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There are many moving parts to Masseys fascinating(and) complex thriller" Kirkus Reviews Ever since the day they met as children while she was flying a kite on the beach, wealthy businessman Bernardo and brilliant scientist Emelia seemed destined to one day become husband and wife. They did eventually marry, but years later, that romantic dream is destroyed when Bernardos beloved is seemingly assassinated for dark, ambiguous reasons. Understandably aghast, Bernardo struggles to understand why anyone would want to murder his adoring wife. His shock and dismay shouldnt be wholly unexpected, however, because a group of powerful, ruthless people has come to desire his demise as well. Although he...
On July 29, 1681, a band of English buccaneers that had been terrorizing Spanish possessions on the west coast of the Americas captured a Spanish ship, from which they obtained a derrotero, or book of charts and sailing directions. When they arrived back in England, the Spanish ambassador demanded that the buccaneers be brought to trial. The derrotero was ordered to be brought to King Charles II, who apparently appreciated its great intelligence value. The buccaneers were acquitted, to the chagrin of the king of Spain, who had the English ambassador expelled from the court at Madrid on a seemingly trumped-up charge. The derrotero was subsequently translated, and one of the buccaneers, Basil ...
A study of Early Ancon and Early Supe culture based on the findings of Project 3 of the Institute of Andean Research during 1941 and 1942. Specifically examines the excavations, ceramics and their stratigraphic significance, artifacts, textiles, plant remains, metals, mammalian remains and marine life, and comparisons of Early Ancon and Early Supe cultures to the Peruvian area.
Nature and Antiquities analyzes how the study of indigenous peoples was linked to the study of nature and natural sciences. Leading scholars break new ground and entreat archaeologists to acknowledge the importance of ways of knowing in the study of nature in the history of archaeology.
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