1994, ISBN: 9781904623120

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The European Discovery of America, The Northern Voyages, A.D. 500-1600 Author is Samuel Eliot Morison Book of the Month Club SelectionPublisher: Oxford University Press, 1971Book Club Edi… Mehr…

The European Discovery of America, The Northern Voyages, A.D. 500-1600 Author is Samuel Eliot Morison Book of the Month Club SelectionPublisher: Oxford University Press, 1971Book Club EditionHardcover6.2 x 9.25 inches, 712 pagesSamuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He won Pulitzer Prizes for Admiral of the Ocean Sea (1942), a biography of Christopher Columbus, and John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (1959). In 1942, he was commissioned to write a history of United States naval operations in World War II, which was published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962. Morison wrote the popular Oxford History of the American People (1965), and co-authored the classic textbook The Growth of the American Republic (1930) with Henry Steele Commager.Over the course of his career, Morison received eleven honorary doctoral degrees, and garnered numerous literary prizes, military honors, and national awards from both foreign countries and the United States, including two Pulitzer Prizes, two Bancroft Prizes, the Balzan Prize, the Legion of Merit, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom., Oxford University Press, 1971, 2.5, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing Remainder. S Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ink remainder marks on top edge., Oxford University Press, 1994, 3, Paperback. Very Good., 3<

2008, ISBN: 9781904623120

OxPens, Taschenbuch, 160 Seiten, Publiziert: 2008-06-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.4 kg, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Antologien, Kurzges… Mehr…

OxPens, Taschenbuch, 160 Seiten, Publiziert: 2008-06-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.4 kg, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Antologien, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Historische Romane, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Liebesromane, Taschenbücher, OxPens, 2008<