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  • St. Thomas and India

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    In St. Thomas and India, renowned scholars trace the historical, religious, and cultural connections link India's Syrian Christian community with St. Thomas the Apostle. They use modern historiographical methods seek to corroborate the ancient tradition that tells of St. Thomas's missionary journey to India in the middle of the first century, in which he established seven churches in some of the ... Leer más

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  • Shipbuilding, Navigation and the Portuguese in Pre-modern India

    de K.S. Mathew ...
    India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Indian shipwrights and the labour force associated with various aspects of shipbuilding excelled in naval architecture. Their native wisdom was adopted by the Europeans engaged in shipbuilding in coastal India. Similarly some of the techniques of navigation followed by ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • Matritime Malabar and The Europeans 1500-1962

    de K. S. Mathew ...
    The Collection of articles contained in this book shed light on various aspects of European Contacts with Maritime Malabara Which was in fact the entry point of almost all the Europeans to the subcontinent of India since the opening of the direct sea route connecting India since opening of the direct sea rout Connecting Indian Ocean region with the Atlantic. ... Leer más

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  • Titanic

    'Goodbye Miss Young. Good luck to you and don't forget to remember me to the folks back home.'Major Archibald Butt (1865-1912)The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912 is one of the most dramatic stories in maritime history. The largest passenger steamship in the world, fitted with more advanced safety features than any of her rivals, she was proclaimed to be virtually unsinkable ... Leer más

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  • Two Years Before the Mast

    A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

    After a bout with the measles that left his vision impaired, Harvard undergrad Richard Henry Dana signed up for a two-year engagement as a sailor, thinking that the fresh sea air might improve his vision. The diary that Dana kept during his stint on the open sea formed the basis for this wildly popular memoir, which was later made into a movie. A must-read for fans of rip-roaring nautical tales or ... Leer más

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  • Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

    Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, ... Leer más

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  • The Oak Island Mystery, Solved!

    de Joy A. Steele ...
    For more than two centuries, adventurers, thrill seekers and treasure hunters have tried to unlock the secret of Oak Island, investing millions of dollars, and costing at least six lives. And the obsession continues: a television series in the winter of 2014 and seasonal walking tours of the area that include locations highlighted by the series. Theories and intrigue abound – a clandestine ... Leer más

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  • The Other Side of the Night

    The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost

    The New York Times –bestselling author of Unsinkable "recounts the disaster from the vantage point of nearby vessels" ( Publishers Weekly).A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. While the world has remained fascinated by the tragedy, ... Leer más

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  • The War of the Gun Boats

    de Bryan Cooper ...
    This WWII naval history chronicles the development of small fighting boats as well as the evolution of their tactics and coastal warfare operations.Small, fast and highly maneuverable, gunboats and motor torpedo boats were a vital part of naval combat through the Second World War. Every major naval power built their own versions: The Germans had Schnellboote, the Royal Navy had MTBs and MGBs, and ... Leer más

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  • Silencing the Past

    Power and the Production of History

    **20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: Discover the pioneering classic of history, anthropology, and post-colonial studies—now with a new foreword by renowned scholar Hazel Carby.Part of the HBO docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes, written and directed by Raoul Peck**Placing the West’s failure to acknowledge the Haitian Revolution—the most successful slave revolt in history—alongside denials of the ... Leer más

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  • Long Shadows

    Truth, Lies and History

    de Erna Paris ...
    One of the most urgent issues facing the world today is how countries shape historical memory in the aftermath of calamity, making decisions that cast long shadows into the future. Combining gripping storytelling with sharp observation, Erna Paris takes us on an extraordinary journey through four continents to explore how nations reinvent themselves after cataclysmic events. She travels through ... Leer más

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  • Rethinking the Other in Antiquity

    Series series Martin Classical Lectures
    Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, Erich Gruen demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than ... Leer más

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