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A Most Damnable Invention : Dynamites, Nitrates and the Making of the Modern World by Stephen R. Bown
28.00 NZD
Category: History
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's discovery of dynamite made possible the famous industrial megaprojects that transformed the countryside and defined the era, including the St. Gothard rail tunnel through the Alps, the clearing of New York harbor, the Panama Canal, and countless others. Dynamite also cause ...Show more
Scurvy by Stephen R. Bown
39.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In the days of the tall ships, one dreaded foe was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses combined. Cruelly culling sailors and stunting maritime enterprise from Vasco da Gama to Sir Francis Drake, this plague of the seas was scurvy. Countless mariners perished ...Show more
Scurvy : How a Surgeon, a Mariner & a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail by Stephen R. Bown
27.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
In the days of the tall ships, one dreaded foe was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses combined. Cruelly culling sailors and stunting maritime enterprise from Vasco da Gama to Sir Francis Drake, this plague of the seas was scurvy. Countless mariners perished ...Show more
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