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This atlas provides students and scholars with a broad range of
information on the development of the Ancient Near East from
prehistoric times through the beginning of written records in the
Near East (c. 3000 BC) to the late Roman Empire and the rise of
Islam. The geographical coverage of the Atlas extends from the
Aegean coast of Anatolia in the west through Iran and Afghanistan
to the east, and from the Black and Caspian Seas in the north to
Arabia and the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean in the south. The
Atlas of the Ancient Near East includes a wide-ranging overview of
the civilizations and kingdoms discussed, written in a lively and
engaging style, which considers not only political and military
issues but also introduces the reader to social and cultural topics
such as trade, religion, how people were educated and entertained,
and much more. With a comprehensive series of detailed maps,
supported by the authors' commentary and illustrations of major
sites and key artifacts, this title is an invaluable resource for
students who wish to understand the fascinating cultures of the
Ancient Near East.
Shows the solid and drift geology together as the 'underfoot
geology'.
A full colour map, based on a digitised OS map of Beverley of about
1908, with its medieval, Georgian and Victorian past overlain and
important buildings picked out. Beverley is one of England's most
attractive towns with two of the country's greatest medieval parish
churches, the Minster and St Mary's, and a wealth of Georgian
buildings. The medieval town had three main foci: to the south the
Minster, the probable origin of the town in the Saxon period, with
Wednesday Market; to the north Saturday Market and St Mary's
church; and to the south-east a port at the head of the canalised
Beverley Beck linking to the River Hull. In the 14th century the
town was one of the most populous and prosperous in Britain. This
prosperity came from the cloth trade, tanning and brickmaking as
well as the markets and fairs, and the many pilgrims who flocked to
the shrine of St John of Beverley. By the end of the Middle Ages,
the town was in decline, not helped by the dissolution of the great
collegiate Minster church in 1548. Beverley's fortunes revived in
the 18th century when it became the administrative capital of the
East Riding of Yorkshire and a thriving social centre. The gentry,
who came here for the Quarter Sessions and other gatherings
together with their families, patronised the racecourse, assembly
rooms, theatre and tree-lined promenade. It was they and the
growing number of professionals who built the large Georgian
houses, often set in extensive grounds, many of which survive. In
contrast the townscape and economy of Victorian Beverley was
dominated by several thriving industries, notably tanning, the
manufacture of agricultural machinery and shipbuilding. The map's
cover has a short introduction to the town's history, and on the
reverse an illustrated and comprehensive gazetteer of Beverley's
main sites of historic interest.
Scotland has had a uniquely important military history over the
last five centuries. Conflict with England in the 16th century,
Jacobite rebellions in the 18th century, 20th-century defences and
the two world wars, as well as the Cold War, all resulted in
significant cartographic activity. In this book two map experts
explore the extraordinarily rich legacy of Scottish military
mapping, including fortification plans, reconnaissance mapping,
battle plans, plans of military roads and routeways, tactical maps,
plans of mines, enemy maps showing targets, as well as plans
showing the construction of defences. In addition to plans,
elevations and views, they also discuss unrealised proposals and
projected schemes. Most of the maps - some of them reproduced in
book form for the first time - are visually striking and
attractive, and all have been selected for the particular stories
they tell about both attacking and defending the country.
Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes a closer look at our
Roads, Avenues, Groves, Gardens, Hills and Lanes. There are around
800,000 streets in the UK and the name of each one tells a tale. We
take them for granted but the choice of name can reveal facts about
Britain's history, geography, topography and nature, even its
politics and culture. From the most common names, to the rarest,
the funniest to the most notorious, among the many fascinating
facts, find out why the City of London has no "Roads", and where
the UK's shortest street name (Rye) is located, as well as its
longest (Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental Drive). And why Station
Road is in the top five most popular street names, alongside the
multitude of Victoria Streets and Albert Roads. Devon even boasts
The Street with No Name, which of course has its own story...
Perfect for fans of trivia and local history, Great British Street
Names will prompt you to think a little differently about the
street where you live.
A beautful book for anyone interested in exploring the history of
trade in maps. Trade is the lifeblood of nations. It has provided
vital goods and wealth to countries and merchants from the ancient
Egyptians who went in search of gold and ivory to their
21st-century equivalents trading high-tech electronic equipment
from the Far East. In this beautiful book, more than 70 maps give a
visual representation of the history of World Commerce, accompanied
by text which tells the extraordinary story of the merchants,
adventurers, middle-men and monarchs who bought, sold, explored and
fought in search of profit and power. The maps are all works of
art, witnesses to history, and have a fascinating story to tell.
The maps include * Catalhoeyuk Plan, c. 6200BC * Babylonian Map of
the World, c. 600BC * Stone Map of China, 1136 * Hereford Mappa
Mundi, c. 1300 * Buondelmonti Map of Constantinople, c. 1420 * The
Waldseemuller Map, 1507 * James Rennell Map of Hindoostan, 1782 *
Air Age Map, 1945 * Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Dashboard, 2020
This folded map (890mm x 1000mm when unfolded) is an ideal souvenir
for tourists to Middlesex and also a valuable reference resource
for local and family history research. It includes 4 Historic maps
of Middlesex, John Speed's County Map of Middlesex 1611, Johan
Blaeu's County Map of Middlesex 1648, Thomas Moule's County map of
Middlesex 1836 and The Environs of London by Thomas Moule 1836. All
the maps have been meticulously re-produced from antique originals
and printed on 90 gsm "Progeo" paper which was specially developed
as a map paper. It has high opacity to help reduce show through and
a cross grain giving it greater durability to as the map is being
folded.
A brand new clan map of Scotland with over 150 clans from Waverley
Books. And on the back, illustrated in colour: Sir Walter Scott's
role in the tartan revival; clan badges, crests, and mottoes; how
to wear a belted plaid or "the great kilt"; what a clan really is
and how the clan system worked; the origins of tartan; the natural
vegetable and plant dyes used in tartan pre-1800; the purpose of
`universal tartans'; what women's traditional dress looked like -
the arisaid; associated clans of nearly 200 family names, or septs,
plus the jargon of tartan - a glossary showing `weathered',
`reproduction', `ancient', `modern', `dress', `hunting' and much
more.
From the Alps dominating Central Europe to the remote Rapa Nui
island in the Pacific Ocean, carry the world in your pocket with
this handy book. Covering all 196 countries, Atlas features over
260 elaborately detailed maps. Each map is enriched with
information about the region as well as political profiles of the
countries. From the Atacama Desert to the Zagros Mountains, this
updated version presents digital landscape modelling combined with
important roads, railways, rivers and settlements to give a
complete global overview. An atlas and an A-Z gazetteer packed in
one volume, this atlas will delight you with essential amazing
facts, useful insights, and statistical figures from around the
world. This book also includes data on climate to population and
economy, helping you brush up your knowledge of other countries.
Loaded with outstanding maps and a huge amount of information in a
tiny package, Atlas will let you journey across the world in the
comfort of your home or classroom.
The first of two volumes, "Wildfire through Staffordshire" presents
the very best from Osborne, Wild and Roscoe, who each published
their own early "Railway Traveller's Guides" shortly after the
opening of the country's first ground-breaking trunk line, the
Grand Junction railway, on the 4th of July 1837. This publication
is lavishly and uniquely supplemented with commissioned poems by
Ian Henery as well as many antique views, vistas and rare maps from
the period, and covers the first half of the journey from
Birmingham to Liverpool or Manchester. The second volume continues
as the Wildfire crosses the border of Staffordshire into Cheshire.
The guides, published back in 1838, became must-haves for those who
could take advantage of the ability to travel by rail over long
distances. When the Grand Junction line opened, with the Wildfire
engine making the inaugural run, the distance between Birmingham,
Manchester and Liverpool could be covered in a matter of hours
rather than days, as before it opened when long distance travel was
only then available to the privileged few. Railway travellers were
keen to find out more about the land, the people and places that
they could gaze out at from the safety of their railway carriage,
and as some took advantage of the opportunity to explore
recommended destinations along the route, the age of tourism
arrived. Readers boarding the Wildfire at Curzon Street on the
edges of the booming manufacturing town of Birmingham in 1838, the
year of Queen Victoria's coronation, and join our contemporary
commentators on a thought-provoking journey. Travelling out of
Warwickshire along the tranquil, picturesque Tame valley, the route
crosses the border into Staffordshire, and continues through the
scarred and barren wastelands of the mining and manufacturing
districts. Yet the journey also discovers many splendid gentlemen's
seats of residence and stately houses along the way, allowing us to
marvel at the ever-changing scenery as our journey unfolds across
windswept Cannock Chase, up into northern Staffordshire and its
districts famed for pottery. Along the way our commentators delve
into the lives of the people who dwell in the many manufacturing
and agricultural towns along the route, their lives changed forever
by the rolling tide of industrialization rapidly sweeping the land.
This is truly a living, spoken local history at the dawn of the
Victorian age. The lines that made up the Grand Junction Railway
now form the backbone of the West Coast Main Line. The first from
the Railway Time Traveller's Guide series, this book provides the
reader with an opportunity to retrace the journey made in 1838,
sadly though not by steam. Wildfire through Staffordshire is not
only a must-have for railway enthusiasts and local historians, but
appeals to anybody interested in Britain's history and heritage.
After completing the journey through Staffordshire aboard the
Wildfire back in 1838, readers can re-visit the many places
described in that early journey, as some now make up the famous
modern day visitor attractions in Staffordshire. These are listed
with visitor information in the last section although, sadly, many
have disappeared in the mists of time.
Navigate your way around Bournemouth with this detailed and
easy-to-use A-Z Street Atlas. Printed in full-colour, paperback
format, this atlas contains 63 pages of continuous street mapping.
Covered extends to include: Poole, Christchurch, Blashford,
Ringwood, Wimborne Minster, Ferndown, Bournemouth Airport, Barton
on Sea, Milford on Sea, Lymington. In addition, there are seperate
coverages of Verwood, Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst, an inset of Three
Legged Cross and large scale town centre maps of Bournemouth and
Poole. Postcode districts, one-way streets, park and ride sites and
the New Forest National Park boundary are also featured on the
mapping. The index section lists streets, selected flats, walkways
and places of interest, place, area and station names, hospitals
and hospices covered by this atlas.
Sir Allen Mawer (1879-1942) was a renowned scholar of place names.
Originally published in 1929, this book was based on a course of
three lectures delivered by Mawer at King's College, Cambridge
under the auspices of the Board of English Studies in the
University of London. The text provides a study of the problems and
possibilities associated with the study of place names. A detailed
index is also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with
an interest in place names and British history.
National Geographic Wall Maps offer a special glimpse into current
and historical events, and they inform about the world and
environment. Offered in a variety of styles and formats, these maps
are excellent reference tools and a perfect addition to any home,
business or school. There are a variety of map options to choose
from, including the world, continents, countries and regions, the
United States, history, nature and space. Scale : 1:765,766 Flat
Size : 1016 x 838 mm.
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