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The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up
images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous
fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the
vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics,
navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations
were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic
and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery
would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It
is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of
Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook, and Dampier, as well as the
intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious
Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia, and Davis Land. There
are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments,
mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the
introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the
extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are
more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air,
the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters, and personal
adventure.
One Man in His Time is the biography of the Laird of Torosay
Castle, traveller, wartime hero and escaper and distinguished
politician.
Originally published early 1900s. A large beautifully illustrated
book dealing with every aspect of British cage and aviary birds.
Contents include: History - Breeding - Aviaries - Showing - Rearing
- Canary Breeds - Canary Hybrids - British Birds Amenable to
Captivity etc. Many of the earliest cage bird books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many
of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern
editions, using the original text and artwork.
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