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Die Engelking Briefe enthält Briefe von und über Ferdinand Friedrich Engelking 1810-1885. Sie erzählen eine eigene Geschichte über die Schwierigkeiten und den Überlebenskampf des Texas-Pioniers. Er ……続きを見る

Wilhelm Hübsch's Letters from America offers a fascinating and detailed view into the life and struggles on the American frontier. Hübsch emigrated to America in 1833 on the Olbers, a 152-foot-long ……続きを見る

Harriet Quimby, American aviator and journalist, was a true hero. She was the first American woman to get a pilot’s license, the first to fly at night, and the first woman to ever fly across the Eng……続きを見る

C'EST dans une époque reculée des annales américaines qu’il faut chercher les incidents sur lesquels se fonde cette histoire. Un demi-siècle s’était écoulé depuis qu’une colonie d’Anglais pieux et d……続きを見る

Bas-Canada1838. La famille de Pierre Gagnon, à l'exemple de milliers d'autres, prend le chemin de l'exil. Les jumeaux, Jeanne et Paul, croyaient y trouver la tranquillité, mais leur frère Georges le……続きを見る

Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475 1519), Spanish explorer of the New World, is perhaps most famous for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean. Balboa explored modern-day Panama, and on its……続きを見る

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Jerez de la Frontera, ca. 1488/1490 Valladolid, ca. 1557/1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, one of four survivors of the Narváez expedition. He is remembered ……続きを見る

Napierville, 1837. La famille du patriote Pierre Gagnon, dont la maison a été attaquée et incendiée par les attaquée et incendiée par les loyalistes anglais, doit fuir Napierville pour se réfugier c……続きを見る

Québec, 13 septembre 1759 – bataille des plaines d'Abraham. Que s'est-il vraiment passé avant, pendant et après le siège de Québec imposé par James Wolfe ? Retrouvons les vrais héros d'un événement ……続きを見る

This book explores the development of the fur trade in Chesapeake Bay during the seventeenth century, and the wide-ranging links that were formed in a new and extensive transatlantic chain of supply……続きを見る

The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been dispersed -- many of them forcibly, oth……続きを見る

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST | WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE. A landmark historyーthe sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistad……続きを見る

On the island of Assateague, along the seacoast of Maryland and Virginia, there is a breed of horses that has run wild for centuries. Legend says they originated from a long lost Spanish galleon. Th……続きを見る

From the early sixteenth century, thousands of fishermen-traders from Basque, Breton, and Norman ports crossed the Atlantic each year to engage in fishing, whaling, and fur trading, which they regar……続きを見る

Rendez nous l'Amérique ! Derrière le clin d'oeil du titre, deux siècles d'Histoire exigent qu'on ne les oublie pas. Ce livre de lecture facile, très varié dans ses thèmes et suivant fidèlement la ch……続きを見る

In "Seventy Years on the Frontier," Alexander Majors provides an illuminating memoir of his life as a pioneer and freighter in the mid-19th century American West. His narrative weaves together a tap……続きを見る

In 'The Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in Europe' by George Catlin, the reader is immersed in a narrative that blends travelogue, cultural exploration, and ethnographic study. Written……続きを見る

Au XVIe siècle, explorateurs, trafiquants, conquistadores européens n'ont nullement rencontré un monde primitif et désert ; la population indigène, 12 millions de personnes au minimum, vivait des re……続きを見る

Donald Trump's presidency offered Americans a dire warning regarding the vulnerabilities in their democracy, but the threat is broader and deeper-and looms still. "January 6th was a disgrace," Senat……続きを見る

From journals, diaries, and third party accounts ten young people of the 19th century come to life. For many their adventures traveling the Santa Fe Trail are told in their own voice. For others rel……続きを見る

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Travel the mighty St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to one of the largest estuaries on the planet. Then visit the islands of Newfoundland and St. Pierre et Miquelon. Learn some North American – e……続きを見る

Through meticulous research, Hidden Disgrace pierces through the veil of descriptions of Indians as either savages or "Noble Savages" and describes them as real people with both strengths and weakne……続きを見る

The Chronicles examine the possibilities of an addition, not a singular amendment, to the American Constitution for establishing a freedom that could not have existed before the twenty first century……続きを見る

“The memories within the millions of people who experienced Crystal Beach, even just once, will never be lost.” One of Canada’s greatest entertainment centres existed for one hundred years in an iso……続きを見る

The Irish Famine saw hapless Irish citizens starve to death and die of disease, while the population of a neighbouring country, England, lived in relative bounty and apparent disinterest. After the ……続きを見る

Hannah Arendt sah in der Verfassung und den Institutionen der amerikanischen Republik die neuzeitliche Gründung politischer Freiheit. Die hier versammelten Beiträge einer internationalen Tagung disk……続きを見る

King Coal is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single pro……続きを見る

Excerpt: "Life has given you one of its precious treasures, a child; a body to nurture, a character to train, a mind with endless possibilities of growth, a soul with hidden stores of tenderness and……続きを見る

Juan Miranda, un cartagenero de condición libre, padeció esclavitud en Nueva York en el siglo XVIII. Aun adolescente, enfurecidos corsarios de Curazao lo atraparon en un navío en la costa de Venezue……続きを見る