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Between 1768 and 1779, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy made three voyages of exploration for purposes of scientific research. On each voyage, he kept a log of scenes and adventures. Cook's reputation rose steadily with each voyage largely because Europeans were fascinated with the romance of discovery as well as reports of sexual license in Tahiti and other Polynesian islands.
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A weekend vacation rekindles the joy and pain of youth. A search for historical truth reveals a hundred-year-old secret. A quest for new life redefines loneliness. A search for meaning unlocks the awesome power of a single word. A decades-long Cold War in the vast reaches of space suddenly heats up. A New Garden of Eden unleashes a new kind of Serpent. A mournful journey becomes the beginning of hope. These are some of the stories, some of the voyages,...
3) Explorers: the most exciting voyages of discovery, from the African expeditions to the lunar landing
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56 folded pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 29 cm
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Do you enjoy mysteries? Drama? Action-Adventure? Westerns?
Voyages of Discovery is an outstanding collection of flash fiction and short stories by award-winning writer Donald R. Sellers. It features:
• "Dead Eye Dan"-A Western tall tale
• "The Wings of a Tiger"-A story packed with aerial adventure
• "The Trophy"-A heart-warming family story
• "Murder a la Mode"-An ice cream parlor-set mystery
• "Smoky Joe's Pub 'n Grub"-A harrowing...
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Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved....
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