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The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights is a
history of liberty from 1300 BC to 2004 AD. The book traces the
history of the philosophy and fight for freedom from the ancient
Celts to the creation of America, asserting the roots of liberty
originated in the radical political thought of the ancient Celts,
the Scots' struggle for freedom, John Duns Scotus and the Arbroath
Declaration (1320), a tradition that influenced Locke and the
English Whig theorists as well as our Founding Fathers,
particularly Jefferson, Madison, Wilson and Witherspoon. Author
Alexander Klieforth argues the Arbroath Declaration (1320) and its
philosophy was the intellectual foundation of the American
Revolution and Declaration of Independence (1776). Thus, the work
is a revolutionary alternative to the traditional Anglocentric view
that freedom, democracy and human rights descended only from John
Locke and England of the 1600s. The work is the first historical
analysis to locate and document the origin of the doctrine of the
"consent of the governed" in the medieval scholar, John Duns Scotus
(c.1290s), four centuries before Locke and the English Whigs, and
in the evolutionary progress of mankind. The work contends that the
Arbroath Declaration (1320) and its philosophy was the intellectual
foundation of the American Revolution and Declaration of
Independence (1776). After showing the Scottish influence on the
U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the new Federal government,
the Braudelian-style work traces the development of Scottish-style
freedom and human rights through the French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of the Citizen influenced by Jefferson, Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address that transformed Jefferson's Declaration, and
Eleanor Roosevelt's role in creating the U.N. Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, the foundation of the modern human rights
struggle. More information about this book is available at the
authors website www.braveheartsoul.com.
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Title: The Arctic Voyages of A. E. Nordenskio ld. 1858-1879. With
illustrations and maps.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
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stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British
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material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture,
environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry,
mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was
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Leslie, Alexander; Nordenskio ld, Nils Adolf Erik; 1879. 8 .
10460.ee.9.
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The Finnish geologist and Arctic explorer A. E. Nordenskioeld
(1832-1901) spent much of his life in exile in Sweden, where he was
made a baron. He served as Superintendent of the Mineralogical
Department of the Swedish Royal Museum, and later became a Member
of the Swedish Academy. Following a number of expeditions during
the 1860s, he concluded that the North Pole could not be reached by
ship, and in 1872 he tried unsuccessfully to reach it overland. A
great historian of cartography, he amassed a huge collection of
maps, now included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' Register. This
two-volume work, published in Swedish in 1881, describes his most
famous voyage, the first crossing of the North-East Passage. Volume
1 includes details of the flora, fauna, people and geology
encountered on the journey from Tromso to the Bering Strait, along
with a review of previous exploration in the region.
The Finnish geologist and Arctic explorer A. E. Nordenskioeld
(1832-1901) spent much of his life in exile in Sweden, where he was
made a baron. He served as Superintendent of the Mineralogical
Department of the Swedish Royal Museum, and later became a Member
of the Swedish Academy. Following a number of expeditions during
the 1860s, he concluded that the North Pole could not be reached by
ship, and in 1872 he tried unsuccessfully to reach it overland. A
great historian of cartography, he amassed a huge collection of
maps, now included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' Register. This
two-volume work, published in Swedish in 1881, describes his most
famous voyage, the first crossing of the North-East Passage. Volume
2 follows the expedition from the Bering Strait to Yokohama in
Japan, and the return journey to Sweden, through the India Ocean,
the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, in 1879.
The explorer and geologist Adolf Erik Nordenskioeld (1832-1901) led
the expedition that first successfully navigated the North-East
Passage and circumnavigated the Eurasian continent. This famous
expedition took place in 1878-80, on the steamship Vega. However,
prior to this expedition, Nordenskioeld had been on a number of
voyages to the Arctic, where comprehensive scientific surveys were
carried out. This book, first published in 1879, describes his
previous voyages, including those to Spitzbergen and Greenland. It
was compiled by Alexander Leslie using Nordenskioeld's own reports,
and contains a great deal of historically valuable information. It
details encounters with natives met during the voyages and contains
the official report of the Medical Officer, Dr Envall, on the
health, hygiene and care of the sick during the Swedish Polar
Expedition 1872-3. It also includes a list of books and memoirs
relating to the Swedish Arctic expeditions and biographical
information about Nordenskioeld.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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