestinian Arab community and the Jewish community encompassed Palestine, with Jerusalem and Jaffa becoming focal points in the conflict due to their centrality, size and symbolic importance. Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 examines Palestinian Arab society, institutions, and fighters in Jerusalem and Jaffa during the conflict. It is one of the first books in English that deals with the Palestinian Arabs at this crucial and tragic moment in their history, with extensive use of Arabic sources and an inquiry from the Palestinian vantage point. It examines the causes of the social collapse of the Palestinian Arab communities in Jerusalem and Jaffa during the 1948 inter-communal war, and the impact of this collapse on the military defeat. This book reveals that the most important internal factors to the Palestinian defeat were the social changes that took place in Arab society during the British Mandate, namely internal migration from rural areas to the cities, the shift from agriculture to wage labour, and the rise of the urban middle class. By looking beyond the well-established external factors, this study uncovers how modernity led to a breakdown within Palestinian Arab society, widening social fissures without producing effective institutions, and thus alienating social classes both from each other and from the leadership. With careful examination of a range of sources and informed analysis of Palestinian social history, Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1948 is a key resource for students and scholars interested in the modern Middle East, Palestinian Studies, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel Studies.

Unraveling the Crime-Place Connection, Volume 22 - New Directions in Theory and Policy (Hardcover): David Weisburd, John E. Eck Unraveling the Crime-Place Connection, Volume 22 - New Directions in Theory and Policy (Hardcover)
David Weisburd, John E. Eck
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unraveling the Crime-Place Connection examines in a new light how places enhance our understanding of crime and its control. While there has been much work in this area focused on policy, few have examined the underlying theories that inform this work. Theory has played a secondary role in the "criminology of place," and this volume brings it to the forefront of scholarly concerns. Each part and its chapters illuminate cutting-edge ideas in the etiology and control of crime at place, beginning with an introductory Part I. Crime is often concentrated in very small geographies, and Part II emphasizes the importance of capturing the dynamic nature of places in order to understand crime clustering. Part III offers integrative theories on the varying contextual arrangements of places and links theories of places to other theories of individuals, neighborhoods, and other social contexts. In Part IV, theorists ask how the actions of place owners facilitate or control crime and what policies governments can institute to regulate place management. This volume will be of interest to criminologists worldwide and useful for graduate-level or advanced undergraduate courses on environmental criminology or crime prevention.

Home: The Foundations of Belonging (Hardcover): Paul O'Connor Home: The Foundations of Belonging (Hardcover)
Paul O'Connor
R4,207 Discovery Miles 42 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Questions of home and belonging have never been more topical. Populist politicians in both Europe and America play on anxieties over globalisation by promising to reconstitute the national home, through cutting immigration and 'taking back control'. Increasing numbers of young people are unable to afford home-ownership, a trend with implications for the future shape of families and communities. The dominant conceptualisations of home in the twentieth century - the nation-state and the suburban nuclear household - are in crisis, yet they continue to shape our personal and political aspirations. Home: The Foundations of Belonging puts these issues into context by drawing on a range of disciplines to offer a deep anthropological and historical perspective on home. Beginning with a vision of modernity as characterised by both spiralling liminality and an ongoing quest for belonging, it plumbs the archaic roots of Western civilisation and assembles a wide body of comparative anthropological evidence to illuminate the foundations of a sense of home. Home is theorised as a stable centre around which we organise both everyday routines and perspectives on reality, bringing order to a chaotic world and overcoming liminality. Constituted by a set of ongoing processes which concentrate and embody meaning in intimate relationships, everyday rituals and familiar places, a shared home becomes the foundation for community and society. The Foundations of Belonging thus elevates 'home' to the position of a foundational sociological and anthropological concept at a moment when the crisis of globalisation has opened the way to a revaluation of the local.

Memory, Myth and Long-Term Landscape Inhabitation (Hardcover): Adrian M. Chadwick, Catriona D. Gibson Memory, Myth and Long-Term Landscape Inhabitation (Hardcover)
Adrian M. Chadwick, Catriona D. Gibson
R1,192 R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Save R119 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Memory and forgetting are fundamental to human existence and experiences of the world. Within archaeology, there has been increasing interest in the role of the past in the past. To date, however, there has been little specific discussion of how such long-term persistence of place and practice was possible; and why this was the case. The sixteen papers in this volume use detailed contextual evidence to address these questions. In many instances, contributors discuss less visible examples where 'memory work' can be identified from non-monumental, 'everyday' landscapes. The case studies focus on British archaeology from the Neolithic to the early medieval period, but other contributions deal with Neolithic Central Europe, ancient Etruscan and Egyptian landscapes, and historic Native American practices. The volume interweaves theoretical considerations of memory, materiality and landscape with exciting evidence emerging from research and developer-funded commercial archaeology, challenging existing methodologies and proposing new research questions for future fieldwork and post-excavation practice.

The Lands of the Bible Today - Experience 44 Places in Scripture and Photos (Paperback): Dave Branon The Lands of the Bible Today - Experience 44 Places in Scripture and Photos (Paperback)
Dave Branon
R526 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
House Histories - The Secrets Behind Your Front Door (Paperback, 2nd edition): Melanie Backe-Hansen House Histories - The Secrets Behind Your Front Door (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Melanie Backe-Hansen
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

UPDATED EDITION As a nation we are obsessed with property: prices, interior design and restoration, and the creation of a home. Now there is another avenue to explore: the history of your house. In this updated second edition, Britain's leading house historian uncovers the hidden stories and secrets of ordinary and extraordinary homes across the country. Gain a unique insight into our social and architectural history through a wide range of houses, including new stories for this edition, from workers' cottages to aristocratic mansions. Tudor farmhouses, Georgian mansions and twentieth-century modernist designs all have a tale to tell. From homes once occupied by famous figures such as H.G. Wells and Benjamin Disraeli to details of the everyday lives of people living in railway and fishermen's cottages, House Histories takes the reader through the centuries of change experienced by each house. As well as providing a rich insight into the ever-changing past of dwellings up and down the country, House Histories helps readers get started on revealing the heritage of their own homes by outlining the main research sources available, how to use them and providing ample case studies as examples.

From Temple to Museum - Colonial Collections and Uma Mahesvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley (Hardcover): Salila Kulshreshtha From Temple to Museum - Colonial Collections and Uma Mahesvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley (Hardcover)
Salila Kulshreshtha
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their displacement. The work examines how these images may have moved during different spates of temple renovation and acquired new identities by being relocated either within sacred precincts or in private collections and museums, art markets or even desecrated and lost. The book highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of these sites. The author also engages with postcolonial debates surrounding history writing and knowledge creation in British India and how colonial archaeology, archival practices, official surveys and institutionalisation of museums has influenced the current understanding of religion, sacred space and religious icons. In doing so it bridges the historiographical divide between the ancient and the modern as well as socio-religious practices and their institutional memory and preservation. Drawn from a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of religious sculptures, classical texts, colonial archival records, British travelogues, official correspondences and fieldwork, the book will interest scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, religion, art history, museums studies, South Asian studies and Buddhist studies.

Archaeology and Religion in Early Northwest India - History, Theory, Practice (Paperback): Daniel Michon Archaeology and Religion in Early Northwest India - History, Theory, Practice (Paperback)
Daniel Michon
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explains how the early historic archaeological record of Punjab was put to use in the process of identity formation in the colonial and postcolonial periods. It focuses on the archaeological material with an eye towards how it was shaped by ancient identities.

Engaging with Heritage and Historic Environment Policy - Agency, Interpretation and Implementation (Hardcover): Hana Morel,... Engaging with Heritage and Historic Environment Policy - Agency, Interpretation and Implementation (Hardcover)
Hana Morel, Michael Dawson
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive review of policy and practice in the historic environment, this book exposes the tensions, challenges and difficulties faced by the heritage sector at a time of political volatility. This collection comes at a key moment for planning policy in the historic environment of England. The papers reflect a wide range of views and experience in the practical environment of policy and implementation. Contributors give perspectives on both policy and practice from legal counsel to local authorities, from the country's largest NGO to the museums sector. Some conclusions are controversial, providing an important insight into the operation of national and local government. The thrust of the volume is the need to close the gap between research and policy production. Written when the UK government's White Paper, Planning for the Future (August 2020), was in preparation, the chapters explore the implementation of policy, its unexpected and unanticipated outcomes and the enduring legacies of guidance and established practice. It highlights tensions within the sector and the need for collaboration and partnership. This book is the most recent and comprehensive review of how the heritage sector has evolved and draws special attention to the importance of the historic environment, not just in planning policy but for the country as a whole. The chapters in this book were originally published in The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice.

The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt - The Journals of Charles Sturt (Paperback):... The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt - The Journals of Charles Sturt (Paperback)
Richard C. Davis; Charles Sturt
R1,336 Discovery Miles 13 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In August 1844 a heavily-laden party led by Captain Charles Sturt set out from Adelaide to head into the unexplored vastness of central Australia. Amongst their equipment was a boat: as well as carrying out his mission of scientific investigation and mapping the topography, Sturt was convinced he would find the inland sea that was reputed to lie in the middle of the continent and so make his reputation. This is the first full publication of Sturt's original journals of the trip. They record the hardships of the journeying through the parched landscape, but also show how his efforts helped reveal the nature of much of the mysterious interior of Australia, and how, in a manner uncharacteristic of his times, he established respectful and co-operative relations with the Aborigines he encountered along the way.

The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 - Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Volume I: Cadiz to Panama (Paperback):... The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 - Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Volume I: Cadiz to Panama (Paperback)
Andrew David, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Glyndwr Williams
R1,267 Discovery Miles 12 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. Italian-born, Malaspina entered the Spanish navy in 1774. In September 1788 he and fellow-officer Jose Bustamante submitted a plan to the Ministry of Marine for a voyage of survey and inspection to Spanish territories in the Americas and Philippines. The expedition was to produce hydrographic charts for the use of Spanish merchantmen and warships and to report on the political, economic and defensive state of Spain's overseas possessions. The plan was approved and in July 1789 Malaspina and Bustamante sailed from CA!diz in the purpose-built corvettes, Descubierta and Atrevida. On board the vessels were scientists and artists and an array of the latest surveying and astronomical instruments. The voyage lasted more than five years. On his return Malaspina was promoted Brigadier de la Real Armada, and began work on an account of the voyage in seven volumes to dwarf the narratives of his predecessors in the Pacific such as Cook and Bougainville. Among much else, it would contain sweeping recommendations for reform in the governance of Spain's overseas empire. But Malaspina became involved in political intrigue. In November 1795 he was arrested, stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment. Although released in 1803, Malaspina spent the last seven years of his life in obscure retirement in Italy. He never resumed work on the great edition, and his journal was not published in Spain until 1885. Only in recent years has a multi-volume edition appeared under the auspices of the Museo Naval, Madrid, that does justice to the achievements of what for long was a forgotten voyage. This first volume of a series of three contains Malaspina's diario or journal from 31 July 1789 to 14 December 1790, newly translated into English, with substantial introduction and commentary. Among the places visited and described are Montevideo, Puerto Deseado, Port Egmont, Puerto San Carlos, ValparaA so, Callao, Guayaquil and PanamA!. Other texts include Malaspina's introduction to his intended edition, and his correspondence with the Minister of the Marine before and during the voyage.

The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 / ... / Volume III / Manila to Cadiz - Manila to Cadiz (Paperback): Andrew David, Glyndwr... The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 / ... / Volume III / Manila to Cadiz - Manila to Cadiz (Paperback)
Andrew David, Glyndwr Williams, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. In July 1789 he sailed from CA!diz in the purpose-built corvettes, Descubierta and Atrevida. On board the vessels were scientists and artists and an array of the latest surveying and astronomical instruments. The voyage lasted more than five years. On his return Malaspina began work on seven-volume account of the voyage, to dwarf the narratives of his predecessors in the Pacific such as Cook and Bougainville. But he became involved in political intrigue, was imprisoned, and then spent the rest of his life in obscure retirement in Italy. He never resumed work on the great edition, and his journal remained long unpublished. Only now is justice being done to the achievements of what for long was a forgotten voyage. This is the final volume of the series of three which presents Malaspina's journal for the first time in English translation and with commentary. It covers the expedition's return voyage from Manila, its visits to New Zealand, Australia, the Tonga Islands and the Falklands, and its arrival in CA!diz on 21 September 1794. Appendices contain Bustamante's survey of East Falkland Island, his visit to Puerto de la Soledad and his search for Islas Auroras, an account of Malaspina's arrest and the suppression of his report, and details of the two corvettes with lists of their complement and of the scientific instruments and books taken on the expedition.

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