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Sir Clements Robert Markham war ein bedeutender britischer Entdecker und Geograph des 19. Jahrhunderts, der für seine umfangreichen Beiträge zur Erforschung und Dokumentation unbekannter Gebiete bekannt ist. Neben seinen Entdeckungsreisen verfasste er zahlreiche Werke, die seine Erlebnisse und Erkenntnisse festhielten. Seine Leidenschaft für die Geographie und die Naturwissenschaften prägte nicht nur sein Leben, sondern beeinflusste auch die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft seiner Zeit. Markhams Erbe lebt in seinen Schriften und den von ihm geförderten Expeditionen weiter.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.

Excerpt from Memoir on the Indian Surveys The Obj ect of the present Memoir is to furnish a general View Of all the surveying and other geographical Operations in India from their first commencement; in order that, in reading reports of current work, ready means Of reference to the previous history of each branch Of the subject may be at hand. In case it should be desired to follow up an enquiry into the details Of any particular Operation or series of Operations, the references in the foot notes have been made as copious as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tractatus de Globis et Eorum Usu - a treatise descriptive of the globes constructed by Emery Molyneux and published in 1592 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This 1909 biography of Sir Leopold McClintock describes the voyage during which he found confirmation of the death of Franklin.

Discover Kingsley Amis's classic James Bond tie-in. First published in 1968, four years after Ian Fleming's death, this was the first Bond 'continuation' novel. Catch up on this new take on Bond before the release of No Time to Die 'A man in my line of business shouldn't work to a timetable' Lunch at Scott's, a quiet game of golf, a routine social call on his chief M - James Bond's life has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens complacency...until the sunny afternoon when M is kidnapped and his house staff savagely murdered. The action ricochets across the globe to a volcanic Greek island where, stripped of all professional aids, Bond must avert a world-menacing conspiracy and face unarmed the monstrous devices of the glacial, merciless Colonel Sun. 'Bond is a hero for all time' Jeffrey Deaver