This engaging Dictionary examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by the Ancient Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese seamen. Day brings the expeditions to life, expressing the desires that drove great sea captains deeper into turbulent waters searching for caches of spice, silks, and precious metals.Covers a wide variety of topics including:o Seamen from eight nationso The recovery of storm wrecked shipso Diplomatic treatieso Priority of discovery disputeso Military and civil explorers and surveyorso Topographical featureso Geographical terms and placeso Rivers and river system

Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia (Historical Dictionaries Of Discovery And Exploration) (Volume 1)

History

Day, Alan

Australia & Oceania

Scarecrow Press

The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties to discover an even more northern route, author Alan Day covers all aspects of the ongoing quest that excited the imagination of the world. This compendium of explorers, navigators, and expeditions tackles this broad topic with a convenient, but extensive cross-referenced dictionary. A chronology traces the long succession of treks to find the passage, the introduction helps explain what motivated them, and the bibliography provides a means for those wishing to discover more information on this exciting subject.

Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage (Volume 3) (Historical Dictionaries of Discovery and Exploration (3))

Travel

Directory of European Union Political Parties

This is a companion volume to the reference, "Political parties of the World", but it deals only with EU member states. It features detailed profiles of all parties of any significance, providing data on each party's history, character, support base, policies, leadership, electoral results and affiliations. For each country a general introduction puts the parties in their overall political, constitutional and electoral context. This volume is up to date to the beginning of 2000.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

John Harper Pub

John Harper Publishing

This work covers reference material in the social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion. It includes: more than 1300 new items to give more than 8180 entries with full bibliographic details, ISBN and price for each entry; periodical articles, microforms, online and CD-ROM sources as well as bibliographies, indices, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, textbooks and monographs; international coverage with an emphasis on English-language material; subject arrangement based on the Universal Decimal Classification International Medium Edition of 1985 (BSIOOOM); comprehensive author and subject/title indices plus an online and database services index; brief critical annotations - giving summary, publishing history, outline of contents, comparison with other works and an assessment of overall value.

Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and Historical Sciences, Philosophy and Religion

Social Sciences

Facet Pub

A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: philosophy and psychology; religion; social sciences, sociology, statistics, politics, economics, labour and employment; land and property, business organizations, finance and banking, and economic surveys; economic policies and controls, trade and commerce, business and management, and law; public administration, social services and welfare, education, customs and traditions; geography; biography; and history.

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Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia (Historical Dictionaries Of Discovery And Exploration) (Volume 1)

Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage (Volume 3) (Historical Dictionaries of Discovery and Exploration (3))

Directory of European Union Political Parties

Directory of European Union Political Parties

Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and Historical Sciences, Philosophy and Religion

Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and Historical Sciences, Philosophy and Religion