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Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators written by Andrew Dickson White and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Golden Book of Dutch Navigators  by Hendrik W  Van Loon

Download or read book The Golden Book of Dutch Navigators by Hendrik W Van Loon written by Hendrik willem Van loon and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set sail on the high seas with the legendary Dutch navigators in Hendrik Willem Van Loon's captivating account. Chronicling the daring voyages and discoveries of these intrepid explorers, Van Loon paints a vivid picture of their contributions to the world of geography and navigation. This classic work celebrates the spirit of adventure and the indomitable will of the Dutch navigators, making it a treasure trove for history enthusiasts and maritime aficionados.

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators Classic Reprint written by Hendrik Willem van Loon and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book GOLDEN BOOK OF THE DUTCH NAVIGATORS

Download or read book GOLDEN BOOK OF THE DUTCH NAVIGATORS written by HENDRIK WILLEM VAN. LOON and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators  1916  by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators 1916 by Hendrik Willem Van Loon written by Hendrik Willem van Loon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hendrik Willem van Loon(January 14, 1882 - March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and award-winning children's book author.He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loonand Elisabeth Johanna Hanken.He went to the United States in 1902 to study at Cornell University, receiving his degree in 1905. In 1906 he married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch (1880-1955), daughter of a Harvard professor, by whom he had two sons, Henry Bowditch and Gerard Willem. The newlyweds moved to Germany, where van Loon received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1911 with a dissertation that became his first book, The Fall of the Dutch Republic (1913). He was a correspondent for the Associated Press during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and again in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. He lectured at Cornell University from 1915 to 1917; in 1919 he became an American citizen. Van Loon had two later marriages, to Eliza Helen (Jimmie) Criswellin 1920 and playwright Frances Goodrich Ames in 1927, but after a divorce from Ames he returned to Criswell (it is debatable whether or not they remarried); she inherited his estate in 1944.From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books, illustrating them himself. Most widely known among these is The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. The book was later updated by Van Loon and has continued to be updated, first by his son and later by other historians. However, he also wrote many other very popular books aimed at young adults. As a writer he was known for emphasizing crucial historical events and giving a complete picture of individual characters, as well as the role of the arts in history. He also had an informal and thought-provoking style which, particularly in The Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes. As an illustrator of his own books, he was known for his lively black-and-white drawings and his chronological diagrams.... Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563 - 8 February 1611) was a Dutch merchant, trader and historian. An alternative spelling of his second name is Huijgen.e travelled extensively along the East Indies' regions under Portuguese influence and served as the Portuguese Viceroy's secretary in Goa between 1583 and 1588. He is credited with publishing in Europe important classified information about Asian trade. In 1596 he published a book, Itinerario (later published as an English edition as Discours of Voyages into Y East & West Indies) which graphically displayed for the first time in Europe detailed maps of voyages to the East Indies, particularly India. During his stay in Goa, abusing the trust put in him by the Viceroy, Jan Huyghens meticulously copied the top-secret charts page-by-page. Even more crucially, Jan Huyghens provided nautical data like currents, deeps, islands and sandbanks, which was absolutely vital for safe navigation, along with coastal depictions to guide the way. The publication of the navigational routes enabled the passage to the East Indies to be opened to trading by the English and the Dutch. As a consequence, The British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company broke the 16th-century monopoly enjoyed by the Portuguese on trade with the East Indies

Book The GOLDEN BOOK of the DUTCH NAVIGATORS  Annotated

Download or read book The GOLDEN BOOK of the DUTCH NAVIGATORS Annotated written by Hendrik WILLEM van LOON and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The men who took part in these voyages sacrificed their lives as cheerfully as they lighted a new pipe or opened a fresh bottle. Some of them were drowned, and some of them died of thirst. A few were frozen to death, and many were killed by the heat of the scorching sun. The bad supplies furnished by lying contractors buried many of them beneath the green cocoanut-trees of distant lands. Others were speared by cannibals and provided a feast for the hungry tribes of the Pacific Islands. But what of it? It was all in the day's work. These excellent fellows took whatever came, be it good or bad, or indifferent, with perfect grace, and kept on smiling. They kept their powder dry, did whatever their hands found to do, and left the rest to the care of that mysterious Providence who probably knew more about the ultimate good of things than they did.

Book History with a Match

Download or read book History with a Match written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of Mankind

Download or read book The Story of Mankind written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the first John Newbery Medal in 1921, here is van Loon's renowned classic record of historic adventure, updated for the 21st century.

Book The Story of Mankind

Download or read book The Story of Mankind written by Hendrik Willem van Loon and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally written for the author’s children, the book explores the history of civilization beginning with early man and taking the reader through the creation of art, writing, religion, and more. All in short, simple to understand chapters. To qualify for inclusion in the book, Van Loon asked a simple question: ‘Did the person or event in question perform an act without which the entire history of civilization would have been different?’ ‘The Story of Mankind’ (1921) was awarded the Newbery Medal for its outstanding contribution to children's literature. The result is an informative, insightful, and entertaining story of mankind that is suitable for readers of all ages. Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882 – 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and author, best known for his young adult novels that famously brought historical events vividly to life. Some of his other notable works include: ‘The Fall of the Dutch Republic’, ‘The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom’, ‘The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators’ and his 1947 autobiography, ‘Report to Saint Peter’. Loon also famously illustrated his own work and was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in 1942.

Book A Short History of Discovery

Download or read book A Short History of Discovery written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inimitable style of Hendrik Willem van Loon, the renowned early-20th-century popularizer of all things historical, is at its best in this 1917 book for children. His language is more than merely simple and readable: he brings to life distant times and remote places with an enthusiasm that inspires. The Greeks "lived in a beautiful land of sunshine and temples"; the Norse sailors "dared to leave the sight of land"; Columbus "was no chance explorer who hit upon his discoveries by luck." More than just an account of discovery, it encourages the reader to set out to discover more for himself, too. Fully illustrated with the author's sketches, maps, and color illustrations. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COSIMO CLASSICS: van Loon's The Fall of the Dutch Republic (1913), The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom (1915), The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators (1916), and Ancient Man (1920) Dutch-American author, journalist and illustrator HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON (1882-1944) was the first winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal for outstanding American children's book for his The Story of Mankind. Acclaimed for his ability to depict history in a lively and entertaining manner for children and adults alike, he was a popular lecturer and radio personality, equally comfortable on informational programs and celebrity quiz shows.

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators     Illustrated with Seventy Reproductions of Old Prints

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators Illustrated with Seventy Reproductions of Old Prints written by Hendrik Willem van LOON and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Download or read book The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators written by Hendrik Willem van Loon and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom

Download or read book The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom written by Hendrik Willem van Loon and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [W]ho is there that has studied the events of those years between 1795-1815 who did not feel the utter indignation, the terrible shame, of so much cowardice, of such hopeless vacillation in the hour of need, of such indifference to civic duties?... And who that has studied the history of the early nineteenth century does not know how for two whole generations after the Napoleonic wars our country was no better than a negative power, tolerated because so inoffensive? -from the Foreword Hendrik Willem van Loon was one of the most popular American writers of all things historical in the early 20th century, but he was Dutch by birth and took a great pride in his native land. In this 1915 book, he lays bare the grand soap opera that shook Holland a century earlier, a tale of revolution, coups d'etats, foreign warfare, royal misbehavior, and more. But more than just the story of a nation suffering a period of decline, it is also a testament to the character of the Dutch people, which survived and thrived in spite of the misdeeds of their rulers. Splendidly entertaining, this is one of van Loon's best and most passionate works. OF INTEREST TO: history buffs, readers of Dutch culture Also available from Cosimo Classics: van Loon's The Fall of the Dutch Republic (1913), The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators (1916), A Short History of Discovery (1917), and Ancient Man (1920) Dutch-American author, journalist and illustrator HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON (1882-1944) was the first winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal for outstanding American children's book for his The Story of Mankind. Acclaimed for his ability to depict history in a lively and entertaining manner for children and adults alike, hewas a popular lecturer and radio personality, equally comfortable on informational programs and celebrity quiz shows.