McGill-Queen's University Press 2003 Paperback Good Some shelfwear but still NICE! -may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.

McGill-Queen's University Press 2003-08-27 Paperback New Size: 8x5x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 0773526528, ISBN13: 9780773526525, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press,, Montreal (quebec) :] Softcover
[Barcelona, BCN, Spain] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0773526528, ISBN13: 9780773526525, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal] Softcover Paperback. The thirst for knowledge and adventure have always been at the forefront of human imagination. In this engrossing tale John Kendrick takes us on a voyage across the Pacific via the Philippines, New Zealand, the infant British colony at Sydney Cove, and the Tonga Islands, chronicling the life of Alejandro Malaspina, an 18th-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain. Malaspina arrived in Spain with a scientific background and an ardent interest in the philosophy of the Enlightenment. A skilled navigator, his 1789 Pacific voyage was the last and most important of his career - a five-year scientific and political examination of the Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines. His appraisal of the British colonies at Sydney Cove and Tonga allowed him to compare life in a place almost untouched by European contact with the situation in the colonies. Malaspina eventually returned to Spain, where he was received by King Charles IV and commissioned to produce a work covering all aspects of his studies that would establish Spain's reputation as a modern enlightened state.Malaspina advised the king that this could be achieved only if all the present ministers were dismissed and replaced with a slate of Malaspina's choosing who would back his visionary ideas. This seemingly naive proposal resulted in a unanimous vote by the ...
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ISBN10: 0773526528, ISBN13: 9780773526525, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal & Kingston] Softcover 200pp., Pictorial colour illustrated cover with light corner & edge wear, b/w frontis., preface, b/w plts. text ills., full page b/w illust. & map, notes, bibliog., index. Using Malaspina's writings, including the journal of his great voyage and his personal letters, John Kendrick makes the life of this exraordinary man available for the first time in english. Size: Quarto
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2003]

McGill-Queen's University Press 1999 paperback Very Good Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 200 pages.

McGill-Queen's University Press, Date: 1999. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 200 pages. 1999. McGill-Queen's University Press ISBN 0773526528 9780773526525 [US]

ISBN10: 0773526528, ISBN13: 9780773526525, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal] Softcover Paper covers very good condition, 8 vo. 200pp index, illus
[Oro Valley, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0773526528, ISBN13: 9780773526525, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press] Softcover crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.
[Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

McGill-Queen's University Press 2003 Paperback Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

ISBN10: 0773526528, ISBN13: 9780773526525, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press] Softcover First Edition ISBN 0773526528. Trade Paperback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.
[Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]