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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... ships from the Red Sea to the shores of India , that wind came to be called the Hippalus . Under the Roman Empire of Augustus the thriving sea trade between the Red Sea and India reached a hundred and twenty ships a year . Pliny ...
... ships from the Red Sea to the shores of India , that wind came to be called the Hippalus . Under the Roman Empire of Augustus the thriving sea trade between the Red Sea and India reached a hundred and twenty ships a year . Pliny ...
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... ships which should attempt it never would get back again . . . . ' Tis said that in those other Islands to the south , which the ships are unable to visit because this strong current prevents their return , is found the bird Gry- phon ...
... ships which should attempt it never would get back again . . . . ' Tis said that in those other Islands to the south , which the ships are unable to visit because this strong current prevents their return , is found the bird Gry- phon ...
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... ships - the Concepción , the San Antonio , and the Victoria -mutinied during the night , Magellan found support only from his own ship , the Trinidad , and from the Santiago , a vessel of seventy - five tons , the smallest of the five ...
... ships - the Concepción , the San Antonio , and the Victoria -mutinied during the night , Magellan found support only from his own ship , the Trinidad , and from the Santiago , a vessel of seventy - five tons , the smallest of the five ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
Urheberrecht | |
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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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Adam Smith Africa Age of Discovery anatomy ancient animals Arabic Asia astrology astronomical became body Buffon calendar called century China Chinese Christian Church classical clock clockmakers coast Columbus continent Copernicus culture Darwin discovered discovery earth East Emperor empire English Europe European experience exploring father French Galen Galileo geography Greek heavens Henry historian human hundred ideas Indian Indies invented Islam islands John Khan King Koran Kublai Khan land language Latin latitude learned Leibniz Linnaeus longitude manuscript maps Marco Marco Polo mathematics medieval Mediterranean Memory modern moon movable type Muslim nature never Newton observed Ocean Paracelsus physician pioneer plants Pope Portugal Portuguese Prester John Prince printed book Ptolemy Ptolemy's reached Roman Rome sailing Saint scholars scientific seafaring ships species telescope theory tion translation University Venice Vesalius Vespucci Viking voyage water clock West Western whole word writing
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