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Love and Marriage
Ellen Key, Arthur G Chater
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R980
Discovery Miles 9 800
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In August 1913, the explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861
1930), who later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his
humanitarian work, set off from Norway to find a sea route across
the north of the Eurasian continent. This 'north-east passage' had
been the goal of explorers since the sixteenth century, but
Nansen's object, as he puts it, was 'to open up a regular trade
connexion with the interior of Siberia, via the Kara Sea and the
mouth of the Yenisei'. By the time the book was published in
English translation in 1914, the First World War had begun, and the
need for ways to keep supplies and troops moving between Russia and
her western allies made it even more timely. Nansen's delightfully
written account of 'the land of the future' remains of value to
anyone seeking to find out more about the geography, resources, and
native peoples of Siberia."
Accounts of the earliest exploration of the Arctic are scattered
through many literatures. In writing this work, reissued here in
the two-volume English translation of 1911, the celebrated
Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861 1930) returned to many of
the original sources. Calling on others to help him interpret texts
in several languages, Nansen begins his account with the first
mentions of the Arctic in Greek literature and ends with voyages of
the sixteenth century. He notably questions some of the traditional
history based on Norse sagas. Each volume contains lengthy
quotations from little-known documents, making much valuable
information accessible to non-specialists. Volume 1 begins in
antiquity and, after presenting maps and legends of the Middle
Ages, turns to the voyages of the Norsemen to Iceland and
Greenland. The final part deals with the possible discovery of
North America or Vinland."
Accounts of the earliest exploration of the Arctic are scattered
through many literatures. In writing this work, reissued here in
the two-volume English translation of 1911, the celebrated
Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861 1930) returned to many of
the original sources. Calling on others to help him interpret texts
in several languages, Nansen begins his account with the first
mentions of the Arctic in Greek literature and ends with voyages of
the sixteenth century. He notably questions some of the traditional
history based on Norse sagas. Each volume contains lengthy
quotations from little-known documents, making much valuable
information accessible to non-specialists. Volume 2 continues from
the discovery of North America through the explorations of the
Inuit to the decline of the settlements in Greenland. Nansen
describes early Norwegian explorations, considers the maps
available to early explorers, and closes with the discoveries made
by Cabot and the Portuguese."
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Love and Marriage
Ellen Key, Arthur G Chater
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R732
Discovery Miles 7 320
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1913 Edition.
1913. With an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Varnhagen lived
during the crucial period of assimilation in Germany, when it
seemed imperative for Jews to escape their Jewishness. From the
Preface: The following pages are not a study in literary history;
no search has been made for new authorities, and no stress is laid
on literal accuracy in the case of the sources that have been used.
Such a work was within neither the aim nor the compass of this
book. My aim has been to give a portrait of the greatest woman the
Jewish race has produced; to my mind also the greatest woman
Germany can call her daughter. Contents: Origin; Personality; Love;
Religion; Fellow-feeling; Social Life; Goethe; Sense of Beauty; and
Letters.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
1913. With an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Varnhagen lived
during the crucial period of assimilation in Germany, when it
seemed imperative for Jews to escape their Jewishness. From the
Preface: The following pages are not a study in literary history;
no search has been made for new authorities, and no stress is laid
on literal accuracy in the case of the sources that have been used.
Such a work was within neither the aim nor the compass of this
book. My aim has been to give a portrait of the greatest woman the
Jewish race has produced; to my mind also the greatest woman
Germany can call her daughter. Contents: Origin; Personality; Love;
Religion; Fellow-feeling; Social Life; Goethe; Sense of Beauty; and
Letters.
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