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EXPL2A-00019 Photo Mugs
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Battles of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from an Aztec drawing.
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Stanley/lt. Stairs from Mary Evans
Sale Price: $29.99
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Photo Puzzle, STANLEY/LT. STAIRS. Emin Pasha relief expedition the expedition is attacked by the Avisibba, a cannibal tribe, and Lieutenant Stairs gets an arrow in the chest (fortunately not fatal). Chosen by Mary Evans. 10x14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5x7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This item is shipped from our American
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Stanley in Africa the vanguard attacked from Mary Evans
Sale Price: $29.99
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Photo Puzzle, Stanley in Africa the vanguard attacked. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition was much harassed by the frequent attacks of the forest dwarfs armed with poison arrows, which wounded several members of the expedition. Usually, they would deliver an attack then disappear suddenly, but on the occasion pictured here, the natives made an especially determined stand, resulting in several of them being killed and wounded. Chosen by Mary
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Expl2A-00019 from North Wind Picture Archives
Sale Price: $24.99
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Photo Puzzle, EXPL2A-00019. Battles of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from an Aztec drawing. Chosen by North Wind Picture Archives. 10x14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5x7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This item is shipped from our American lab.
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Scosche IU3.5RC 3.5mm Retractable Cable
Sale Price: Too low to display
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Retractable design allows the user to neatly connect 3.5mm audio devicesSlender barrel works with recessed 3.5mm jacksCable length: 2.8'
Connect your iPod to multimedia speakers, car stereos, and a host of other audio products with this retractable cable. The cord, which includes a single 3.5 mm male connector on each end, measures 2.5 feet long when fully extended. More importantly, the cord offers a fast and easy way to extend your audio player connection beyond a few inches. Simply plug one end into your iPod's 3.5 mm headphone jack and the other into the auxiliary input of your preferred audio device, such as a car stereo or boombox. Once connected, you'll enjoy a full range of audio options. Plus, when you're not using the cord, it retracts into its slim housing for storage. The cable is backed by a 90-day warranty.
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Lowrance Mapcreate Series 6 Complete Continental U.S./Hawaii Map CD-ROM (Windows)
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MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 mapping software offers the industry's best value in higher-detail, topographical electronic charts for GPS navigation. MapCreate USA Topo charts deliver incredible detail, including enhanced shoreline and nav aids specifics for inland and coastal waters; excellent land detail for 49 states (Alaska not included) with major highways, city streets, rural roads, railways, key landmarks; and a unique, searchable database of up to two million points of interest, including marinas, restaurants, hotels, airports, emergency services, shopping, and lots more, along with streets and addresses, national parks and forests with boundaries, wildlife preserves, and other features. MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 also includes a simpler interface than previous incarnations, meaning you no longer have to save a map border file before creating a map, and the new menu and toolbar layout help you find what you're looking for faster. You'll also notice pop-up information boxes for POIs, land features, and interstate highway exits, along with exit pop-up boxes that list nearby exit services. Additional improvements vary from new mapping data, with such bonuses as topographic elevations, public hunting areas, and game management units, to new hunting-specific symbols that make it easier to scout ahead of the hunt and mark important spots, including ATVs, turkeys, food plots, buck rubs, and more. Owners of complementary software or memory cards will appreciate such additions as aviation searching, which lets you load a card containing a Jeppesen Aviation Database and search for items like airports and VORs, and the fishing display function, which accepts IMS Fishing Hot Spots cards and shows the fishing details on your computer screen. And because the interests of GPS owners vary so dramatically, Lowrance added a category options toolbar with a drop-down menu. The toolbar makes it simple to select preset or customized category settings for different types of activities, including aviation, boating, driving, hiking, and hunting. Other features include an accurate routing function for adding POIs, land features, and aviation nav aids to routes with the click of a mouse; dynamic pan arrows that pop up when you move the mouse pointer near the edge of the map; and pop-up information boxes for POIs, land features, and interstate highway exits. MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 software is compatible with Lowrance mapping GPS+WAAS products with digital media card memory (MMC/SD) capability. What's in the Box MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 CD-ROM, user's manual.
Features: For Windows 98 or higher operating system. Requires use of MMCI-USB reader/programmer (#113-071). Comprehensive mapping detail including US marine navigational aides, rural roads, city streets, highways, interstates and enhanced shorelines plus elevation contour lines and hunting-specific databases (including public lands, wildlife management areas and game management units). Also includes searchable points-of-interest feature to easily find bodies of water, cities, lodging, restaurants and more. Compatible with: AirMap 600C, FishElite 480, FishElite 500C, FishElite 502C iGPS, FishElite 640C, FishElite 642C iGPS, FishStrike 1000C, FishStrike 2000C, GlobalMap 3300C, GlobalMap 3500C, GlobalMap 3600C iGPS, GlobalMap 4000M, GlobalMap 4800, GlobalMap 4900M, GlobalMap 5000C, GlobalMap 5500C, GlobalMap 6000C, GlobalMap 6500C, GlobalMap 7000C, GlobalMap 7500C,GlobalMap Baja, GlobalMap Baja C, iFINDER, iFINDER Expedition C, iFINDER Explorer, iFINDER H2O, iFINDER H2O C, iFINDER Hunt, iFINDER Hunt C, iFINDER Map&Music, iFINDER PHD, iFINDER Pro, IntelliMap 480, IntelliMap 500C, IntelliMap 502C iGPS, IntelliMap 642C iGPS, LCX-104C, LCX-110C, LCX-15MT, LCX-17M, LCX-18C, LCX-19C, LCX-20C, LCX-25C, LMS-330C, LMS-332C, LMS-334C iGPS, LMS-335C DF, LMS-337C DF, LMS-339C DF iGPS, LMS-480, SeaChamp 1000C DF, SeaChamp 2000C DF, SeaCharter 480DF, SeaCharter 500C DF, SeaCharter 502C DF iGPS, SeaCharter 642C DF iGPS.
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Timex Men's T45181 Expedition Analog and Digital Combo Watch
Sale Price: $31.40
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Designed for active, outdoor lifestyles--as well as the rigors of harsh urban landscapes--the full-sized Timex analog/digital men's watch (model 45181) adds a stylish yet rugged complement to your everyday wear. It features a large olive resin watch case that's topped by a olive bi-directional rotating bezel with black elapsed time markings. The brown dial includes large stick markers, arrow-tipped luminous hands (with red seconds hand), and small minute indexes. It also features a digital window at the bottom of the dial, which offers the ability to track three time zones, a 24-hour chronograph (with lap/split option), 24-hour countdown timer, and an alarm. Other features include a comfortable brown nylon Fast Wrap strap (with buckle clasp) and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet). The Indiglo night-light uniformly lights the surface of the watch dial using patented blue electroluminescent lighting technology. It uses less battery power than most other watch illumination systems, enabling your watch battery to last longer. The Night Mode feature allows you to illuminate the Indiglo night-light for 3 seconds with any button press, regardless of the mode or function.
This Timex Watch (but not any battery, crystal, band, or strap) is warranted to the owner for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of purchase against defects in manufacture by Timex Corporation. Timex will not repair defects relating to servicing not performed by Timex Corporation. This limited warranty applies to US Customers.
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Thule Fairings
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The Thule Fairing cuts down on the drag and wind noise that your Thule bars make when you're blasting down the highway on your way to parts unknown with a roof full of gear. Thule Fairings are cake to install, and use rubber bumpers and anti-scuff film to protect your vehicle's finish. Editors Note: Please call if you aren't certain what parts you need to install your rack.Product FeaturesCompatibility: Thule racksRecommended Use: reduce wind drag on your Thule rackManufacturer Warranty:
This sleek fairing attaches to any Thule roof-rack system to reduce wind and noise. Integrated hardware makes it easy to install. Rubber bumpers on the struts protect a vehicle's finish. The fairing comes in four widths: 32 inches, 38 inches, 44 inches, and 52 inches. It comes with a limited lifetime warranty against defects. About Thule To say that Thule's beginnings in the U.S. were humble would be an understatement. Founding member Ake Skeppner sold products at windsurf competitions on the New England shoreline, exhibited the product line at a number of different trade shows, and even canvassed local retailers in the greater New York area, all from his "office"--a now-famous station wagon. Initial success was found in the small but growing sport of windsurfing where a strong, reliable roof rack was an indispensable piece of equipment. This was quickly followed by success in the ski business where Thule's Swedish heritage certainly helped the product gain rapid acceptance. By the mid-1980s, the company sold products directly to ski and windsurfing shops but sold through distributors to address the large and growing bike business. A risky decision was made to terminate these distributor relationships and sell direct to retailers through a network of independent sales representatives. Much of the company's market success today can be traced to that decision. Shortly after, Ake hired an engineer and set up a small assembly plant in Elmsford, New York in order to design and manufacture bike carriers that would offer the features demanded by the U.S. consumer and compete effectively with other racks on the market. The company has since grown rapidly through product innovation, a commitment to quality, and the continuance of a strong entrepreneurial spirit as well as continuing to evolve their products to meet the needs of users.
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Delphi SA10102 SKYFi2 Vehicle Adapter Kit
Sale Price: $23.00
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Complete your Delphi SKYFi2 XM Satellite Radio receiver listening system with this tailor-made vehicle adapter kit. The base SKYFi2 receiver package (model SA10101) contains a receiver and a remote control. To install your SKYFi in a car, you need this, the SKYFi2 vehicle adaptor kit (model SA10102), which contains a vehicle cradle, a cassette adapter, an antenna, and a 12-volt power adapter. The vehicle cradle holds your SKYFi receiver and provides connections for audio, power, and antenna cables. You should mount the antenna on the roof of your car or truck. The 12V power adapter plugs into your cigarette lighter and powers your SKYFi2 through the vehicle cradle. The cassette adapter, meanwhile, lets you listen to XM right through your car stereo's cassette deck. The SKYFi2 receiver has a built-in wireless modulator so you can tune in XM programming on your FM radio, with slightly lower sound quality than you'd get using the cassette-shell adapter. What's in the Box Vehicle cradle, a small magnet-mounted vehicle antenna, a cassette adapter, a power adapter, and an installation guide.
Receiver cradle allows for hard or soft dash mount optionsSmall magnetic-mounted vehicle antennaCar kit includes: antenna mounting stand DC adapter and cassette adapterHome kit includes: indoor/outdoor antenna cradle AC power adapter and RCA audio cables
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Sony XVM-R75 Motorized Fold-Down Widescreen 7" LCD Monitor (Silver)
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Whether keeping the kids entertained on the drive to grandma's or rehearsing your sales presentation on the way to the next meeting, the Sony XVM-R75 7-inch flip-down LCD provides a welcome distraction (as long as the driver isn't watching). The monitor provides wireless viewing in your choice of widescreen or conventional 4:3 formats. It connects through the included XA-117 connection box which transmits data directly from your trunk-mounted DVD changer, game system, or other compatible peripheral device. The screen offers adjustments such as brightness and contrast (dimmer) control to let you view images clearly in most lighting conditions. The unit also features a built-in IR receiver so that it can be operated with the included remote control. An IR transmitter lets you listen using Sony's wireless headphones (not included). The XVM-R75 relies on your cars battery to provide power, so when the key is not in the ignition, the panel will automatically fold closed. This is a helpful feature for preventing car break-ins, as it renders the monitor much less visible. The XVM-R75 comes with everything you'll need for initial installation. Sony recommends that you have this product professionally installed to prevent accidental interference with or damage to your car's safety and operational systems. Additionally, you are urged to make sure that the XVM-R75 is mounted in a location that will not obstruct the driver's view. What's in the Box XVM-R75 LCD, XA-117 connection box, RM-X123 remote control with lithium battery, extension cable (5 m), power cord, DC-DC cord, stereo mini plug-to-plug cable (5 m), mounting plate, screws, tapping screws, cord stopper, crimper, operating instructions, warranty information
7" Diagonal LCD Screen Is Designed To Be Mounted Overhead For Maximum VisibilityBright, Thin Film Transistor (TFT) Active Matrix Display For The Very Best ResolutionMotorized Fold-Down Panel Automatically Closes The Monitor When Ignition Is Turned Off16 x 9 Widescreen Aspect Ratio For A Cinematic Look That Brings Out The Best In DVDsWide & Zoom Functions Accommodate Conventional 4 x 3 Aspect Ratio ProgramsThree Audio/Video inputs w/ One Monitor Output For Versatile Mobile Video OptionsSupplied Wireless Remote Control For Convenient Operation Of All Essential FunctionsTwo Mini Headphone Jacks & Infrared Transmitter For Sony Cordless Headphones
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Boss BV7320 In-Dash 3.2-Inch DVD/MP3/CD Widescreen Receiver with USB (Detachable Front Panel)
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Swap your OEM receiver for something a bit more versatile. The BV7320 plays a variety of disc formats, including DVDs, CDs and VCDs. You can also enjoy your WMA/MP4/MP3 digital files, whether from burnt discs or via the receiver's USB port or SD Card slot. Video looks great on the 3.2-inch screen, and you can easily add a rear view camera to your vehicle. Swap your OEM receiver for something more versatile. Click to enlarge. Brilliant 3.2-inch monitor with 1440 x 234 pixel resolution. Front-panel USB port and auxiliary input. 3.2-Inch Monitor The single-DIN BV7320 features a drop-down, detachable front panel with a 3.2-inch widescreen TFT monitor. The brilliant monitor features a 1440 x 234 resolution, and an on-screen display that makes navigating features a breeze. Enjoy Your Media The BV7320 will play back your DVDs/SDVDs, SVCDs/VCDs, CDs, CD-R/Ws, and WMA/MP4/MP3 files. The ESP anti-skip mechanism ensures your music or video isn't interrupted by any bumps in the road, and playback features such as a mute function, intro scan, and last position memory are all included. When listening to digital files, enjoy full ID3 tag display of artist/track info. Dial in the sound with separate bass and treble EQ controls, along with balance/fader. USB and SD Connectivity The BV7320 features a front-panel USB port and SD Card jack, so you can instantly switch out USB thumb drives or SD cards with a fresh batch of MP3 tunes/podcasts/etc. AM/FM Radio Enjoy your favorite radio programming with the PLL-synthesized tuner, featuring 30 station presets for instant access to your preferred stations, and switchable USA/Europe radio frequencies. Auxiliary Input The convenient front-panel auxiliary input (3.5mm mini jack) is a great way to enjoy audio from your iPod, MP3 player, or other external audio devices. Power and Expandability The BV7320 provides 50 Watts through four channels to start, and if you'd like to expand your system, use the front/rear and subwoofer preamp outputs to add external amplifiers. Rear View Camera Input Add a rear view camera for safety and convenience when your vehicle is in reverse. Remote Included A wireless remote control is included for convenient control of the system. What's in the Box BV7320 Receiver, Wireless Remote, Mounting Hardware, User's Manual
NTSC/PAL compatible monitorPLL synthesized AM/FM tuner with 30 station presetsSwitchable USA/Europe radio frequenciesCompatible with audio output of iPod and other MP3 playersCD mute function/last position memory/intro scan1-Bit D/A converter/8x oversamplingESP (anti-skip mechanism)Subwoofer output (BassMax)Dual (front and rear) RCA outputsRear view camera inputIncludes wireless remote control
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More Info On Expeditions Arrows:
Archeology all over the world confirms that hunting implements, that is, weapons, were some of the first things that we crafted in the ancient history of mankind. Flint arrow heads and spear points are some of the most common articles found around the world.
In those ancient times, people hunted for food and fought each other. We do not know, but it probable that men and non-pregnant young women hunted animals and gathered fruit, nuts and berries, while the older family members took are of the children.
It is uncertain when bows were developed, but definitely more than two thousand years before Christ or four thousand years ago. Earlier than this, hunters almost certainly crept up on or ambushed their prey and then ran after it, throwing rocks and pointed sticks or primitive spears perhaps with fire-hardened or stone tips.
It is unlikely that they often killed their quarry outright, they probably wore it out until it bled to death. This method of hunting deer is still practiced by some hunters in South Africa and elsewhere.
As people lived and learned, so more sophisticated hunting articles were invented and improved on. The first such item would have been the spear and the second either the throwing arrow or the bow and arrow. It is likely that the throwing arrow came first. This weapon is still used by some traditionalist Aborigine hunters in Australia.
Recurve bows and longbows dating back to 2,000 BC have been uncovered all over Europe and Asia. It seems that the longbow was more prevalent in the north and the recurve bow in the south. Recurve bows can be shorter than longbows and still retain their power, which is perfect for shooting from horse back or chariot.
As farming developed, so did civilization and more and more often, hunting wild animals was left to experts. The creatures that they killed would be exchanged for other amenities or, later, sold for money.
For the majority of people, hunting became recreational, a sport or a game and the animals they killed in their spare time they called 'game' and we still do now in English.
Most peoples of the world did not only create weapons to hunt with, they also trained animals to help them. Dogs, whose ancestors were wolves, were probably the first whose help was enlisted. Some dogs were used to recover the gave after it had been shot and fallen into the undergrowth or the water, other dogs actually did the killing.
Later still, the upper classes would hunt with no intention of eating the animal at all: foxes in Britain and lions in Afghanistan. This is still done today. Likewise with falcons and eagles.
Other animals were trained to help chase prey. Horses equalized the speed difference between man and buffalo or deer. Elephants were used to equalize the prowess of tigers and offer a safer platform from which to hunt.
Nowadays, few people have to hunt to survive, but it is still a popular pursuit, even though for many it is a once a year event. The most famous hunting expeditions were and still are the safaris, despite the fact that now more people shoot with video cameras than with guns.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article writes on various topics, but is currently concerned with compound hunting bows. If you would like to know more or for special offers, please go to our website at Kids Archery Set.
Charles Marie De La Condamine - First Scientific Explorer of the Amazon
Charles Marie de la Condamine was a French explorer, physicist, geographer and mathematician born in Paris on January 28, 1701. His early interests in science led to his participation in the most important scientific mission of the times: in the early 1730’s there was a dispute as to whether the earth was wider around the equator or around the poles. Sir Isaac Newton argued the Earth was wider around the Equator; the French geographer Cassini argued otherwise.
The King of France and the French Royal Académie des Sciences sent two teams to find out the answer, one to Lapland and another to South America. La Condamine, as a young and promising member of the Académie des Sciences, became a part of the mission that was sent to South America by that body in 1735 to establish the length of a degree of the meridian in the vicinity of the Equator, so that it could be compared to the length of a meridian in Lapland and thus answer the question; this work also laid the foundation for the determination of the length of a meter.
The group also included Louis Godin des Odenais, Pierre Bouguer, and two officers of the Spanish marine, Antonio de Ulloa, and Jorge Juan y Santacilia. The latter two represented the Government of Spain on the journey and also made independent observations in the interior. They landed in Colombia and journeyed overland to Panama, then sailed to Ecuador. A local governor and scientist-mathematician, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, traveled through the rainforests with Condamine. They sailed up the Esmeraldas River and then went up the Andes Mountains, arriving in Quito on June 4, 1736.
Condamine’s mandate was to find out the shape of the earth by using a meridian and thus ascertaining the flattening of our globe toward the poles. Once in Ecuador he began his work, establishing a base line and making a reasonably accurate triangulation of the precipitous parts and the western sections of Ecuador. There he made one of his discoveries, that high mountains deflect the pendulum by their attraction.
Condamine, Godin and Bouguer were soon involved in disagreements. They finished their measurements by 1739, measuring the length of an arc of one degree at the Equator, but they got word that the Lapland expedition had already finished their work and had proven that the Earth is flattened at its poles. The three went their separate ways, and in 1743 Condamine began his return trip. The others chose to return to Europe by way of the better known route from Ecuador to Panama and by ship to Europe. Condamine decided to follow the longer yet more scientifically interesting path of crossing the Andes and entering the Amazon basin from the east, with a four-month raft voyage down the Amazon River.
The route Condamine chose began at the furthest traversable reaches of the Marañón River and went on through the treacherous pass at Pongo of Manseriche for the express purpose of seeing the pass. Traveling on a raft built by his guides, Condamine had quite a few close calls not only with his life but also the eight years of research and scientific instruments he was carrying back to France.
After passing through Pongo of Manseriche where the river narrowed from 1500 to 150 feet across, Condamine again almost lost his raft and work before emerging out of the mountains and onto the flat plain of the Amazon Basin. The raft arrived at a settlement on the river at Borja, where a priest provided him with a map of the area and accompanied him for the next portion of the voyage.
The expedition changed from rafts to two large canoes at Borja, each 44 feet long and 3 feet across. La Condamine must have felt safer in the new canoes with rowers paddling day and night, because he took up the task of measuring and mapping the river. In late July the group arrived at the spot where the large Ucayali River meets the Amazon and Condamine observed the Omaguas, a tribe first stumbled upon by the missionary Padre Fritz years before.
Several explorers of the New World in the preceding two centuries had brought back news of native poison-tipped arrows that brought speedy death by paralysis. These lethal arrows were generally used for hunting animals, and they were occasionally used against the European explorers and soldiers. Natives called the toxic herb ourari, which became curare to the Europeans. Condamine collected samples of the curare and brought them back when he returned to France. He also discovered that curare was only poisonous when in contact with blood; it could be ingested without consequences, as many native foods included the same ingredient.
He also noted local rubber production techniques, calling the substance caoutchouc after the local term for weeping wood. Caoutchouc was named “rubber” in the 1770s after English scientist Joseph Priestley noticed that the substance could be used to erase pencil marks from paper. American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization (a method of treating rubber to make it strong and elastic) in 1839 when he unintentionally dropped a combination of rubber and sulfur on a hot stove.
Condamine sent back some rolls of crude rubber in 1736, together with a report of the products manufactured from it by the people of the Amazon Valley. General scientific interest in the substance and its properties was revived. In 1791 the first commercial application of rubber kicked off when an English manufacturer, Samuel Peal, patented a method of waterproofing cloth by treating it with a solution of rubber in turpentine.
Natural rubber for commercial use is taken almost exclusively from Hevea brasiliensis, a tree native to South America, where it grows wild to a height of 34 meters (120 feet). Hevea only grows within a well-defined area of the tropics and subtropics where frost is never encountered.
As an explorer and physicist Condamine ranks very high, though because of his ambition and inclination to controversy he was a disagreeable character. The topographical work done by him or under his direction suffered from the comparative imperfections of the instruments in use at his time, but the results obtained were amazing. Not only in physiography and physical geography, but in other branches also his mission opened a new perspective to investigation. Father Fritz´s maps, the only available of the Amazon at the time, were corrected by Condamine and Condamine´s version closely resembles today´s Amazon.
He stayed in South America for ten years, and wrote excellent descriptions of his travels, notably the Journal d’un voyage fait par ordre du roi à l’équateur. He is considered the first explorer to visit the Amazon in search of knowledge and for scientific reasons. Previous visitors did so either in search of wealth (El Dorado) or souls (Jesuits).
About the Author
Secretário Estadual de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Econômico, Amazonas, Brasil / Secretary for Planning and Economic Development, State of Amazonas, Brazil
www.dminev.com
Looking For Name of Book Green Cover With a Picture reminded me of Peter Pan it had a bunch of diagrams.?
A while ago i read a scifi on a gas giant planet. In the beginning the protagonist, his name was gavin or something like that, was on a kind of tree that had all the gravity on the center because it was spinning. Someone dies and they have a funeral where the coffin is taken out b the force of gravity. Then for some reason they have to climb to the otherside, aided by their feet which have evolved into hands, of the tree which is a big adventure, they meet another group of people who shoot some kind of arrows at them, they eventually end up going on a trip to other areas of the planet. one female member of the other tribe has sex with gavinwhatever gets pregnant . At one point they are made slaves on another tree, and are rescued by some kind of lander vehicle from the ship all of the people arrived on it was some kind of expedition. The computer also has some kind of personality maybe of a cop. He was the antagonist. It had alot of Science and is very important to me.Thank you
-----I read that story a long time ago when it was serialized in Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact Magazine. I no longer have those issues; I never did get the book. I think it was called "The Integral Trees", because the effects of the spin, or whatever, made the trees look like the calculus symbol for integration, a kind of enlongated "S" shape. The trees had leaves, the tops, on both ends. It was not on a gas giant planet, but an area of weightlessness in space, which somehow, I forget how, had an atmosphere. I remember one character was on a tree, encounted a monster, got into a fight with it, felt a thump on his backpack, and then discovered the monster had a stinger on a long tail, which had stabbed his backpack without going through to him. I do not remember the author, but, being serialized in Analog, it was probably someone famous. Could it be Larry Niven? The character on the cover of Analog did look like Peter Pan. If I had to guess a date, I would say around 1970. It was a well thought out story. Did you see my Question on a SciFi book I am looking for, the "Core Star" book? ---Jim
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