The Discoverers, Band 2Random House, 1983 - 745 Seiten Examines the human quest for knowledge and discoveries as it discusses such men as Galileo, Adam Smith, Columbus, Marx, Napoleon, Magellan, Faraday, Freud, Marco Polo, and St. Augustine. |
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... took supplies to strengthen them against the terror of the crossing . Beasts and birds there are none , because they find nothing to eat . But I assure you that one thing is found here , and that a very strange one , which I will relate ...
... took supplies to strengthen them against the terror of the crossing . Beasts and birds there are none , because they find nothing to eat . But I assure you that one thing is found here , and that a very strange one , which I will relate ...
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... took ship for Naples , then sailed to Rhodes . There , as they took off into Muslim territory , the knowledgeable Knights Hospitalers of Saint John of Jerusalem warned that they would now be no more than " Christian dogs . " The ...
... took ship for Naples , then sailed to Rhodes . There , as they took off into Muslim territory , the knowledgeable Knights Hospitalers of Saint John of Jerusalem warned that they would now be no more than " Christian dogs . " The ...
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... took him and his fleet across the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean , to arrive at Calicut , his intended destination on the south- western coast of the Indian peninsula on May 22 , 1498. Until then , there had been no seafaring ...
... took him and his fleet across the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean , to arrive at Calicut , his intended destination on the south- western coast of the Indian peninsula on May 22 , 1498. Until then , there had been no seafaring ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 82 |
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself Daniel J. Boorstin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1985 |
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