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  • Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait

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    In "Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait," Peter Lauridsen provides a meticulously researched account of the life and expeditions of the Russian navigator Vitus Bering. This engaging narrative blends biographical elements with a historical analysis of the 18th-century explorations that reshaped European perceptions of the Pacific. Lauridsen's scholarly approach is complemented by a rich ... Read more

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  • Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Arctic Explorer's Legacy

    In "Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait," Peter Lauridsen presents an incisive exploration of the life and expeditions of Vitus Bering, whose name is inextricably linked to the geographical marvel of the Bering Strait. This meticulously researched biography interweaves historical narrative with a rich analysis of 18th-century maritime exploration, filled with vivid descriptions and a ... Read more

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  • Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Historical Biography of Arctic Exploration, Kamchatka Expeditions, and North Pacific Discovery

    Peter Lauridsen's Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait is a concise yet authoritative historical study of the Danish navigator whose Russian-sponsored expeditions transformed European knowledge of the North Pacific. Combining biography, maritime history, and documentary reconstruction, the book traces Bering's movement from obscure naval officer to leader of the Kamchatka expeditions, ... Read more

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  • Russian Explorations, 1725-1743

    Vitus Bering: The Discoverer of Bering Strait

    Russian Explorations, 1725-1743Vitus Bering: The Discoverer of Bering StraitThis edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTSLieut. Schwatka's IntroductionTranslator's PrefaceAuthor's PrefacePART I.BERING'S FIRST EXPEDITION.Chapter I.Russia and England in the work of Arctic exploration.—Vitus Bering's rank as an explorerChapter II.Bering's nativit... ... Read more

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  • Primate Psychology

    In more ways than we may sometimes care to acknowledge, the human being is just another primate--it is certainly only very rarely that researchers into cognition, emotion, personality, and behavior in our species and in other primates come together to compare notes and share insights. This book, one of the few comprehensive attempts at integrating behavioral research into human and nonhuman ... Read more

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    This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed than had ever been possible before. Novelist Patrick O'Brian captured the thrill of that era with his ... Read more

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  • A Voyage to Terra Australis Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, volume 1 of 2

    First published in 1814. "The publication in 1814 of a voyage commenced in 1801, and of which all the essential parts were concluded within three years, requires some explanation. Shipwreck and a long imprisonment prevented my arrival in England until the latter end of 1810; much had then been done to forward the account, and the charts in particular were nearly prepared for the engraver; but it ... Read more

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