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1001 Days That Shaped the World by FURTADO, PETER
45.00 NZD
Category: Encyclopedias
Fully updated for 2021, this is a comprehensive guide to those extraordinary moments that defined human history, written by respected figures from the fields of science, history, and journalism.
Great Cities Through Travelers' Eyes by Peter Furtado (Editor)
45.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
This entertaining new anthology includes travelers' tales from thirty-eight cities spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to Berlin, Cairo to Chicago, and Rio to Rome. The volume features commentators across the millennia, including the great travelers of ancient times, such as Greek geograph ...Show more
Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices from History by Peter Furtado
45.00 NZD
Category: History
When the great Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visited Damascus in 1348 it was in the throes of a great plague which killed half of the population. Even so, he reported 'God lightened their affliction; for the number of deaths in a single day at Damascus did not attain 2,000, while in Cairo it reached the ...Show more
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