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Conquerors of Time: Exploration and Invention in the Age of Daring

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#270496
Titel	Conquerors of Time: Exploration and Invention in the Age of Daring
Auteur	Fishlock, Trevor
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London, John Murray
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	0719555175
ISBN13	9780719555176
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Conquerors of Time celebrates 150 years of courage, energy, innovation, resourcefulness and grand ideas, from the late 17th century to the early 20th. It's about the seafarers, engineers, inventors and trailblazers who enabled the British to hold together a vast empire and the Americans to push their frontiers west. Some, such as Captain Cook and Robert Stephenson are famous. Others, like the makers of chromonometers, the collectors of tropical plants or the railway engineers who roughed it in the Canadian wilderness are less well-known. What they all had in common is a desire to understand the world and a determination to harness the forces of nature. 'Trevor Fishlock's brio and broad vision matches those of his subjects and makes for a rattling good read.' Lawrence James, Daily Mail'Fa... (Lees verder)ct-filled and highly evocative ... the sheer romance of the story is irresistible.' Sunday Telegraph
Pagina's	444
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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