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Great Courses volume 19
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English
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These great naval conflicts left deep imprints on two nations. Chart the 1592 Japanese conquest of Korea, the remarkable naval technologies involved, and the stunning victories of Korean admiral Yi Sun-shin, whose strategic actions defeated two invasions and established him as one of the greatest admirals of all time.
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Real History of Pirates volume 15
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English
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While it took talent, toughness, and significant knowledge to be a successful mariner in the Age of Sail, pirate crews tended to be even more skilled than those of other ships. Although life at sea might have seemed harsh and dangerous to the masses, discover the many reasons pirates viewed ship life differently. Were they attracted to more than just the potential for freedom and profit?
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Shipping off to Belfast, Northern Ireland on today's episode of Travel thru history. Viewers make the treacherous journey across the icy north Atlantic to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to visit the birthplace of the most famous ship in history. It's only fitting that Belfast would have the world's largest museum dedicated to the Titanic. Taking viewers inside this unsinkable Titanic experience.
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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We're going to set sail to the land of the Norseman and explore Oslo on this episode and cross the Atlantic like legendary Viking explorers charting a course to a land of impossible beauty, intrigue and tall tales. First, we'll set sail with the ancient Viking ships unearthed from their burial grounds at the Viking Ship Museum. We'll learn how the ancient Norseman, known as the Vikings, used their expert shipbuilding skills to construct vessels that...
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1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Some five centuries ago, a major revolution overturned traditional ship designs. In just a few years, ships were transformed from small coastal-bound transports into massive ocean-going vessels capable of long-distance exploration. These designs were crucial to launching Europe's age of imperial expansion and colonial exploitation, toppling the indigenous civilizations of the New World and spreading pandemics.
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1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This documentary tells the story of the revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad, in which Africans abducted from Sierra Leone in violation of international law took over the ship on which they were held, only to end up in the American court system. They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, with various abolitionists and former president John Quincy Adams leading the way. Based on court documents and transcripts, letters written by the...
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the ninth century, a group of Vikings, is approaching Britain, aiming to plunder the rich monasteries in the north of the island. But their ship gets caught in a storm and is smashed to pieces on the rocks off the coast of Scotland, the only part of Britain without any Viking settlements. When the daughter of the Scottish King by chance falls into Viking hands, they see the opportunity for demanding a large ransom.
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2 videodiscs (473 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Danger-courting excursionist James Delaney returns to London in 1814 in order to attend his father's funeral. He not only inherit his notorious father's shipping empire, but all the enemies and debts created by his father's dubious dealings.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 100 min. each) : sound, color ; c 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, the story of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, follows the raw recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy.
12) The Sea Hawk
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white with sepia sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Captain Geoffrey Thorpe is the terror of the Spanish Main, striking crippling blows against the oppressive Spanish war machine, freeing English slaves from the galley ships and filling England's coffers with Spanish gold--with the tacit approval of England's Queen Elizabeth I. When the dashing Thorpe raids and sinks a diplomatic vessel bringing ambassador Don José Alvarez de Cordoba and his beautiful niece Dona Maria to England, he's gentlemanly...
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1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery, it was marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal. Ten short years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his 'most treacherous' voyage - one that ended with the loss of all four of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival.
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color w/ black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The history of the American whaling industry, from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
15) The Sand Pebbles
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2 videodiscs (183,196 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A U.S. gunboat cruises China's Yangtze River in 1926, witnessing the awakening of a bloody revolution.
16) Serenity
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A group of intergalactic revolutionaries get more than they bargained for when they agree to transport two teenagers aboard their ship.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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English
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"Documents the salvaging of the first Etruscan ship ever found: a spectacular wreck off the coast of southern France with a perfectly preserved lower hull and laden with hundreds of amphorae. Lying on the seabed for thousands of years, this vessel and its cargo are a tantalizing link to a civilization that has, as yet, given up too few of its mysteries"--Container.
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5 videodiscs (approximately 746 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery...
19) The new world
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1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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At the beginning of the 17th century, three ships arrive in "The New World," to found the settlement of Jamestown, in what will become the colony of Virginia. The English see a pristine Eden, and the inhabitants of the great native civilization see invaders. Captain John Smith -- sent on a reconnaissance mission to scope out "the Naturals'" fortifications -- is quickly captured and sentenced to death by the chief. At the last moment the chief's favorite...
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4 videodiscs (528 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which, as Claire knows all too well, is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Jamie must now defend this home established on land granted to him by the Crown although this new mantle of responsibility sees him pitted against his godfather,...
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