in which I include most of the significant germane historical occurrences of the Caribbean of that time. The thing that will pop out and smack anyone reading IS – just how totally the Dutch had become a very aggressive and dominant naval power ...
Odd Birds introduces babies and toddlers to unusual bird species, including the magnificent frigatebird with a bright red throat pouch and the California condor — the largest flying birds in North America. The eight birds featured are the magnificent frigatebird, blue-footed booby, shoebill stork,...
"The Human adventure is just beginning..." "Ten years ago, a television phenomenon became a part of life, shared in 47 different languages, read in 469 publications, and seen by 1.2 billion people. A common experience remembered around the world. Now Par
Matt and Ispent last week in New York(with a day-trip to New Haven). The week immediately before that, I spent in Boston withIndex Data, my day-job employers. Both weeks were fantastic — lots of fun and very productive. But they did mean that between the scheduled activities and gett...
Notes, collected during my stay in New Holland, New Zealand and on Tahiti upon the voyage of His Majesty's frigate Novara in their waters. Georg Frauenfeld was one of the leading scientists on board the Austrian frigate Novara during its round-the-world voyage of 1857-9. He had ...