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  • An Ocean to Resilience
    Robert P. Jones
    Get ready to experience an epic adventure replete with challenges, trials, battles with unseen ailments, and the determined drive to complete an ocean crossing under sail.Rob and Lisa are what one might consider a normal, professional, gregarious, newly-married couple doing their best to establish themselves in the world, not unlike any other. With one small caveat: the ever-p...
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    22,98 €

  • The Minorcan Legacy
    Robert P. Jones
    The Minorcan Legacy is the powerful conclusion to the historical fiction trilogy following the life and struggles of Malachi Lamarca and the Minorcan settlers of St. Augustine Florida.Set during the turbulent years following the American Revolution, the novel traces the collapse of British rule in East Florida and the return of the province to Spanish control before Florida eve...
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    17,90 €

  • Minorcan Life at Turnbull’s Colony 1768-1777
    Robert P. Jones
    With the stroke of a pen, Britain acquired approximately 34 million acres of land in 1763-territory that had been Spain’s La Florida since 1565. Trade was the economic engine of the time, and the cost of imported goods was rising. There was a chance that certain goods-especially indigo, which was already scarce and expensive in Britain-could become more readily available from D...
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    24,16 €

  • An Ocean to Redemption
    Robert P. Jones
    Embark on a journey unlike any other in An Ocean to Redemption - an engaging memoir that unveils a breathtaking tale of love, betrayal, and adventure. Rob and Lisa, after years of marital bliss, surrender to wanderlust and embark on an ambitious two-year sailing odyssey around the world. As their expedition nears its final chapter, they find themselves marooned in South Africa,...
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    21,20 €

  • The Minorcan’s Triumph
    Robert P. Jones
    IN 1768, A GROUP OF MINORCANS disembarked in New Smyrnea, Florida, arriving on eight ships. They were brought to work as indentured servants for Dr. Andrew Turnbull at his New Smyrnea plantation. This form of servitude was a common practice during the early development of the United States.'The Minorcan’s Triumph' is an historical fiction that brings to life many of the conditi...
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    14,39 €

  • A Minorcan Family Heritage
    Robert P. Jones
    A Minorcan Family Heritage highlights a beautiful culture that appeared in 1768 and continues to this day primarily in St. Augustine, Florida. These exceptional immigrants left their homes on the Isle of Menorca and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. They had signed contracts to become indentured servants of Dr. Andrew Turnbull. After serving from seven to nine years at his indi...
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    18,53 €

  • Minorcan Gumbo for the Soul
    Robert P Jones
    The story of the Minorcans in America is well chronicled. Minorcans (Menorcans) and St. Augustine, Florida are both unique. Spain had the first permanent settlement in America (St. Augustine). By the time Jamestown was founded by the English, St. Augustine was an established town. These short stories reflect a life well-lived because of the unconditional love of a Minorcan: my ...
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    15,85 €

  • Death at the Inlet
    Robert P. Jones / Robert PJones
    A bio-terrorism plot threatens the nation’s food supply. Felton Ponce enjoyed a carefree childhood in St. Augustine when it was just a small Florida coastal town, long before it was rediscovered by northerners and tourists from all over the world. He spent countless afternoons as a youngster watching the shrimpers and red snapper fishermen on the unloading dock at Salvadora’s S...
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    16,41 €

  • A Culture Worth Saving
    Robert P Jones
    From an Early and Colorful Past to the Present: The People Behind Florida’s Fishing IndustryFlorida and fishing have been synonymous since Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine in 1565. He brought myriad tradesmen, including net makers and fishermen who harvested seafood for sustenance and trade. From 1880 through 1925, four million Italian immigrants arrived ...
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    20,82 €

  • The West
    Henry Gannet / Robert P. Porter / William Palmer Jones
    Title: The West: from the census of 1880, a history of the industrial, commercial, social and political development of the states and territories of the West from 1800 to 1880. By R. P. P. ... assisted by H. Gannet ... and W. P. Jones, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the wor...
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    60,38 €