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Fifty Maps and the Stories They Tell by Jerry Brotton; Nick Millea
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The Bodleian Library's map collection is a treasure trove of cartographic delights spanning more than a thousand years. This book features highlights from the collection together with rare artifacts and some stunning examples from twenty-first-century map-makers. Lavishly illustrated throughout, the boo ...Show more
The Four Points of the Compass: North and South, East and West by Jerry Brotton
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A sparkling exploration of the four cardinal directions, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 Maps.North, south, east and west- almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these ...Show more
The Sultan and the Queen - The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam by Jerry Brotton
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. Now England's key markets would be closed to her Protestant merchants. To complicate matters the staunchly Catholic king of Spain was determined to destroy her, bolstered by the gold pouring in from ...Show more
This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. It was the beginning of cultural, economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte, receiv ...Show more
This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1570, when it became clear she would never be gathered into the Catholic fold, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. On the principle that 'my enemy's enemy is my friend', this marked the beginning of an extraordinary English alignment with the Muslim powers who were fighting Catholic Spain in ...Show more
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