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While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George
Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or
capture Spain's Pacific possessions, the voyage laid the basis for
later scientific and survey expeditions by Captain Cook and others.
Returning to Britain in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a
circumnavigation, the voyage was notable for the capture of an
Acapulco galleon but also considerable losses to disease with only
188 men of the original 1,854 surviving. Admiral of the Fleet
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (23 April 1697 - 6 June
1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his
circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal
Navy during the Seven Years' War.
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The Prince (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Niccolo Machiavelli
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R290
Discovery Miles 2 900
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The Prince is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat,
historian and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. From
correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513,
using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities).
However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five
years after Machiavelli's death. Niccolo di Bernardo dei
Machiavelli (3 May 1469 - 21 June 1527) was an Italian historian,
diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during
the Renaissance. A founder of modern political science, he was a
civil servant of the Florentine Republic. He also wrote comedies,
carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned
in the Italian language. He was Secretary to the Second Chancery of
the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medicis were
out of power.
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The Kojiki (Paperback)
B.H. Chamberlain; Illustrated by Alex Struik; Yasumaro O. No
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R209
Discovery Miles 2 090
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Kojiki ("Record of Ancient Matters") is the oldest extant chronicle
in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711-2) and composed by
O no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei. The Kojiki is a
collection of myths concerning the origin of the four home islands
of Japan, and the Kami. Along with the Nihon Shoki, the myths
contained in the Kojiki are part of the inspiration behind Shinto
practices and myths. O no Yasumaro (died August 15, 723) was a
Japanese nobleman, bureaucrat, and chronicler. He is most famous
for compiling and editing, with the assistance of Hieda no Are, the
Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese history. Empress Genmei (r.
707-721) charged Yasumaro with the duty of writing the Kojiki in
711 using the various clan chronicles and native myths. It was
finished the following year in 712. Yasumaro became clan head in
716, and died in 723.
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The Miser (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Moliere
bundle available
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R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
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A Set of Six (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Joseph Conrad
bundle available
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R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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Walden (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Henry David Thoreau
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R298
Discovery Miles 2 980
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First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau"s groundbreaking
"Walden" has influenced generations of readers and continues to
inspire and inform anyone with an open mind and a love of nature.
There is so much wisdom in Walden, it's impossible to digest it all
even in a dozen readings. Pithy lines and quotes by Henry David
Thoreau tend to the return to the reader over and over again, as
life rolls along. A favorite quote from Thoreau states that he
would be happy to live in a pine box, three feet by six feet, as
long as he could wake up every morning in the middle of nature.
When it came to simplicity and sustainability, Henry David Thoreau
was years ahead of his time. Walden, along with the journals of
Henry David Thoreau, constitute some of the most useful of and
timeless of all American literature.
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