Memoir Descriptive And Explanatory To Accompany The New Chart Of The Ethiopic Or Southern Atlantic Ocean With The Western Coasts Of South America From Cape Horn To Panama Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, to Accompany the New Chart of the Ethiopic or Southern Atlantic Ocean, With the Western Coasts of South-America, From Cape Horn to Panama The River late to Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Southfiletland, &c u Hermite's isles, .falltland Isles, south-shetland, a'nd south-iceland Passage from Rio de J min to Cape Horn, and iiiisearch of the Isla Grands, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Corbin argues that with few exceptions people living before the eighteenth century knew nothing of the attractions of the coast, the visual delight of the sea, the desire to brave the force of the waves or to feel the coolness of sand against the skin. The image of the ocean in the popular consciousness was coloured by Biblical and mythical recollections of sea monsters, voracious whales, and catastrophic floods. It was perceived as sinister and unchanging, a dark, unfathomable force inspiring horror rather than attraction. These associations of catastrophe and fear in the minds of Europeans intensified the repulsion they felt towards deserted and dismal shores.

The full story of the role that oil played in the origins and outcome of World War II.

Blending global scope with local depth, this book throws new light on important themes. Spanning four centuries and vast space, it combines the history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands).

Freshly presents world history through its oceans and seas in uniquely wide-ranging, original chapters by leading experts in their fields.

"Following the Conquistadores", travel report from the beginning of the Twentieth Century.