3 Ergebnisse für: jbd1
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Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate - Angus Konstam - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=TdTMkYgOkLYC
"A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life,with wonderful details."--Publishers Weekly"Interesting and exciting . . . a thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of an interesting life and interesting era."--BooklistThe definitive biography of…
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Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe - Glynis Ridley - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=m5SRmF41S8gC&printsec=frontcover
In 1741, an enterprising Dutch sea captain transported a young, female Indian rhinoceros from Assam to Europe where she was displayed before everyone from peasants to princes. In an age before railways and modern roads, the three-ton Clara traveled in an…
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A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire - Amy Butler Greenfield - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=8ouwJGMAQNwC
A Perfect Red recounts the colorful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the…