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Hardcover reprint of the original 1917 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir. The Life Of Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir. The Life Of Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S, . London: J. Murray, 1917. Subject: Markham, Clements R. Clements Robert, Sir, 1830-1916
Markham's journal of his 10-month sojourn in Peru, which initiated a career that led ultimately to the presidency of the Royal Geographical Society. In one of the few surviving European accounts of mid-19th century Peru, his account describes Inca ruins and the ancient capital, Chinese coolies; and visits with people of all classes. Includes Markham's drawings. The paper edition is available (75127-3), $10.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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The story of the Islands of Majorca and Minorca has never been told in our language in a condensed form, although the interest is great from an historical point of view, and the materials sufficient, though not perhaps abundant. It is so closely connected with the history of Aragon and the recovery of the Sicilies from the intruding Angevins that the two cannot be altogether separated. The most that can be done is, as far as practicable, to treat the Aragonese and Sicilian events from a Majorcan point of view. This has been attempted. The stirring events of the conquest of Majorca by Jayme I., the latter part of the reign of his son, and the reigns of Sancho and Jayme III., as well as the ad...