Delano's Voyages of Commerce and Discovery

Seafaring merchant Amasa Delano kept adventure-filled journals through three commercial voyages that now offer a keen view of customs, culture, and trade two hundred years ago. Lively and readable, Delano's work gives a fascinating account of the world before industrialization, and is as accessible to today's reader as it was in 1817.

Zusammenfassung

Seafaring merchant Amasa Delano kept adventure-filled journals through three commercial voyages that now offer a keen view of customs, culture, and trade two hundred years ago. Lively and readable, Delano's work gives a fascinating account of the world before industrialization, and is as accessible to today's reader as it was in 1817.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Amasa DeLano, Seagraves Eleanor Roosevelt
• Mitarbeit: William T. La Moy (Herausgeber), Seagraves Eleanor Roosevelt (Herausgeber), Roosevelt Seagraves Eleanor (Herausgeber), Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780936399560
• ISBN: 978-0-936399-56-0
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 208 mm x 33 mm
• Gewicht: 588 g
• Serien: American Classics; American Classics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / World, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Classic Travel Writing