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1434 by Gavin Menzies
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-02-08 | Author:Gavin Menzies

Chinese irrigation design. The Nung Shu illustrates all manner of techniques for the vital task of regulating water supply to the rice fields—many types of bucket and chain pumps, locks ...
( Category: Expeditions & Discoveries March 25,2014 )
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles Mann
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-08-09 | Author:Charles Mann

Sugar mills were smoky, steamy places that required many workers, as shown in this engraving of a Sicilian mill around 1600 (it is based on a painting by Jan Van ...
( Category: Colonial Period March 25,2014 )
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2010-01-05 | Author:David Grann

THAT FEBRUARY, Fawcett left again for South America, in the hope of securing funding from the Brazilian government. Dr. Rice, whose 1916 journey had ended prematurely owing to the entry ...
( Category: South America March 25,2014 )
Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-03-04 | Author:Mitchell Zuckoff

The Russian president’s perspex face shield steamed up as he let out an excited gasp inside his protective suit. He had only visited Chernobyl twice before, and then far from ...
( Category: Greenland March 25,2014 )
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Mitchell Zuckoff [Zuckoff, Mitchell]

Chapter 19 “SHOO, SHOO BABY” THEIR STOMACHS EMPTY and growling, Walter and his team awoke early to a breakfast of hot water and hope. His top priority was receiving a ...
( Category: Expeditions & Discoveries March 25,2014 )
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World by Paine Lincoln
epub |eng | 2013-10-28 | Author:Paine, Lincoln [Paine, Lincoln]

Christopher Columbus The exploratory activity on the Atlantic had attracted any number of ambitious mariners, one of whom, the Genoese-born Christopher Columbus, conceived a bold plan “that he would sail ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )

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