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Puzzle - The Eagle Sailing Ship 500 pieces
Puzzle of the USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) (Żaglowiec Orzeł), a 295 foot barque of the United States Coast Guard used as a training cutter for future officers. Every year she voyages one long training cruise to the Caribbean or to Europe, and two shorter ones along the U.S. east coast. The Eagle of today is the 7th in a long line of proud cutters bearing the name. She was built in 1936 by the Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany as a training vessel for German Naval Cadets. The first Eagle was commissioned in 1792. |
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Puzzle - Motherhood, Wyspianski 1500 pieces Puzzle of "Motherhood" ("Macierzynstwo") by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905 pastel, from the collection in the National Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie). Wyspianski, a playwright, poet, painter, and architect, was one of the most outstanding artist of his time in Europe. His paintings are a successful blend of modernism trends with Polish folk tradition and Romantic history. |
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Stud on the Grass, Kossak 500 Piece Puzzle Puzzle of "Stud on the Grass" ("Stadnina na Lace") by Juliusz Kossak, 1891 watercolor, from the collection in the National Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie). Juliusz Kossak was an outstanding draftsman and aquarellist. He was the first of three generations of painters, father of Wojciech Kossak and grandfather of Jerzy Kossak. |
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Cities of Poland Collage 1000 Piece Puzzle Puzzle collage of the Cities of Poland (Miasta Polski). Several images of the cities all in one puzzle. |
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Puzzle - Kosciuszko Going to Raclawice, Matejko 1000 pieces Panoramic puzzle of Jan Matejko's "Kosciuszko Going to Raclawice" ("Kosciuszko pod Raclawicami") 1888 oil painting from the collection in the National Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie). Near the village of Raclawice on April 4, 1794, the Battle of Raclawice was one of the first battles fought in the Kosciuszko Uprising against Russia lead by Tadeusz Kosciuszko, in which the Polish tactics lead to their victory. |
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Puzzle - On the Motlawa, Gdansk 1500 pieces Night scene puzzle of Gdansk on the Motlawa River, where in 1980 at the Gdansk Shipyard the Solidarity trade union movement was born leading to the end of communist party rule in 1989. |
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Puzzle - Madness, Podkowinski 1000 pieces Puzzle of "Madness" ("Szal") by Wladyslaw Podkowinski, 1894 oil, from the collection in the National Museum in Krakow (Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie). When Podkowinski painting was on exhibit in Warsaw, in rage over the great public controversy, he took his knife and destroyed his own work. After his death the painting was restored. |
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Polish Christmas Coloring Books, set of 5 As coloring books and the application of artistic media can assist to motivate children's understanding of concepts, this set of five coloring books will help children become familiar with Christmas traditions in Poland. The coloring books also contain quiz-like "fill in the letters" questions, based on the material presented in each book. Each booklet has 16 pages. The set includes the following coloring books in the Polish Language:
Third comic book from the Guardians of Eagle Feather (Strażnicy Orlego Pióra) series presenting the history of Mieszko I (c. 922-992), in the tale of Perun's Tree (Drzewo Peruna). Mieszko I was the first historic ruler of Poland and founder of the Piast dynasty. He united several western Slavonic tribes under his sway and consolidated his power by marrying the Bohemian princess, Dobrava, and converting to Christianity in 966. Nowy cykl komiksow poswieconych polskiej historii, "Strażnicy Orlego Pióra", wydawany jest w polsko-angielskiej wersji jezykowej. Poswiecony polskiej historii, ma na celu dotarcie do szerokiej grupy mlodziezy. Drugi zeszyt prezentuje historie Mieszka I. Mieszko I szykuje sie do bitwy z Wichmanem - niemieckim awanturnikiem dowodzacym oddzialami Wieletow i rozbojnikow z dalekiej polnocy. Sprzymierzencem Mieszka I sa Czesi, ktorzy przyslali swoje wsparcie w postaci doborowych oddzialow jazdy. Tymczasem Wichman planuje ugodzic Mieszka w najmniej spodziewane miejsce - w jego zone Dobrawe i nienarodzone jeszcze dziecko. Plan Wichmana jest dokladnie przemyslany i dopracowany. Dobrawa i jej swita wpada w zastawiona pulapke... jej los wydaje sie przesadzony, gdy nagle z pomoca pojawia sie nieznajomy - Jaksa Witoszowic, ktorego do obozowiska ksieznej doprowadzil bialy orzel...
Second comic book from the Guardians of Eagle Feather (Strażnicy Orlego Pióra) series presenting the history of Henry of Valois (1551-1589), in the tale of Treasure de Valois (Skarb Walezjusza). Henry III, the son of King Henry II of France, was the first king of Poland to be elected in free election by all the gentry in 1573. In June of 1574, Henry fled Kraków in order to assume the French throne. His escape made a very bad impression in Poland. Nowy cykl komiksow poswieconych polskiej historii, "Strażnicy Orlego Pióra", wydawany jest w polsko-angielskiej wersji jezykowej. Poswiecony polskiej historii, ma na celu dotarcie do szerokiej grupy mlodziezy. Trzeci zeszyt prezentuje hstorie krola Henryka Walezego. Obrany krolem Polski Henryk Walezy otrzymuje wiadomosc o smierci swojego brata. Tron Francji stoi przed nim otworem... Nie dbajac o zlozone Polakom obietnice, Henryk wymyka sie tajnym przejsciem z zamku w towarzystwie swojej swity. Niespodziewanie Francuzi wpadaja na spiacego pod murami zamku Jedrzeja Witoszowica herbu Birkut.
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