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 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 them to the shore of this newly discovered ocean . In a climactic gesture , Balboa , wearing his armor and carrying his unsheathed sword , waded into the surf , raised the banner of Castile , and for his Catholic sovereigns formally ...
... took them to the shore of this newly discovered ocean . In a climactic gesture , Balboa , wearing his armor and carrying his unsheathed sword , waded into the surf , raised the banner of Castile , and for his Catholic sovereigns formally ...
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... took sticky clay and cut it in characters as thin as the edge of a copper coin . Each character formed as it were a single type . He baked them in the fire to make them hard . He had previously prepared an iron plate and he had covered ...
... took sticky clay and cut it in characters as thin as the edge of a copper coin . Each character formed as it were a single type . He baked them in the fire to make them hard . He had previously prepared an iron plate and he had covered ...
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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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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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