John Dunmore, CNZM, Officier de la Legion d”honneur, Ordre des Palmes academiques, DLitt, Ph D, is a much-published author and world authority on Pacific exploration, recognised for his service by the governments of both New Zealand and France. He has published over 30 books, and was responsible for finding and translating the journals of La Perouse which had been lost in the French National Archives for over 200 years.
10 E-böcker av John Dunmore
John Dunmore: Chasing a Dream
Early Europeans may have believed the world was flat, but by the Middle Ages there was widespread acceptance that it was, in fact, a globe. What remained a mystery, however, was what lay on the ’othe …
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John Dunmore: Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific
Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific is a new title delving into the adventurers who once made the great Pacific their playground – from likeable dreamers to outright conmen, slavers and pirates, a …
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€7.99
John Dunmore: From Venus to Antarctica
Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont D’Urville (1790-1842) undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in …
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€7.50
John Dunmore: Storms and Dreams
Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of th …
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€10.76
John Dunmore: Where Fate Beckons
Jean-François De Galup, Comte De La Pérouse is second only to James Cook in his historical significance and was the major explorer of the Pacific in the eighteenth century.Pérouse’s life has been the …
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