Classic cars
Classic cars

Author: Kevin Brazendale

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780671051037

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A celebration of vintage automobiles and their manufacturers traces their development from the pioneering days to ghe end of the 1930s.

Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics

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Publisher:

Published: 1982-09

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

World Trade Since 1431
World Trade Since 1431

Author: Peter J. Hugill

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9780801851261

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In 1431 the Portuguese navigator Velho set sail into the Atlantic, establishing a trade route to the Azores and marking the beginning of commerce with the West as we know it today. Equipped with reliable maps and instruments for open-ocean navigation and highly sea-worthy, three-masted, cannon-armed ships, Portugal soon dominated the Atlantic trade routes - until the diffusion of Portuguese technologies to wealthier polities made Holland the eventual successor, owing to its geographic position and its immense commercial fleet.