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A Memoir on the Indian Surveys
The object of this classic memoir is to furnish a general view of all the surveying and other geographical operations in India from their first commencement in order that, in reading reports of current work, ready means of reference to the previous history of each branch of the subject may be at hand. In case it is desired to follow up an enquiry into the details of any particular operation or series of operations, the references in the footnotes have been made as copious as possible.
Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan
Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan by Sir Clements R. Markham is a masterful reconstruction of one of the most daring and dramatic chapters in maritime history — the sixteenth-century Spanish attempts to navigate the perilous waters at the tip of South America. Drawing upon rare manuscripts, official reports, and journals preserved in the archives of Seville and Madrid, Markham brings to life the courage, ambition, and tragedy of the explorers who followed in Magellan's wake in their search for empire and glory. The book chronicles the voyages of Loaysa, Sarmiento, and other forgotten captains whose ships braved the furious storms and labyrinthine channels of Patagonia. Markha...
Jesuit Dynamics among the Inca. What was the Society before Contact like?
Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject History - America, grade: 100, Arizona State University, course: Latin American History, language: English, abstract: Where this study about the Jesuit orders dynamics among the Inca wants to go is beyond race and the casta system, although these will be unavoidable and important aspects of the research. More prominently featured will be aspects such as trade, labor, production, consumption, daily lives, gender, social interaction, what society was like before contact, what was introduced, what was taken away, and what was the final product. The correlation or contest between micro and macro identity will be observed. Across three centuries, beginning in 1567, the Jesuit order had a substantial political and socio-economic presence in the Andean regions of Latin America. Less than four decades after Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society to spread the faith by the "sword of the word", the first Jesuits entered South America by the request of King Philip II of Spain, altering the chemistry of a continent and two competing empires.
Account by Clements Markham of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 (Terra Nova)
This collection comprises a 9 page handwritten account by Sir Clements R. Markham (20 July 1830 - 30 January 1916) of the 1910-1913 British Antarctic expedition (Terra Nova), led by Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912). The document includes a signed preamble by Markham, the names of members of the expedition, a glossary of terms, an inventory of cargo aboard The Terra Nova, and details of supplies and equipment, as well as descriptions of notable incidents and conditions endured. The document also includes an annotated hand-drawn map of part of the expedition route, and ends with an account of Scott's final hours, mentioning in detail letters he wrote before his death in 1912.
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