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Showing posts with label Maldives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maldives. Show all posts
04 April 2021

Book review: The Shell Money of the Slave Trade (1986) by Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson, *****

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Synopsys This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried fro...
25 December 2017

My book on the Maldives is available in English! "Journeys through the Maldives" by Marco Carnovale

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Typical Maldivan boat Tales from the many trips to the Maldives of the author. Avoiding the tourist resorts, he visited remote villages,...
18 December 2017

Book review: The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy (2015) by J. J. Robinson, ****

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Islamic Center in Malé Synopsis The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than...
06 June 2017

Recensione libro: Tramonto alle Maldive (1993) by Anne Weale, ***

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Sinossi Le Maldive: spiagge bianche profumate d'Oriente... Pur conoscendo per motivi professionali tutti i possibili inconvenienti t...
07 May 2015

Crociera alle Maldive

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Crociera con Luca alle Maldive.
05 May 2013

The National Museum of Maldives (second visit)

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Today it's my second visit to the Maldives National Museum. I came here for the first time in 2009, and I wrote about this visit in my b...
30 November 2012

Libro: Viaggio alle Maldive (2a edizione, 2015) di Marco Carnovale

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Sinossi Racconto dei molti viaggi alle Maldive dell'autore, che ha navigato in lungo e i in largo per gli atolli, incontrando la gen...
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04 November 2012

The Island President (2011) by Jon Shenk, ****

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Synopsis Jon Shenk's The Island President tells the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a probl...
01 October 2011

Book Review: Excerpta Maldiviana, by HCP Bell, *****

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Male' harbour in early 1880s H.C.P. Bell 1887 This is not easy reading. In fact it is not really meant for reading at all. It is mo...
24 September 2011

Book review: Maldives: Kingdom of a Thousand Isles (2004), by Andrew Forbes, ****

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Cemetery on a Maldivian island Precious little is written on the Maldives besides guide books on posh resorts. This book goes a long way...
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01 September 2011

Bibliography: Books on the Maldives

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This is my selection of most significant books on the Maldive islands, which I have visited at least ten times since 2003: culture, history,...
15 August 2011

Book Review: The Two Thousand Isles: A Short Account of the People, History and Customs of the Maldive Archipelago, by T. W. Hockly (1935), ***

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Old Friday mosque in Malè, perhaps early XX century Review A short account of the people, history and customs of the Maldive Archipela...
14 August 2011

Book Review: Spectrum Guide to Maldives, by Camerapix, ****

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Review This is an interesting book on the Maldives, unlike most guide books on the market. It contains lots of useful data about the count...
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10 August 2011

Book Review: Maldives Mistery, by Thor Heyerdahl, ***

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From the museum of Malè, 2009 Synopsis When the Maldive Islanders converted to Islam in the 12th century, they discarded or destroyed ...
26 September 2010

Book Review: Land of a Thousand Atolls, by I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, ***

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When this book was published in 1965 it must have been a ground breaking achievement. Very little was known then of the Maldives and underwa...
22 September 2009

Book review: Maldives, Government and Politics (2002), by Verinder Grover, ****

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Maldivian uninhabited island This is the most complete book by a political scientist I could find anywhere. The authors of t...
26 March 2009

Lo squalo martello dell'atollo di Rashdoo alle Maldive

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Lo squalo martello che ho fotografato a Rashdoo Scendiamo nel silenzio assoluto e nel blu sempre più scuro, quasi non si vede più la sup...
22 March 2009

Le mante di Donkalo, atollo di Ari, Maldive

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Questa mattina ci svegliamo prima dell'alba, siamo tutti subacquei e, per sfruttare al meglio i pochi giorni a disposizione, buttiamo ...
21 March 2009

Nuotata con lo squalo balena alle Maldive

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Lo squalo balena che ho fotografato ad Ari Finalmente incontro uno squalo balena. Sono anni che cerco di farci un’immersione insieme, ma...
20 March 2009

La scuola di Dhigurah, atollo di Ari, Maldive

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Passeggiata su questa placida isoletta. Al mio sbarco dal gommone sono lì ad accogliermi sulla spiaggia un paio di piccoli pescherecci in ri...