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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... Indian Ocean had flourished long before the birth of the Prophet Muhammad . At first the trip from Egypt and the Red Sea to India was made by following along the coast . The sailing traffic was enormously increased when the monsoons ...
... Indian Ocean had flourished long before the birth of the Prophet Muhammad . At first the trip from Egypt and the Red Sea to India was made by following along the coast . The sailing traffic was enormously increased when the monsoons ...
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... Indian Ocean . Even today , for some areas , his work is said to be unequaled . A divine providence must have been watching over Vasco da Gama on his first voyage . By an astonishing coincidence , when on reaching Malindi he finally ...
... Indian Ocean . Even today , for some areas , his work is said to be unequaled . A divine providence must have been watching over Vasco da Gama on his first voyage . By an astonishing coincidence , when on reaching Malindi he finally ...
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... Indian slave to Las Casas , then a student at the University of Salamanca . Las Casas tasted the life of a conquistador when he went to America in 1502 , acquired Indian slaves whom he worked in the mines , and built a large estate ...
... Indian slave to Las Casas , then a student at the University of Salamanca . Las Casas tasted the life of a conquistador when he went to America in 1502 , acquired Indian slaves whom he worked in the mines , and built a large estate ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
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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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