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  • A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World - James MacQueen[Legend library classics Edition](annotated)

    by James MacQueen ...
    Startling as the subject of connecting China and New South Wales with Great Britain, through the West Indies, may at first sight appear, both as regards time and expense, still few things are more practicable. The labour and expense of crossing the Isthmus of America, either by Panama or by Lake Nicaragua, by a land conveyance, is trifling. With eight steam-boats, ONLY FOUR ADDITIONAL to the ... Read more

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  • Postal Heritage: 9 Classic Books on the History of Mail Services

    Nine Classic Works on Postal Reform, Global Mail Routes, and the Culture of Correspondence

    by James Holbrook, Robert Charles Tombs, W. H. Gantz, William Lewins, Moses James Nobbs, James MacQueen, Rabindranath Tagore ...
    Postal Heritage gathers nine classic books that illuminate the mail as institution, technology, social habit, and imaginative subject. Ranging from documentary history and administrative reflection to travel-inflected observation and literary narrative, the volume places postal systems within the larger histories of commerce, empire, communication, and everyday connection. Its inclusion of both ... Read more

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  • A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam

    Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World

    by James MacQueen ...
    In "A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam," James MacQueen presents a visionary blueprint for revolutionizing postal communication through steam-powered transportation. Set against the backdrop of the early 19th century, a period marked by rapid industrialization and technological advancement, MacQueen's work is a remarkable amalgamation of engineering insights and strategic logistical ... Read more

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  • A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World

    by James MacQueen ...
    A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World is a visionary 19th-century treatise authored by James MacQueen, first published in 1838. The book presents a comprehensive and ambitious proposal for revolutionizing global communication and commerce through the establishment of regular steamship mail routes connecting Great ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902)

    Enriched edition. With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines

    by John Canon O'Rourke, Darren Fox ...
    In "The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847," John Canon O'Rourke presents a meticulous and sobering examination of one of the most harrowing periods in Irish history. The book is crafted with a blend of exhaustive historical research and poignant narratives that illustrate the human suffering caused by the famine. O'Rourke's literary style incorporates primary sources, personal testimonies, ... Read more

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    Autobiography Of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie. ... Read more

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  • East Indies

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    Follows the trade winds, the trade routes, and the port cities across the East Indies and the Orient uncovering the high finance, piracy, greed, ambition, double dealing, and exploitation. Driven  by the search for spices, silks, gold, silver, porcelains and other oriental goods the Portuguese trading monopoly was challenged by the Dutch East India Company and then the English East India Company, ... Read more

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