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362) Francis Drake
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English
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Describes the life and adventures of the seaman who was the first Englishman to sail around the world.
364) 80 days & Overboard!
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80 days: London, 1872. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Playing as his trusty valet Passepartout, travel by hot-air balloon, mechanical camel and other methods as you attempt to complete the bet through over a hundred cities. This is a journey sure to be packed with stories of revolution, intrigue, romance and adventure. Choose your own route around the world - climb the Burmese mountains, brave the Siberian...
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Prior histories of the first Spanish mariners to circumnavigate the globe in the sixteenth century have focused on Ferdinand Magellan and the other illustrious leaders of these daring expeditions. Harry Kelsey's masterfully researched study is the first to concentrate on the hitherto anonymous sailors, slaves, adventurers, and soldiers who manned the ships. The author contends that these initial trans global voyages occurred by chance, beginning with...
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The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost mariner, navigator and cartographer of his era, and to personally map a third of the globe. His great voyages of discovery were incredible feats of seamanship and navigation. Leading a crew of men...
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Polish
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"Kronika niezwykłej przyjaźni, która zmieniła wszystko Gdy podczas samotnej podróży rowerem dookoła świata Dean znajduje Nalę, kotkę porzuconą na pewną śmierć w górach Bośni, nawet nie przypuszcza, o ile ciekawsza czeka go przygoda. Nala od jazdy w transporterze woli podziwiać widoki wtulona w szyję swojego nowego przyjaciela. Wspólnie zwiedzają bałkańskie miasteczka, ratują stare osiołki w Grecji, walczą z chorobą w Azerbejdżanie,...
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Deutsch
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Homo sapiens: Presented entirely without commentary or narration, this documentary comprises images of abandoned buildings and structures in the process of being reclaimed by nature, as well as desolate natural locales.
Over the years: Follows a group of European textile workers over a ten-year-period after the mill where they work goes out of business.
Abendland: Surveys disparate parts of Europe, the various scenes united only in that they take...
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