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This history of the world concerns countries which discovered new lands and expanded the reach of civilization, principally, the Roman, English, Spanish and Portuguese Empires.Presented as a series of stories arranged roughly in chronological order, this history explores achievements of individual explorers and the societies to which they belonged. Spanning more than 1500 years of human history, M. B. Synge's efforts begin with the establishme...

Historian and author M. B. Synge tells the reader the greatest and most compelling stories of antiquity, those of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Israel.Designed for those seeking a simple, short summary of the greatest figures and events of antiquity, this book is a lively and breezy treatment of a vast span of history. M. B. Synge was a travel writer by profession, with a style fluent and informative - his treatment of the famous generals an...

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The Awakening of Europe covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and England, as well as the settlement of colonies in America. The rise of England and the Netherlands as sea powers, and the corresponding fall of Spain, as well as the rise of Russia, Austria, and the German states are also presented.

The Struggle for Sea Power is the fourth book in M. B. Synge's engaging Story of the Worlds series. This edition focuses on the age of European Empires and world colonization in America, Australia, South Africa, and India. Synge also covers the American and French Revolutions, as well as the campaigns of Napoleon. This volume makes history come alive for your child.

Excerpt from Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World: With an Introductory LifeThis has greatly added to the value of the present. Edition, and we would acknowledge with thanks the generosity of Messrs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digi...

Excerpt from A Short History of Social Life in EnglandFathers throughout the ages that are past is dedicated to all English-speaking peoples, who are proud to look back to a common ancestry. The race has burst the bounds of its old island home. Far and wide, over the length and breadth of the world, England's children are scattered, but they never forget that the old country is the land of their fathers. Their distant homes are yet English hom...

Excerpt from Simple Garments for Children From 4 to 14My attention was first drawn to this subject some years ago, when I visited the Poor Law Schools of England. Here the superabundance of clothing worn by the children of the State was very marked. Excellent material was supplied, strong and durable, but the quantity used on the children was pitiful. Early Victorian patterns were for the most part used, and underneath the pleats and gathers t...

Excerpt from The Struggle for Sea PowerThe wonderful story of England's conquest of India reads, even today, like some fairy legend of the Old World.It is the story of how one small island, away in the Northern seas, conquered an empire ten times its own size, at a distance of 6000 miles. In the ages of long ago, when the Egyptians were building their pyramids, when the Phoenicians were sailing to the Pillars of Hercules, when the Greeks were ...

Excerpt from A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South PoleAll these, says the poet in Ecclesiastes all these were honoured in their generation, and were the glory of their times their name liveth for evermore.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an imp...

Excerpt from The Reign of Queen Victoria, Vol. 8The Princess Victoria became Queen on June 20, 1837, just five weeks after keeping her eighteenth birthday. She died on January 22, 1901, having reigned for sixty-three years over a kingdom which, during this period, had grown into the strongest empire the world had yet seen.The story of its growth is the subject of this book. It is a story which has no equal in the world's history.It will be int...

Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their country in troubled times, women who were reformers in prison conditions, and those who sought improvement in the education and living conditions of the poor. Some were great painters, poets, and writers. iBoo World's Best ClassicsiBoo Press releases World's Best Classics, uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...

Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their country in troubled times, women who were reformers in prison conditions, and those who sought improvement in the education and living conditions of the poor. Some were great painters, poets, and writers. iBoo World's Best ClassicsiBoo Press releases World's Best Classics, uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from The Struggle for Sea Power The wonderful story of England's conquest of India reads, even today, like some fairy legend of the Old World. It is the story of how one small island, away in the Northern seas, conquered an empire ten times its own size, at a distance of 6000 miles. In the ages of long ago, when the Egyptians were building their pyramids, when the Phoenicians were sailing to the Pillars of Hercules, when the Greeks w...

The Awakening of Europe" covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and England, as well as the settlement of colonies in America. The rise of England and the Netherlands as sea powers, and the corresponding fall of Spain, as well as the rise of Russia, Austria, and the German states are also presented.

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

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