Sailing Europe
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If you sail to Europe, do you need a passport?
Okay so if you sail from the US to say Norway, or some other country in Europe, would you need a passport if you stay there for a few weeks? Like if you just go to the shore and live in your boat…do you still need any passport/documents etc? This is a serious question haha, thank you in advance
Yes, you do. You need a passport to enter Norwegian waters. And you will need a passport to re-enter the U.S. See site below.
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Ancient Civilization $12.86 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION Thus far the story of ancient civilizations has been told only of Egypt and western Asia previous to the year 500 B.c. But the land of the peoples of southern Europe had also been steadily develop- Greeks mg their own civilization for at least fifteen hundred or two thousand years before that. A glance at the map will show that southern Europe consists of three great peninsulas which extend far out into the Mediterranean Sea. The easternmost of these peninsulas is Greece. Greece itself is connected with Asia by a series of hundreds of islands which dot the Egean Sea. These islands lie so near together that a sailor can easily journey from Asia to Europe without once losing sight of land. Crete, the largest of the islands, is located at the southern end of the Egean. From Crete, the sailor who was willing to venture out across the open water could easily make his way to Egypt where he would find the oldest cities in the world. The ancient Babylonians and Egyptians journeyed almost altogether upon the rivers, or on roads which ran through the lowlands. But the people of Greece were forced to travel by sea, for Greece is a hilly country with no great rivers and very few open extended plains. No part of the peninsula is more than twenty- five or thirty miles from the sea. Consequently, in most cases, it was easier to get from one place to another by sailing in and out among the bays and” islands than by traveling across the hills. Babylonia and Egyp’t were great open agricultural countries. The majority of the people in both countries devoted themselves to raising cattle and grain. Greece, on the other hand, was almost altogether unsuited for agriculture. Here and there in the EXCAVATIONS IN GREECE AND THE I… |
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Beating the Blowfish: A candid account of a young yacht skipper’s battle with breast Cancer $19.95 At age 32 and tired of her banking job, adventurous Emma Pontin completed her first ocean crossing. She then joined Sir Chay Blyth’s Challenge Business as a professional sailor, racing and touring Europe and the Caribbean. It was all smooth sailing. Four years later, while heading to the start of another transatlantic yacht race, Emma received a phone call that stopped her in her tracks; she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She returned home for a life-saving mastectomy but continued to skipper, race and instruct throughout an arduous and soul-destroying chemo- and radiotherapy treatment. Beating the Blowfish is Emma’s inspirational and candid account of her experience fighting breast cancer, and the understanding and strength she gained from sailing. With six years sailing experience and 70,000 nautical miles under her belt—including 15 transatlantic crossings, the Sydney-Hobart yacht race, the Newport to Bermuda yacht race and the infamous Fastnet Race—Emma’s next big challenge is a full circumnavigation with a novice sailing team made up of breast cancer survivors. |
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Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans of WWII Tell Their True Stories $39.95 To the casual observer, World War II was won on land, but the war was actually decided by the Battle of the Atlantic. It was control of the seas that enabled the Allies to fight on land in Europe, and in the air.The victory at sea was a dangerous and deadly six-year struggle to deliver the necessities of  life and war from North America to the United Kingdom. On the one side were the hunted -merchant ships sailing in convoys protected by warships. On the other side were the hunters-German submarines determined to sever the Atlantic Supply line and strangle the United Kingdom into submission. Canada played a significant role in this struggle by producing and sending to sea more than a hundred small escort vessels known as corvettes.In Corvettes Canada, Mac Johnston re-creates life aboard corvettes through the worlds of the veterans themselves. Within a framework of the basic events of the war, this book is an epic piece of oral history and is essentially the product of the memories of more than 250 men, collected by correspondence in a project that got underway with an initial personalized letter to several hundred corvette veterans in 1990. Hundreds of additional letters followed as more veterans were identified. The letter count rose to 1,400 and then 1,900 to flesh out the corvette story.From the fall of 1940 until May 1945, Corvettes Canada follows these small warships as they shepherd convoys of merchant ships carrying weapons, food, oil, raw materials and manufactured goods from North America to the United Kingdom. On the return trip, the escorts bring back the empty vessels for reloading.As told in the worlds of the veterans, the routines of life aboard a corvette are punctuated by sudden burst of fierce action—the life-and-death moments for warships, merchant ships and German submarines. This was but one enemy—the other was the North Atlantic itself, a powerful force that brought severe cold, icy storms and fierce |
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Crests From The Ocean World; Or, Experiences In A Voyage To Europe … $35.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER IV. THANKSGIVING TO THE NEW ENGLANDER AWAY — OBSERVANCE OF THE DAY BY THE ENGLISH AND WELSH BOARDERS — THE ADVANTAGES OP GOING IN A FRENCH VESSEL—ODD AND INSPIRING SENSATIONS ON SAILING FROM THE WHARF — THE PILOT, AND HIS FRENCH. Nov. 25th. Thanksgiving! What pleasing reminiscences it awakens! Sweetly embalmed in memory are gladsome scenes of the past. Linked with the present, they glide before the mind, drawn thither by the silver chord of association; while fancy, aided by the mellowing hand of time, smilingly interweaves her golden threads. You are at once transported to the venerable domicile of an aged grandfather. Once a year, at least, his heart bursts the bands in which the sordid aims of life, the rest of the year, so narrowly confine it; and the austere and wrinkled countenance, darkly shaded, by carping at the folly and extravagance of the age, now expands with a generous and benignant smile. The doors in the parental mansion have been thrown wide open at an early hour, and the halls now ring with the merry voices of youth, mingled with the deep tones of middle life, and the pleasing garrulity of old age. Soon comes the long-anticipated event. A table of ample dimensions, with the time-honored turkey, and other rich viands, prepared by the good old grandmother, assisted by some of the more skilful aunts, greets the eye with its rich burden. Around the festal board gather uncles, aunts, cousin,the beloved grand-parents, and, peradventure, an invited jruei,w two, — when genial mirth and conviviality heighten the pleasure of the annual feast. The evening glides off, enlivened by story or song; while the younger members of the family group, one by one, silently withdraw to enjoy the youthful pleasures .of the social party, or dance |
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Ferdinand Magellan $26.6 In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan took five ships and 200 men on an epic journey around the world on behalf of Spain. Follow the world’s first circumnavigation by sail through a dramatic passage of disease, starvation, and death. Young readers will learn about the ancient spice trade and early sea navigation. A recipe from the period is also included. Other topics include- what Europe was like before Magellan- science in Magellan’s times, and the effect his voyage had on it- his journey down the African coast, across the Atlantic, along South America, then across the Atlantic to the Spice Islands- life aboard a sailing ship and mutiny at sea- the Philippine Natives that Magellan me and their way of life- colorful maps and images showing the areas explored- sections on the age of exploration- the political climates of various countries that made explorers venture out into the unknown- real recipes for foods the explorers ate on their travels- how explorers lived while on the high seas, on the trail, or in the encampment |
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Ferdinand Magellan $8.95 In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan took five ships and 200 men on an epic journey around the world on behalf of Spain. Follow the world’s first circumnavigation by sail through a dramatic passage of disease, starvation, and death. Young readers will learn about the ancient spice trade and early sea navigation. A recipe from the period is also included. Other topics include- what Europe was like before Magellan- science in Magellan’s times, and the effect his voyage had on it- his journey down the African coast, across the Atlantic, along South America, then across the Atlantic to the Spice Islands- life aboard a sailing ship and mutiny at sea- the Philippine Natives that Magellan me and their way of life- colorful maps and images showing the areas explored- sections on the age of exploration- the political climates of various countries that made explorers venture out into the unknown- real recipes for foods the explorers ate on their travels- how explorers lived while on the high seas, on the trail, or in the encampment |
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Halifax Harbour $38 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The harbour is called Jipugtug by the Mi’kmaq first nation, anglisized as Chebucto. It runs in a northwest-southeast direction. Halifax harbour is much more shallow than Prince Rupert Harbour, and is not nearly as deep, at only 8 feet. Based on average vessel speeds, the harbour is strategically located approximately one hour’s sailing time north of the Great Circle Route between the Eastern Seaboard and Europe. As such, it is the first inbound and last outbound port of call in eastern North America with trans-continental rail connections. |
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History and Evolution of Sailing Yachts $25.5 Setting out to sea in a sailboat is only the final stage of a process that began with the skills of a hundred craftsmen and is the result of years of design and innovation. This book investigates not only the strong image of yachting, but also the history on how these boats were built. It examines the values that have determined the design of yachts over the past two hundred years, considering in particular yachting within the Mediterranean, northern Europe, and the United States regions. |
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Innovation and Empire: Sultan Selim III and the Modernisation of the Ottoman Navy $87.44 Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III. New types of sailing warships such as two- and three-decked galleons, frigates and corvettes began to dominate the Ottoman fleet, rendering the galley-type oared ships obsolete. This period saw technological innovations such as the adoption of the systematic copper sheathing of the hulls and bottoms of Ottoman warships from 1792-93 onwards and the construction of the first dry dock in the Golden Horn.The changing face of the Ottoman Navy was facilitated by the influence of the British, Swedish and French in modernizing both the shipbuilding sector and the conduct of naval warfare. Through such measures as training Ottoman shipbuilders, heavy reliance on help from foreign powers gave way to a new trajectory of modernization. Using this evidence, Zorlu argues that although the Ottoman Empire was a major and modern independent power in this period, some technological dependence on Europe remained. |
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Journey to Eden $25 Entrepreneur Seejay Gupta embarks on a business trip to Europe aboard the classical sailing ship Eden where he finds himself in a riddle of historical proportions, not to mention the origins of his ancestry. |
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Mirror Image $7.99 To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls’ own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous and often playful – a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife’s death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin’s flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women’s suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls’ twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria’s life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson’s life and family. Hand-picked by the twins’ father to save his daughter’s reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife’s death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise a nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could mange, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but couldnot have. From Manhattan society to the trenches of war ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women’s choices: between home and adventure, between love for family and |
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Mirror Image $15.03 To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls’ own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful–a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife’s death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin’s flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women’s suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls’ twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria’s life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson’s life and family. Hand-picked by the twins’ father to save his daughter’s reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife’s death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could manage, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for butcould not have. From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women’s choices: between home and adventure, between the love for family and |
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Monegasque Bobsledders: Albert Ii, Prince of Monaco, S bastien Gattuso, Patrice Servelle $11.3 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco. He is the son of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Princess Grace (originally an American actress). His sisters are The Princess of Hanover and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. Born in the Prince’s Palace of Monaco, Monaco, Albert attended the Albert I High School, graduating with distinction in 1976. Albert was a camper and later a counselor for six summers at Camp Tecumseh on Lake Winnipesaukee, Moultonborough, New Hampshire in the 1970s. He spent a year training in various princely duties, and enrolled at Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1977 as Albert Grimaldi, studying political science, economics, music, and English literature, and also joined Chi Psi fraternity. He spent the summer of 1979 touring Europe and the Middle East with the Amherst Glee Club and graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Albert also undertook an exchange program with the University of Bristol, at the elite Alfred Marshall School of Economics and Management in 1979. Albert was an enthusiastic sportsman, participating in cross country, javelin throwing, handball, judo, swimming, tennis, rowing, sailing, skiing, squash and fencing. He is a patron of Monaco’s football teams. He competed in the bobsled at the 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1985. (His maternal grandfather John B. Kelly, Sr., and maternal uncle John B. Kelly, Jr., were both Olympic medal winners in rowing and were actively involved in the Olympic movement.) The press reported the prince refused any speci… More: |
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Pirates on the Coasts of Peru, 1598-1701 $47.5 A study of the personal and national aims of seamen sailing from northern Europe and the West Indies to the west coast of South America in the 17th century, their exploits and their legacy |
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Sailing Against the Wind: A Novel $24.95 Jaan Kross, Eric Dickens (Translator),Paperback,Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe Series, English-language edition,Pub by Northwestern University Press |
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Sailing There, Cruising Across Europe And The Mediterranean $8.99 Patricia Vellinga, Linda Morehouse (Editor),NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Peacock Hill Publishing |
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Sailing There, Cruising Across Europe And The Mediterranean $16.95 Patricia Vellinga,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Peacock Hill Publishing |
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Somali Empires: Warsangali Sultanate, Ajuuraan State, Dervish State, Sultanate of Hobyo, Gobroon Dynasty, Gerad Dhidhin $10.75 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Warsangali Sultanate, Ajuuraan State, Dervish State, Sultanate of Hobyo, Gobroon Dynasty, Gerad Dhidhin. Excerpt: item The Ajuuraan State item Flag item Capital : Mareeg (initially) then Qaallafo , other administrative centers at Merka and Hobyo item Language(s) : Somali , Arabic , Persian , Oromo and Swahili item Government : Theocracy item History : item – Established: 14th century CE item – Disestablished: 17th century CE item Currency : Mogadishan The Ajuuraan State was a Somali Muslim empire that ruled over large parts of East Africa in the Middle Ages . Through a strong centralized administration and an aggressive military stance towards invaders, the Ajuuraan empire successfully resisted an Oromo invasion from the west and a Portuguese incursion from the east during the Gaal Madow and the Ajuuraan-Portuguese wars. Somali trading routes dating from the ancient and early medieval periods of Somali maritime enterprise were strengthened or re-established, and foreign trade and commerce in the coastal provinces flourished with ships sailing to and coming from a myriad of kingdoms and empires in Asia , Europe , the Near East and Africa itself. The empire left an extensive architectural legacy being the major medieval Somali power engaged in castle and fortress building, with many of the hundreds of ruined fortifications dotting the landscapes of Somalia today attributed to Ajuuraan engineers . and includes many of the pillar tomb fields, necropolises and ruined cities built in that era. During the Ajuuraan period many regions and peoples in East Africa converted to Islam because of the theocratic nature of the government. The Royal family ; the House of Gareen expanded their territories and established their hegemonic rule through a skillful |
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Spice Islands $39.95 Cloves and nutmeg are indigenous to the Spice Islands of Eastern Indonesia. This intriguing book tells of the many uses of these exotic spices and the history of their trade over period of more than 2,000 years. The book describes how such aromatic spices influenced the battles, the politics, and the rise and fall of numerous commercial empires. It follows the Silk Road across Central Asia and the Spice Route over the Indian Ocean, and it shows how the spice trade into Europe came to be dominated by Middle Eastern and Venetian merchants. Backed by the Crowns of Portugal and Spain, explorers – such as Columbus, Vasco de Gama, and Magellan – dreamt of capturing this trade by sailing directly to the Spice Islands, driving the maritime exploration of the world known as The Age of Discovery. Much of the story is told through the lives of these historical characters, as well as Sir Francis Drake, Jan Pieterzoon Coen, Pierre Poivre, and others who are lesser known but equally important. The |
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Ss Constitution $57.95 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The SS Constitution was an ocean liner owned by American Export Lines. She was commissioned in 1951. She sailed on the New York-Genoa-Naples and Gibraltar route to Europe. Constitution was a sister ship to the SS Independence. It was featured in several episodes of the television situation comedy I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, starting with episode 140, “Bon Voyage,” which first aired 1 December 1955. Lucy Ricardo missed the sailing of the ship and had to be ferried by air to the ship by the then-novel means of a helicopter. Grace Kelly sailed aboard the SS Constitution from New York to Monaco for her wedding to Prince Rainier in 1956. |
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Stern’s Guide to the Cruise Vacation $26 “It is well worth adding to your cruise book collection. Steve has sailed on more than 750 ships, so you can be sure he knows what he’s talking about.” –World of Cruising, UK”People who’ve never cruised before–or those who have, but find themselves faced with a confusing onslaught of new ships–need to know a great deal, and this book goes a long way in providing it.” –Chicago Tribune”With descriptions of every major cruise ship and every major port of call in the world, this book is indispensable if you are considering your first cruise and equally helpful for the experienced cruise traveler.” –Passport NewsletterSteven B. Stern is the ultimate authority on luxury travel, especially cruise vacations. Whether readers are sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the South Seas, Alaska, Southeast Asia, or the waterways of Europe, this is the most comprehensive guide available, with details on all aspects of cruise-ship travel.Updated annually, this edition lists descriptive information for all major cruise ships, including each vessel’s history, vital statistics, appearance, itineraries, price range, and sport, dining, and medical facilities. Stern evaluates every detail by bestowing overall Star Awards as well as ratings in eleven specific categories. Two hundred thirty photographs of ships, decks, and interiors are included, along with actual shipboard menus and daily activity programs for each featured cruise line.This valuable guide assists you in intelligently selecting the ship best suited to your taste, advises you on how to prepare for your cruise, and explains what to expect once you are onboard. Stern discusses every major port of call in the world, listing details on attractions, beaches, hotels, restaurants, shopping, sports, and other recreation. He also includes guidelines on how to make the most of an eight-hour stay in port.A resident of Florida, Steven B. Stern has sailed on more than 750 cruise ships, visited every major port |
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Teach Dinghy Sailing $15.74 Whether drifting in Optimists or skimming the water in a catamaran, the principles of instruction are the same and the major difficulty is communicating knowledge. It can also be difficult to know how to keep control of a beginner as they drift off on the wind out of control and to keep it fun as the learner seems bombarded with information about ‘points of sail’ and safety.Teach Dinghy Sailing is a step-by-step course in how to teach people to sail safely and effectively. It takes you through the basics of teaching somebody to sail from their point of view and gives constant tips on how to help the student understand new ideas. For every new concept introduced there are off the water instructions and exercises to do once on the water. It is suitable both for those running formal courses and for parents looking to teach their children.Teach Dinghy Sailing is illustrated with step-by-step photography and artwork and every section includes boxes with Top Tips and Watch Out! information.Whether embarking on a career teaching sailing or looking to teach your children to sail, this step-by-step guide will get the best out of you and your students.Gaz Harrison has over 20 years’ experience training dinghy instructors, throughout Europe. He is a highly qualified coach and when not training he delivers yachts around the world. |
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The Eye of Odin $25.95 Banished from his homeland in Norway for religious beliefs that ultimately resulted in murder, a Viking chieftain and his family must leave their home and travel to a new land. With the Christian king determined to stamp out the old gods, Thorvald Asvaldsson and his son Erik, who will one day be known as Erik the Red, embark on a perilous journey destined to change the world accompanied by the powerful seer Ragnar. Once restricted to sailing near their native shores, the dawn of the longship brings Viking warriors to the unsuspecting coastal areas of Europe. The warriors descend on settlements like a plague, attacking towns at will and displaying a savagery never before seen. At the height of the Viking expansion into Europe and the spread of the pagan religion, there is an evil in the world awaiting the travelers, an evil from the depths of hell itself. |
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The Making of Urban Europe 1000-1994 $43.8 Europe became a land of cities during the last millennium. The story told in this book begins with North Sea and Mediterranean traders sailing away from Dorestad and Amalfi, and with warrior kings building castles to fortify their conquests. It tells of the dynamism of textile towns in Flanders and Ireland. While London and Hamburg flourished by reaching out to the world and once vibrant Spanish cities slid into somnlence, a Russian urban network slowly grew to rival that of the West. Later as the tide of industrialization swept over Europe, the most intense urban striving and then settled back into the merchant cities and baroque capitals of an earlier era. By tracing the large-scale precesses of social, economic, and political change within cities, as well as the evolving relationships between town and country and between city and city, the authors present an original synthsis of European urbanization within a global context. They divide their study into three time periods, making the early modern era much more than a mere transition from preindustrial to industrial economies. Through both general analyzes and incisive case studies, Hohenberg and Lees show how cities originated and what conditioned their early development and later growth. How did urban activity respond to demographic and techological changes? Did the social consequences of urban life begin degradation or inspire integration and cultural renewal? New analytical tools suggested by a systems view of urban relations yield a vivid dual picture of cities both as elements in a regional and national heirarchy of central places and also as junctions in a transnational network for the exchange of goods, information, and influence. A lucid text is supplemented by numerous maps, illustrations, figures, and tables, and by substantial bibliography. Both a general and a scholarly audience will find this book engrossing reading. |
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The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny $1 The Barnes & Noble Review”Eat all the food on your plate, because children in Cambodia are starving,” our parents told us, and for most of us, eating our last bite of food is the most we have ever done to help those children. Fred Cuny, on the other hand, used his life to do all that was humanly possible. As the real-life protagonist of The Man Who Tried to Save the World, Fred Cuny makes a complicated hero. This book, Cuny’s life story, chronicles the oddities, frailties, and accomplishments of this singular man and in the process tells the story of the politics amidst the horrors of war in Iraqi Kurdistan, Somalia, Bosnia, and particularly Chechnya. It takes us into “complex disasters” all over the world as if we too were there trying to help. Scott Anderson tells the story of how Fred Cuny grew from a quiet boy with bad grades and a failed dream to join the Marines into a world-renowned expert in disaster relief with a proud step, a practical approach, and famous cowboy boots. Anderson quotes several of Cuny’s diary entries that offer a glimpse of this young man’s hunger for great things: “GOALS: 1. To sail a Chinese junk or sampan across the Pacific. 2. To win a major yachting event (as captain). 3. To spend a year sailing the rivers of Europe on a houseboat. 4. To achieve an ATR (?) type rating for: helicopter; four-engine aircraft; glider; jet; gyrocopter; crop-duster; balloon. 5. To visit every country on earth. 6. Learn to speak five languages other than English. 7. Cross Asia overland…” — and the lists go on and on. Amazingly, 22 years after he wrote them, Cuny hadcomeremarkably close to attaining many of his goals, and this in addition to having saved the lives of thousands with his down-to-earth problem-solving techniques. Despite Cuny’s remarkable heroism, this is not the flat and boring story of an angel. We find this man’s life peppered with |
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The Map Book $50 ‘Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst.’ –Miguel de Cervantes, in Don Quixote From the earliest of times, maps have fired our imaginations and helped us make sense of our world, from the global to the very local. Head of Map Collections at the British Library, Peter Barber has here compiled an historic and lavish atlas, charting the progress of civilization as our knowledge of the world expanded. Simply organized as a progression through time, The Map Book collects some 175 maps that span four millennia – from the famed prehistoric Bedolina (Italy) incision in rock from around 1500 B.C. to the most modern, digitally enhanced rendering. Many of the maos are beautiful works of art in their own right. From Europe to the Americas, Africa to Asia, north to south, there are maps of oceans and continents charted by heroic adventurers sailing into the unknown, as accounts spread of new discoveries, shadowy continents begin to appear n the margins of the world, often labeled ‘unknown lands.’ Other maps had a more practical use: some demarcated national boundaries or individual plots of land; military plans depicted enemy positions; propaganda treatises showed one country or faction at an advantage over others. So much history resides in each map–cultural, mythological, navigational–expressing the unlimited extent of human imagination. This is captured in the accompanying texts–mini essays by leading map historians–that are as vivid and insightful as the maps themselves. They make The Map Book as much a volume to be read as to be visually admired. |
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The Pirate Round $13.95 In 1706, war still rages in Europe, and the tobacco planters of the Virginia colony”s tidewater struggle against shrinking markets and pirates lurking off the coast. But American seafarers have found a new source of wealth: the Indian Ocean and ships carrying fabulous treasure to the great Mogul of India. Faced with ruin, former pirate Thomas Marlowe is determined to find a way to the riches of the East. Carrying his crop of tobacco in his privateer, Elizabeth Galley, he secretly plans to continue on to the Indian Ocean to hunt the Mogul”s ships. But Marlowe does not know that he is sailing into a triangle of hatred and vengeance — a rendezvous with two bitter enemies from his past. Ultimately, none will emerge unscathed from the blood and thunder, the treachery and danger, of sailing the Pirate Round. |
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The Real Vikings $18.95 Most people think of Vikings as fierce and merciless, but is that the whole truth? This beautifully illustrated book now tells the rest of their story, revealing the full range of Viking life and culture. The Bergers present the VikingsU notable accomplishments as skilled craftsmen, hard-working farmers, prosperous merchants, explorers of faraway lands–and as firm believers in personal independence and democracy. (And they didn’t even wear those funny horned hats!) Readers examine the magnificent sailing ships that enabled the Vikings to rule the seas for more than 300 years, and learn how they traveled throughout Europe, into Russia, to North America, and even to the Middle East, changing the face and civilizations of much of the world. A vivid look at exciting times–and a great resource for school reports! |
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USS Glacier (AF-4) $57.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Glacier (AF-4) was a Glacier-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in the Spanish-American War. She served again during World War I in the dangerous North Atlantic Ocean, delivering general goods and ammunition to American Expeditionary Force troops in Europe. The first Navy ship to be named Glacier was built as the merchant ship, SS Port Chalmers in 1891 by J.L. Thompson & Son, Sunderland, England; purchased from the Federal Line, London, July 1898; commissioned at New York 5 July 1898, Comdr. J. P. Merrill, USN, commanding; had her name changed to USS Delmonico 6 July 1898, and to USS Glacier 6 days later. Glacier departed Hampton Roads 15 August, and for the following 5 months she supplied ice, meat, and stores to ships of the North Atlantic Fleet operating in the West Indies during the Spanish-American War. Sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3 January 1899, she arrived at New York 1 week later, and decommissioned there 6 March. |
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Undressing the Devil $7.88 It is 1933. Hitler and Mussolini are building their war machine and Europe is a hotbed of political tension. Cia, a young Anglo-Italian woman, escapes the political heat, returning to England only to become embroiled in a web of sexual adventures. Her Italian lover has disappeared along with her clothes, lost somewhere between Florence and the Isle of Wight. Meanwhile the serenity of sailing and partying in England veils a world of rivalry and hidden pleasures. It is only a matter of time before her two worlds collide… |
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Wooden Ships from Texas $21.93 STARTING IN 1916, Texans built seventeen four- and five-masted sailing ships out of East Texas pine, making a significant contribution in World War I. The ships’ careers carried them to Europe, South America, both American coasts, and even eighty miles up the Danube River.In Wooden Ships from Texas, Richard W. Bricker brings to light this fascinating, but little-known, period in maritime history. Bricker unearthed a considerable quantity of archival material, allowing him to describe these ships and make at least a partial career tracking of each vessel.The first ship built was the City of Orange, and her irascible captain provided a memorable maiden voyage from Orange, Texas, to Genoa, Italy. Official documents told a story of events like those found in sea fiction: shanghaiing, cruelty to seamen, excessive drinking, and pistol waving. A rare story is told, too: an order to jettison part of the cargo for no apparent cause.Out of fourteen ships built at one shipyard, four burned and one was sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Spain. These losses did not spell total disaster for the fleet, however. Only three lives were lost and a significant quantity of cargo had been delivered to Europe by some of these ships before tragedy struck. Only one of the other nine vessels burned after being transferred to the Italian flag. Two other vessels were lost at sea after leaving Texas registry.For each vessel, Bricker provides a description; narratives of the ship’s career; and selected photographs of construction, launching, and anchored views. Because no known photographs of the vessels under sail survived, Bricker himself has painted these views.Bricker’s engaging and informativetext, which also covers a massive effort to build wooden steamships in Texas for the war, will interest Texas history, maritime history, and World War I enthusiasts as well as ship hobbyists. |
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Wooden Ships from Texas: A World War I Saga $29.95 Starting in 1916, Texans built seventeen four- and five-masted sailing ships out of East Texas pine, making a significant contribution in World War I. These ships hauled over 15 million board feet of lumber along with a large quantity of other cargoes and their careers carried them to ports in Europe, South America, both U.S. coasts, and even eighty miles up the Danube River. In Wooden Ships from Texas, Richard W. Bricker brings to light this fascinating, but little-known, period in Texas maritime history. Henry Piaggio, the man behind this shipbuilding operation was an Italian born naturalized American with a lumber export business in Gulfport, Mississippi. Because he wanted ships to haul Mississippi and Texas pine timber to Italy for their war needs, he got a massive sailing ship construction program started two years before the traditional schooner yards of the East Coast woke up to the extreme shipping shortage caused by World War I. The first ship built was the City of Orange, and her irascible captain provided a memorable maiden voyage from Orange, Texas, to Genoa, Italy. Official documents told a story of events like those found in sea fiction: shanghaiing, cruelty to seamen, excessive drinking, and pistol waving. A rare story is told, too: an order to jettison part of the cargo with no apparent good cause. Out of fourteen ships built at one shipyard, four burned and one was sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Spain. These losses did not spell total disaster for the fleet, however. Only three lives were lost, and a significant quantity of cargo had been delivered to Europe by some of these ships before tragedy struck. Bricker has unearthed a considerablequantity of archival material, allowing him to describe the ships and make at least a partial track of the career of each vessel. In fact, all of them eventually ended up permanently outside of Texas. One became a New York City nightclub and then made a trip to the West Coast for use in |
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