Download or read book The World Displayed Or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels Selected from the Writers of All Nations Embellished with Cuts With an Introduction by Samuel Johnson The Fourth Edition Corrected written by and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inventing Easter Island written by Beverley Haun and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its inhabitants, is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3600 kilometres west of South America. Annexed by Chile in 1888, the island has been a source of fascination for the world beyond the island since the first visit by Europeans in 1722 due to its intriguing statues and complex history. Inventing 'Easter Island' examines narrative strategies and visual conventions in the discursive construction of 'Easter Island' as distinct from the native conception of 'Rapa Nui.' It looks at the geographic imaginary that pervaded the eighteenth century, a period of overwhelming imperial expansion. Beverley Haun begins with a discussion of forces that shaped the European version of island culture and goes on to consider the representation of that culture in the form of explorer texts and illustrations, as well as more recent texts and images in comic books and kitsch from off the island. Throughout, 'Easter Island' is used as a case study of the impact of imperialism on the view of a culture from outside. The study hinges on three key points - an inquiry into the formation of 'Easter Island' as a subject; an examination of how the constructed space and culture have been shaped, reshaped, and represented in discursive spaces; and a discussion of cultural memory and how the constraints of foreign texts and images have shaped thought and action about 'Easter Island.' Richly illustrated and unique in its findings, Inventing 'Easter Island' will appeal to cultural theorists, anthropologists, educators, and anyone interested in the history of the South Pacific.
Download or read book The True History of the Conquest of New Spain written by Bernal Díaz del Castillo and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson written by and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Johnson is not only famous for his English Dictionary, and as the subject of Boswell's great biography; he was also the author of many different kinds of books - biographies, essays, literary criticism, poetry - and a regular though anonymous contributor to newspapers, magazines and to books by others. There was a little of the business of authors that he did not know, or about which he did not express a judgement. This bibliography by the distinguished Johnson scholar, the late J.D. Fleeman, records Johnson's literary output in chronological order, illuminating not only his multifarious writings but also the development of his career and reputation as a professional writer. It reveals the range of his work and the variety of his anonymous contributions (some of them first identified by Fleeman). Detailed analysis of the works examined sheds light on the practices of the 18th century book trade, and indentified editions, early and late, many of which are valuable and unjustly neglected. The bibliography also lists new editions up to 1984, the bicentenary of Johnson's death, charting the course of his posthumous literary reputation.
Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division written by New York Public Library. Rare Book Division and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General catalogue of printed books written by British museum. Dept. of printed books and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travellers in the Near East written by Charles Foster and published by Stacey International Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large number and wide variety of accounts of European travellers to the Near East, Egypt and Greece have been preserved and some of the `most vivid and memorable' are collected here. The journeys and achievements of these pioneers are recounted in this book. They range from the Cicero brothers in the 1st century to the French expedition to map the Morea in the 19th century, and include the courageous travellers who fought all sorts of perils to get to the ancient city of Petra, the grand tour of Mr John and Mrs Mary Smith, and the remarkable travels of Gertrude Bell. The essays are taken from a conference of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) held in Edinburgh in 2001.
Download or read book The Imprint Catalog in the Rare Book Division written by New York Public Library. Rare Book Division and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Catalogue of English Books Printed Before 1801 Held by the University Library at G ttingen v 1 4 Books printed between 1701 and 1800 written by Bernhard Fabian and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record Cumulative 1876 1949 written by R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
