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Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan

Book by Rockwell Kent; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1924

Subjects:

Magellan, Strait Of (Chile And Argentina), Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina And Chile)--Description And Travel

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Only the voyager discovers--and by discovery he generates. For of mans universe...dawn. Surely the passion of his first discovery carries the warmth and the caress of...the mainland north of the Strait of Magellan. Their warring and predatory habits brought...
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The Annals of America, from the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to the Year 1826 - Vol. 1

Book by Abiel Holmes; Hilliard and Brown, 1829

Subjects:

America--Discovery And Exploration, United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE ANNALS OF AMERICA, FROM THE DISCOVERY BY COLUMBUS IN THE YEAR 1492, TO THE...The Annals of America, from the discovery by Columbus in the year 1492, to the...and stupendous events. That remarkable discovery, those events and actions, can now be...
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English Discovery of America to 1585

Book by Franklin T. McCann; Kings Crown Press, 1952

Subjects:

America--Discovery And Exploration--English, America--In Literature, Cosmography, English Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: History, Entire Library

...America from the Strait of Magellan to Hudson Bay, enough to...work relating to the English discovery of America because of the...mind rather than a physical discovery, a realization that the mainland...far south as the Strait of Magellan. The character of the country...
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Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500-1685

Book by Robert S. Weddle; Texas A & M University Press, 1985

Subjects:

America--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish, Gulf States--History--To 1803, Mexico, Gulf Of--History, Mexico--History--To 1810

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery 1500-1685 by ROBERT S. WEDDLE...the Gulf of Mexico in North American discovery, 1500-1685. Bibliography: p. Includes...States--History-- To 1803. 3. America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish. 4. Mexico...
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Let the Sea Make a Noise--: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to Macarthur

Book by Walter A. McDougall; Basic Books, 1993

Subjects:

North Pacific Ocean--History, Pacific Area--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...banner, and named his great discovery Pacific." Mr. Clemenss voyage...baptized it the South Sea. Magellan called it Pacific. But Twain...Forty-five years had passed since Magellan made the first westward crossing...them back to America. It was Magellans dare in reverse and all the...

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Colonialism and Place Creation in Mars Pathfinder Media Coverage

Journal article by Jason N. Dittmer; The Geographical Review, Vol. 97, 2007

Subjects:

Colonialism--Economic aspects, Colonialism--Social aspects, Mars (Planet)--Discovery and exploration, Mars probes--Media coverage, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Services

Collections: Entire Library

...the ambitious rhetoric of exobiological discovery.... The longest section of the Pathfinder...little bit like the great explorers, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Columbus, going to search...Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery. Tucson: University of Arizona Press...
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Recent Archaeological Findings at Qaranilaca Cave, Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji

Journal article by Frank R Thomas, Patrick D. Nunn, Tamara Osborne, Roselyn Kumar, Francis Areki, Sepeti Matararaba, David Steadman, Geoff Hope; Archaeology in Oceania, Vol. 39, 2004

Subjects:

Caves--Discovery and exploration

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of the Ryukyus. FRT: Historic Preservation Office, P. O. Box 1454, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Island MH 96960. Email: rollandp@magellan.umontral.ca; PDN, TO: Department of Geography, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands. Email: nunn_p@usp.ac...
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Scurvy's Conquest and Sailors' Health

Journal article by Francis E. Cuppage; The Historian, Vol. 57, 1995

Subjects:

Sailors--Health aspects, Scurvy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...faced during the voyages of discovery. Historical studies of early...with the Portuguese navigator Magellan in 1519, continued with the...and a second collier, the Discovery. Because of the scientific...Pacific. The Resolution and the Discovery visited the Friendly, Society...
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Undiscovered Ocean: From Marco Polo to Francis Drake

Journal article by Norman Kin-Wai Cheung; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 173, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Undiscovered Ocean: From Marco Polo to Francis Drake (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...exploration and discovery, and the explorers...1475-1519), Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), Sir...circumnavigation, and the discovery of the New World...the reasons why Magellan hated his authority...the New World. The discovery of the Pacific Ocean...Balboa and Ferdinand Magellan was chronicled in...
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Non-Indigenous Dreaming in Historical Writing for Children

Journal article by Brooke Collins Gearing; Journal of Australian Studies, 2003

Subjects:

Australian aborigines--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Children's literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Children's literature--Social aspects

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...creation of a nation. In his introduction to Heroes of Discovery: Magellan, Cook, Park, Franklin, Livingstone, Mossman claims...York, 1981, p 10. (7) Samuel Mossman, Heroes of Discovery: Magellan, Cook, Park, Franklin, Livingstone, Edmonston and...

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The Accidental Masterpiece - Richard Henry Dana's Voyage of Discovery

Magazine article by J. B. Cheaney; World and I, Vol. 15, December 2000

Subjects:

Authors--Biography, Dana, Richard Henry Jr.--Biography, Writers--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...finances precluded Danas embarking first class on his voyage of discovery. On August 14, 1834, shortly after his nineteenth birthday...blocked their way, Captain Thompson tried running the Straits of Magellan, only to be blocked again by a wall of frozen water. He then...
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Ancient Mariner

Magazine article by Chris Amodeo; Geographical, Vol. 74, June 2002

Subjects:

Earth--Discovery, exploration, etc., Explorers--Discovery, exploration, etc., He, Zheng--Discovery, exploration, etc., Menzies, Gavin--Research, Voyages and travels--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...drawn before Columbus 1492 `discovery aided European explorers in...quests. He claims Columbus, Magellan and Cook used charts bearing...in the lecture. Ferdinand Magellan embarked on Europes first...returned to China in 1423, global discovery ceased. The Emperor lost power...
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Columbus and the Age of Exploration

Magazine article by Michael Marshall; World and I, Vol. 13, November 1998

Subjects:

Columbus, Christopher--Discovery and exploration, Western Hemisphere--Discovery and exploration

Collections: Entire Library

...been a major new advance in discovery. The next spring he found...became known as the Straits of Magellan. With no idea where it would...this first age of maritime discovery meant certain death for a...The circumnavigation by the Magellan expedition makes a fitting...
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Deep Sea Rescue

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 71, December 1999

Subjects:

Cable Educational Network Inc.--Discovery, exploration, etc., Space shuttles--Accidents

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...retrieving the Magellan 725, which had...submersible, the Ocean Discovery, before going...search for the Magellan 725, and, on the Ocean Discoverys repair, turned...recovering the Magellan submersible...HIGHLIGHTS ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL BILLION...
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Padre Patagonia: Explorer of Heavenly Peaks

Magazine article by Joshua Goodman; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, October 2001

Subjects:

Explorers--Conduct of life, Maria de Agostini, Alberto--Conduct of life, Patagonia--Discovery, exploration, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...Padre Patagonia. In the land Magellan named after the mythical...contribution to Patagonias discovery, de Agostinis legacy is all...perhaps the last, wide open to discovery. What precious little was...region and its people was, like Magellans account of the Patagones...

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Lapu-Lapu & Magellan

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 26, 2005

Subjects:

Magellan, Ferdinand

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...captured the soul of the ruler, the people would be sure to follow." Even at the time, Magellan already lived in legend, considering the expeditions of discovery he had undertaken in many parts of the world, particularly in the Americas under Portugal...
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Japanese Tourists Flock to Cebu to Hunt for 'Magellan Treasure'

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 31, 2006

Subjects:

Tourism, Travel industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...experience," said DOT Team Japan Head Rosvi C. Gaetos, citing the Magellan Code as the first Japanese treasure hunting activity to be...brand, is being conducted in cooperation with Cebus Pacific Discovery Tours and Attic Tours as ground handlers. Durano said various...
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Showing Ferdinand Magellan's Ruhles Side

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 23, 2003

Subjects:

Magellan, Ferdinand

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Antonio Pigafetta, a young Venetian scholar who traveled with Magellan. That document, which the author calls "one of the most significant documents of the Age of Discovery," rests in the Beineke Rare Book Library at Yale. Unfortunately for...
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Navigator Magellan's Great Legacy

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 28, 2004

Subjects:

Magellan, Ferdinand

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...genes for breeding programmes which have produced innumerable hybrids and varieties. The plant is Fuchsia magellanica . Its discovery and naming illustrates the international nature of horticultural history. Fuchsias were named in 1703 by...
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487th Anniversary of Magellan's Coming to the Philippines

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2008

Subjects:

Magellan, Ferdinand

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...expedition are landmarks in the history of the Philippines and the world. Historians consider Magellans expedition as the "greatest of all epics of human discovery. It changed the history of humanity. It overhauled many popular ideas and validated many...

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Tierra Del Fuego

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...important, is now less so. Tierra del Fuego was discovered by Magellan in 1520 but was not well surveyed until the early 19th cent. The introduction of sheep farming and the discovery of gold in the 1880s led to European, Argentine, and Chilean...
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SanlÚcar De Barrameda

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...is the site of a popular resort. Sanlucar flourished after the discovery of America when all ships passed it to reach Seville. Columbus sailed from Sanlucar in 1498, and Magellan in 1519. A medieval castle, the palace of the dukes of Medina...
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Exploration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...economy initiated the European "age of discovery." Henry the Navigator promoted voyages...globe by the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan (1519 22). In the 16th cent. Spanish...J. H. Parry, Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450 1650...
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Falkland Islands

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...961 sq km), S Atlantic, c.300 mi (480 km) E of the Strait of Magellan. The islands are administered as a British crown colony with...The British have long claimed the islands, based on probable discovery by the navigator John Davis in 1592, but they were first...
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Astronomy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...result of the death of a star in a supernova explosion. The discovery by Karl Jansky in 1931 that radio signals were emitted by...Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; more recently, the Magellan probe to Venus (1990) and the Galileo probe to Jupiter...

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