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ricerca di: Keay John - Libri recensiti: 8
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In breve: Affermare che le spezie siano responsabili dell'esplorazione del nostro pianeta può a prima vista apparire come uno di quei paradossi utili per conversare di storia nei salotti. Mai però paradosso corrisponde alla realtà come in questo caso.
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In breve: Storico britannico, John Keay offre in questo volume l'epico racconto di una grande impresa durata mezzo secolo: la scoperta della più grande catena montuosa del mondo, l'Himalaya occidentale. Mercanti, spie, soldati di ventura, mercenari ed esploratori sono i protagonisti di questa grande avventura cominciata nel 1820 e finita nel 1875.
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In breve: This omnibus volume combines When Men and Mountains Meet (1977) and its sequel, The Gilgit Game (LJ 3/1/79).
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In breve: L'India può vantare una storia tra le più antiche e ricche del mondo. Eppure la maggior parte dei libri che vogliono raccontarla esordiscono denunciando la penuria delle fonti disponibili.
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In breve: This first narrative account of one of the most intriguing stories of exploration set against a backdrop of political expansion and military brinkmanship. John writes with humour, sympathy and admiration for this small group of intelligence agents, whose activities had far-reaching repercussions on the region.
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In breve: The Great Indian Arc of the Meridian, begun in 1800, was the longest maesurement of the earth's surface ever to have been attempted. Its 1,600 miles of inch-perfect survey took nearly fifty years. Hailed as "one of the most stupendous works in the history of science," it was also one of the most perilous. Snowy mountains and tropical jungles, floods and fevers, tigers and scorpions all took their toll on the band of surveyors as they crossed the Indian subcontinent carrying instruments weighing half a ton.
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In breve: The book spans 75 years, beginning with the ill-fated William Moorcroft, a veterinarian in the service of the East India Company who arrived in the Himalayas in 1820, and ends with the men who were responsible for bringing the region of Chitral under British control in 1895.
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