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“julius e olsen”

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  • Unruly Heritage

    Archaeologies of the Anthropocene

    Edited by Bjørnar Julius Olsen, Stein Farstadvoll, Geneviève Godin ...
    Heritage is almost univocally conceived of as valuable and good, something we care for and preserve for ourselves and future generations. Although traditionally associated with the unique and monumental, heritage has over the last decades been broadened in response to claims to incorporate more diverse and globally representative legacies. While such claims are of course welcome, they do not ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait

    Enriched edition.

    by Peter Lauridsen, Brett Morgan ...
    Translated by Julius E. Olsen ...
    In "Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait," Peter Lauridsen provides a meticulously researched account of the life and expeditions of the Russian navigator Vitus Bering. This engaging narrative blends biographical elements with a historical analysis of the 18th-century explorations that reshaped European perceptions of the Pacific. Lauridsen's scholarly approach is complemented by a rich ... Read more

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  • Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Arctic Explorer's Legacy

    by Peter Lauridsen, Basil Cunningham ...
    Translated by Julius E. Olsen ...
    In "Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait," Peter Lauridsen presents an incisive exploration of the life and expeditions of Vitus Bering, whose name is inextricably linked to the geographical marvel of the Bering Strait. This meticulously researched biography interweaves historical narrative with a rich analysis of 18th-century maritime exploration, filled with vivid descriptions and a ... Read more

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  • Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Historical Biography of Arctic Exploration, Kamchatka Expeditions, and North Pacific Discovery

    by Peter Lauridsen, Fiona Wethermere ...
    Translated by Julius E. Olsen ...
    Peter Lauridsen's Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait is a concise yet authoritative historical study of the Danish navigator whose Russian-sponsored expeditions transformed European knowledge of the North Pacific. Combining biography, maritime history, and documentary reconstruction, the book traces Bering's movement from obscure naval officer to leader of the Kamchatka expeditions, ... Read more

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    This authoritative guide offers readers a comprehensive look into the world of anthropology and its related sciences. The book covers the essential areas of the field, including its history. The major branches of the field are also discussed, including cultural and social anthropology as well as archaeology. It also explores the study of the discipline around the world through urban, medical, and ... Read more

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  • Curated Decay

    Heritage beyond Saving

    by Caitlin DeSilvey ...
    Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to imperiled harbors, postindustrial ruins to Cold War test sites, Curated Decay presents an unparalleled provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey proposes rethinking the care of certain vulnerable sites in terms of ecology and entropy, and explains how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows ... Read more

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  • Harbors and High Seas

    An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

    by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf ...
    This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed than had ever been possible before. Novelist Patrick O'Brian captured the thrill of that era with his ... Read more

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  • Landscape Theory

    Edited by Rachel DeLue, James Elkins ...
    Series series The Art Seminar
    Artistic representations of landscape are studied widely in areas ranging from art history to geography to sociology, yet there has been little consensus about how to understand the relationship between landscape and art. This book brings together more than fifty scholars from these multiple disciplines to establish new ways of thinking about landscape in art. ... Read more

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  • Island of the Blue Foxes

    Disaster and Triumph on Bering's Great Voyage to Alaska

    by Stephen R. Bown ...
    The Great Northern Expedition was the most ambitious and well-financed scientific expedition in history. Lasting nearly ten years and spanning three continents, its geographical, cartographical and natural history accomplishments are on par with James Cook's famous voyages, the scientific circumnavigations of Alessandro Malaspina and Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and Lewis and Clark's cross ... Read more

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  • How to make yourself a Feminist Design Power Tool

    by Hélène Frichot ...
    Series Book 3 - The Practice of Theory and the Theory of Practice
    Set amidst the experimental ecology of practices that supports feminist thinking and doing in architecture, this small book outlines an instruc- tion guide that presents six provocative steps toward the invention of productive concept-tools. It invites readers to explore creative and messy methodologies that combine an aesthetics with a practical ethics. Frichot encourages us to think and do ... Read more

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  • Natura Urbana

    Ecological Constellations in Urban Space

    by Matthew Gandy ...
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  • A Voyage to Terra Australis Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, volume 1 of 2

    by Matthew Flinders ...
    First published in 1814. "The publication in 1814 of a voyage commenced in 1801, and of which all the essential parts were concluded within three years, requires some explanation. Shipwreck and a long imprisonment prevented my arrival in England until the latter end of 1810; much had then been done to forward the account, and the charts in particular were nearly prepared for the engraver; but it ... Read more

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