Download or read book A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World written by John Pinkerton and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ghost Ships of Archangel written by William Geroux and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort. On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the risks, they had a better chance of survival than the rest of Convoy PQ-17, a fleet of thirty-five cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel--the limited help Roosevelt and Churchill extended to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance, even as they avoided joining the fight in Europe while the Eastern Front raged. The high-level politics that put Convoy PQ-17 in the path of the Nazis were far from the minds of the diverse crews aboard their ships. U.S. Navy Ensign Howard Carraway, aboard the SS Troubadour, was a farm boy from South Carolina and one of the many Americans for whom the convoy was to be a first taste of war; aboard the SS Ironclad, Ensign William Carter of the U.S. Navy Reserve had passed up a chance at Harvard Business School to join the Navy Armed Guard; from the Royal Navy Reserve, Lt. Leo Gradwell was given command of the HMT Ayrshire, a fishing trawler that had been converted into an antisubmarine vessel. All the while, The Ghost Ships of Archangel turns its focus on Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, playing diplomatic games that put their ships in peril. The twenty-four-hour Arctic daylight in midsummer gave no respite from bombers, and the Germans wielded the terrifying battleship Tirpitz, nicknamed The Big Bad Wolf. Icebergs were as dangerous as Nazis. As a newly forged alliance was close to dissolving and the remnants of Convoy PQ-17 tried to slip through the Arctic in one piece, the fate of the world hung in the balance.
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Download or read book A Collection of Voyages and Travels Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts Others Now First Published in English written by Awnsham Churchill and published by . This book was released on 1732 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Voyage of the San Miguel De Archangel written by Robert H. Baer and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from the perspective of the project archaeologist, this is the story of a remarkable, albeit accidental, discovery of a Spanish vessel on a secret mission carrying a unique cargo bound from Peru to the King of Spain, circa 1659. The San Miguel de Archangel carried a sample of the vaunted 'Star of Lima' coinage, minted illegally by the Count Alba de Liste. The ship wrecked with little note in the annals of Florida's history... until now.
Download or read book The Voyages of William Baffin 1612 1622 written by William Baffin and published by London : Printed for The Hakluyt Society. This book was released on 1881 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical background and publication of Baffin's recorded Arctic voyages.
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Download or read book The Voyages of William Baffin 1612 1622 written by Clements R. Markham and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
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Download or read book The Voyages of William Baffin written by ClementsR. Markham (ed.) and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Baffin, geboren 1584, war englischer Entdecker und Seefahrer. Seine Reisen, die der Auffindung und Entdeckung der Nordwestpassage dienten, führten ihn nach Grönland und Kanada. Überdies war Baffin der Erste, der versuchte, die geografische Länge durch Monddistanzen zu bestimmen. Bei diesem Buch handelt es sich um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.
Download or read book Voyage from Asia to America for Completing the Discoveries of the West Coast of America written by Jefferys and published by . This book was released on 1764 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Travels Into Muscovy Persia and Part of the East Indies Containing an Accurate Description of Whatever is Most Remarkable in Those Countries and Embelished with Above 320 Copper Plates written by Cornelis de Bruyn and published by . This book was released on 1737 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge written by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Catalogue of the libraries of N Munckley Esq and several other gentlemen on sale by T Payne written by Thomas Payne and published by . This book was released on 1765 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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