Inicio > Estilo de vida, deporte y ocio > Viajes y vacaciones > The Five Threes, 33,333 Miles By Land And Sea
The Five Threes, 33,333 Miles By Land And Sea

The Five Threes, 33,333 Miles By Land And Sea

Robert Walker

33,25 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2008
Materia
Viajes y vacaciones
ISBN:
9781437304565
33,25 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

The Five Threes, 33,333 Miles By Land And Sea: Holiday Notes (1884) is a travelogue written by Robert Walker. The book chronicles his journey across various continents, covering a total distance of 33,333 miles by land and sea. The title of the book refers to the fact that the journey was completed in five sets of three, with each set covering a different region of the world.The book is divided into chapters, each of which covers a different part of the journey. Walker begins his journey in England, where he sets sail for America. He then travels across the United States, visiting cities such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. From there, he travels to Japan and China, before making his way to India and the Middle East. Finally, he returns to Europe, visiting countries such as Egypt, Italy, and Spain.Throughout the book, Walker provides detailed descriptions of the places he visits, including their history, culture, and people. He also includes anecdotes about his experiences, such as his encounter with a bear in the United States and his visit to a tea plantation in India.Overall, The Five Threes, 33,333 Miles By Land And Sea: Holiday Notes (1884) is a fascinating account of a journey around the world in the late 19th century. It provides a unique insight into the cultures and landscapes of different countries, and is sure to be of interest to anyone with a love of travel and adventure.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Artículos relacionados

  • Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees
    C. L. Hoang
    Finalist (Travel category), 2019 San Diego Book Awards Former Amazon #1 New Release in Vietnam Travel Guides 5-Star Rating from Amazon Hall-of-Fame Top Reviewer Have you ever wondered what Vietnam is like some forty years after the war has ended? Then come along with the author as he returns to visit his ancestral homeland for the first time after a decades-long absence.Retrace...
    Disponible

    13,47 €

  • GUEST BOOK (Hardback), Visitors Book, Comments Book, Guest Comments Book, House Guest Book, Party Guest Book, Vacation Home Guest Book
    Angelis Publications
    Hardback sleek matte finish cover Page size: 8.5 ...
    Disponible

    10,93 €

  • Ruins of Rome I
    Laine Cunningham
    At over 2,500 years old, Rome is more than the capital of Italy. It is the center of artistic creativity and a cultural complex that arguably outstrips any other location on earth. Ancient monuments like the Colosseum continue to capture our attention while institutions like the Vatican Museums spur intellectual interest.The heartbeat of Rome is found in every traveler’s soul. ...
  • Other California
    Andrey Vlasov / Daria Labonina
    What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word: "California"? The answer is as plain as the day - ocean, golden sand, palm trees, wind in the hair, relaxed and smiling people. But, it's not that simple, California is not just fun by the beach. It is much more interesting than just bright leaflets made for tourists.If you want to get acquainted with "other" Cali...
  • San Francisco
    Andrey Vlasov / Daria Labonina
    San Francisco is a city of free and relaxed spirit, contrasts and conflicts, liberal views and traditional values, unusual past and wealthy present. It will never leave you indifferent. Indeed, everyone who has ever been to this city always wants to come back.What is it, San Francisco?It’s a city of contrasts.Visiting the city for the first time you get surprised with the thick...
  • Shambhala
    Nicholas Roerich
    In "Shambhala" Roerich has recorded the way of his journey through Central Asia and Tibet in the terms of spirit. It is a record of legends, of parables, of notes--the very substance of which the larger reality is composed, and all revealing different facets of the theme of Shambhala. In this book--as in his other books, "Altai-Himalaya" and "Heart of Asia," one realizes that R...
    Disponible

    14,52 €

Otros libros del autor

  • The Inventory of Souls
    Robert Walker
    HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS. BUT THE RECEIPTS WERE KEPT BY A PROOFREADER.Seville, 1492. Lorenzo is a man of ink and silence, a proofreader in the Inquisition’s scriptorium. His job is to correct the Latin of the Church’s holy decrees. But when he finds a jagged margin note in a condemned book-Sanguine negotiantur (They trade in blood)-he uncovers a typo in the moral fabri...
    Disponible

    19,90 €

  • The Regulatory Arbitrage
    Robert Walker
    How do you turn gambling into a multi-billion dollar financial market? You simply find the right loophole-and bet that no one is clever enough to close it.This is the untold, high-stakes story of the $25 billion regulatory arbitrage that shook American governance to its core. Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket achieved the impossible: federal approval to ope...
  • The Quicksilver Key
    Robert Walker
    For surveyor Leo Bishop, a line on a map is a sacred truth. But in the feverish, grasping world of the California Gold Rush, the only truth that matters is the one you can buy-or bury.Hired to settle a routine boundary dispute on a sun-scorched rancho, Leo uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from the blood-red hills of the New Almaden quicksilver mine to the nation’s highest cou...
    Disponible

    22,97 €

  • The Queen’s Cipher
    Robert Walker
    IN THE SHADOW OF THE THRONE, EVERY WORD IS A WEAPON.In 1571, England was a powder keg. Queen Elizabeth’s reign is threatened by plotters at home and the great Catholic powers abroad. To defend the realm, her spymasters have built a new kind of arsenal: a network of spies armed not with daggers, but with ink and cipher.Elias Thorne, a quiet Oxford scholar, is torn from his books...
    Disponible

    22,93 €

  • No Parade
    Robert Walker
    On December 1, 1969, a lottery drawing sealed the fate of a generation. For millions of young men, a single blue capsule determined whether they would live, die, or return from the jungles of Vietnam forever changed. No Parade is the sweeping saga of four lives irrevocably altered by that night: Michael, a brilliant student who believes he can outsmart the...
    Disponible

    29,93 €

  • The Eagle and the Star
    Robert Walker
    He built a Temple to honor God. He murdered his family to secure his throne.In an age of titans, Herod the Great stands as a colossus of ambition and paranoia. A half-Jew granted the throne of Judea by his Roman masters, he is haunted by the one thing he can never build, buy, or conquer: legitimacy. It is a prize that belongs to his wife, Mariamne, the last princess of the Hasm...
    Disponible

    20,20 €