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Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller,O. W. Frost

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Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller,O. W. Frost

New translation based completely on a surviving copy of Steller's 1743 manuscript that details the exploration of Alaska.

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0804721815

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Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller,O. W. Frost

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Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller,O. W. Frost

New translation based completely on a surviving copy of Steller's 1743 manuscript that details the exploration of Alaska.

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Eastbound through Siberia

Observations from the Great Northern Expedition

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller

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Eastbound through Siberia

Observations from the Great Northern Expedition

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller

“Traveling with Steller as he botanizes his way across Siberia is part wilderness adventure, part open air museum visit, and a valuable historical window.” —Erika Monahan, author of The Merchants of Siberia In the winter of 1739, Georg Steller received word from Empress Anna of Russia that he was to embark on a secret expedition to the far reaches of Siberia as a member of the Great Northern Expedition. While searching for economic possibilities and strategic advantages, Steller was to send back descriptions of everything he saw. The Empress’s instructions were detailed, from requests for a preserved whale brain to observing the child-rearing customs of local peoples, and Steller met the task with dedication, bravery, and a good measure of humor. In the name of science, Steller and his comrades confronted horse-swallowing bogs, leaped across ice floes, and survived countless close calls in their exploration of an unforgiving environment. Not stopping at lists of fishes, birds, and mammals, Steller also details the villages and the lives of those living there, from vice-governors to prostitutes. His writings rail against government corruption and the misuse of power while describing with empathy the lives of the poor and forgotten, with special attention toward Native peoples. “Not only showcases Steller the botanist but also reveals him as an admirable human being with a great sense of humor who managed to keep an upbeat attitude in the most trying circumstances.” —Eckehart J. Jäger “What emerges is a remarkable window into life—both human and animal—in 18th century Siberia.” —The Birdbooker Report “Adds fascinating details to the life of Steller and his travels and discoveries just before joining Bering in Kamchatka to set sail.” —Anchorage Daily News

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Indiana University Press

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0253047838

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9780253047830

De bestiis marinis

By: Georg Steller

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De bestiis marinis

By: Georg Steller

Steller's classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or "sea bear" (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Steller's sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing up to 12 tons, that lived in large herds on the coasts of Alaska and Kamchatka. Steller made his observations as part of Vitus Bering's second voyage, during which the crew was shipwrecked for 9 months on Bering Island, from November 1741 to August 1742.

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Lulu.com

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1609620100

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9781609620103

Switzerland and South Africa 1948-1994

Final Report of the NFP 42+ Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Council

By: Georg Kreis

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Switzerland and South Africa 1948-1994

Final Report of the NFP 42+ Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Council

By: Georg Kreis

While other states imposed economic sanctions on the apartheid regime of South Africa, Swiss authorities long adhered to the position that South Africa is a state like any other. Swiss big business corporations saw an attractive trade partner in South Africa; in part, they also profited from the boycotts of others. Additionally, some political forces sympathised openly with the regime in Pretoria. Encouraged by the debate concerning Swiss policy and activity during the Second World War, in 1997 the order was given to initiate a historical study of Swiss behaviour towards the apartheid regime. Thus this report, commissioned by the Swiss parliament and the Federal Council, and passed over to the Swiss National Science Foundation for execution, came into being. It unites the results of ten different research projects. The report identifies the most important players involved in fashioning relations with South Africa, it explains the legal situation in which these persons acted, and it describes the thought processes that led to the actions. The longest chapter deals with the attitudes and the areas of activity in the economic sector. Here the trade with loans, gold, diamonds and war materials is paramount. Other chapters are concerned with questions that are not primarily economic in nature, such as political declarations, the illusion of being in the role of a mediator, contacts in sports and culture, and, after 1986, the beginning of support for the black majority.

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Peter Lang

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3039114980

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9783039114986

New Chances and New Responsibilities in the Arctic Region

By: Georg Witschel,Ingo Winkelmann,Kathrin Tiroch,Rüdiger Wolfrum

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New Chances and New Responsibilities in the Arctic Region

By: Georg Witschel,Ingo Winkelmann,Kathrin Tiroch,Rüdiger Wolfrum

HauptbeschreibungThe Arctic in the 21st century is exposed to multiple challenges. Global warming will have far-reaching repercussions, and thus will open up new opportunities. The melting of the ice enables the exploitation of resources and the use of new shipping routes, which were not accessible up to now. However, these opportunities require new responsibilities, which have to be taken seriously. These developments in the Arctic partake an increasing position in the international environmental discussion. The present book contains a comprehensive analysis of the current problems with regar.

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BWV Verlag

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3830525915

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The Steps of Man Towards Civilization

The Key to Disclose the Riddle of History

By: Georg Oesterdiekhoff

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The Steps of Man Towards Civilization

The Key to Disclose the Riddle of History

By: Georg Oesterdiekhoff

This book delivers an introduction to the theory programme called structure-genetic sociology. I developed this theory programme in the past 30 years. In the meantime, I have written ten books and numerous articles about the subject. The programme mainly bases on developmental psychology and has worked it out to a theory of the evolution of humankind. It encompasses a theory of social change and social evolution, a theory of the development of economy, society, culture, sciences, religion, morals, law, and manners. The fact of the anthropological evolution of humankind from lower, childlike anthropological stages to more elaborated stages is the most groundbreaking and fascinating fact in all social sciences and humanities. It is the only phenomenon within humanities and social sciences whose relevance and importance corresponds to the fact of biological evolution provided by Darwin ́s evolutionary theory. This fact forms the kernel of the entire theory programme. Structure-genetic sociology is the theoretical heir of the outstanding classical approaches such as the classical sociologies, the classical British anthropology, the ethnology of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, the developmental psychology of Jean Piaget, and the philosophy of symbolic forms of Ernst Cassirer. We can understand these classical achievements only against the background of the more elaborated empirical foundations and theoretical structures of my structure-genetic sociology. It helps to verify, to correct, to develop, and to improve the best traditions of social sciences and humanities. Structure-genetic sociology formulates the essence of three hundred years of social sciences and humanities.

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3842342888

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9783842342880

Agrarhistorische Abhandlungen

Erster Band

By: Georg Hanssen

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Agrarhistorische Abhandlungen

Erster Band

By: Georg Hanssen

Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

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3368627503

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9783368627508

Eastbound through Siberia

Observations from the Great Northern Expedition

By: Georg Wilhelm Steller

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Observations from the Great Northern Expedition

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Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

Eastbound through Siberia

Eastbound through Siberia

De bestiis marinis

De bestiis marinis

Switzerland and South Africa 1948-1994

Switzerland and South Africa 1948-1994

New Chances and New Responsibilities in the Arctic Region

New Chances and New Responsibilities in the Arctic Region

The Steps of Man Towards Civilization

The Steps of Man Towards Civilization

Agrarhistorische Abhandlungen

Agrarhistorische Abhandlungen

Eastbound through Siberia

Eastbound through Siberia

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