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"Give me the splendid irregularities any day. God bless the panhandles and notches, the West Virginias and Oklahomas." — Wall Street Journal
Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake?
We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire
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"The Dutch Century: Domination of the Spice Trade at Any Cost is the second of three books about the remarkable 17th century, primarily owned by the Netherlands. It reveals--as historical fiction -- the adventures, trials, risks, accomplishments, conflicts, atrocities, and crimes, of the Dutch and specifically of the Seagoing Van Brakel family."--
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"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring...A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean. A gifted storyteller and consummate
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Rowman & Littlefield
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[2018]
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xix, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
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"Richard L. Nostrand's regional geography framework emphasizes the three themes that are central to cultural geography to explain the formation and change of culture regions in the United States"--
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W. W. Norton
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2006.
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xvii, 428 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
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Presenting the subject on a truly global scale, historian Fernández-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the last five millennia, laid down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world. From the maritime expeditions connecting Queen Hatshepsut's Egypt to the exotic land of Punt in the second millennium BCE, through the merchants and missionaries of the ancient Silk Roads and the great Iberian explorers of the...
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Smithsonian
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2011
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Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this and more is explained in Mark Stein's new book.
How the States Got Their Shapes Too follows How the States Got Their Shapes looks at American history through the lens of its...
How the States Got Their Shapes Too follows How the States Got Their Shapes looks at American history through the lens of its...
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Las dunas costeras chilenas son ambientes naturales escasos, originales y frágiles. Este libro entrega conocimiento sistemático sobre la geografía física y geomorfología de las dunas de Chile, con énfasis en sus funciones naturales y los servicios que aportan a la sociedad, además de sus principales usos humanos y las amenazas que las afectan. Asimismo, se exponen metodologías de vanguardia aplicadas al entendimiento y valoración de las dunas,...
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There have been many books and movies about whether Atlantis really existed and where it was located. Now we have a new candidate location which meets the criteria established by Plato much better than any of the other candidates. A location which is the exact same size as the fabled city and is located by more than one ancient source. The story of the Eye of the Sahara is truly amazing and once you read it you will become convinced like I am of this...
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Entre 1963 y 1980, Horacio Serrano publicó cerca de mil notas y columnas en el diario El Mercurio. Esta selección rescata los principales ejes temáticos de esos escritos: Chile y los chilenos, el legado cultural clásico, la sabiduría oriental, nuestra confusa e incipiente modernización y el mundo de la mujer y los sentimientos. Leer a Horacio Serrano es recuperar parte de nuestro paisaje y es volver a preguntarnos por la identidad chilena. Sus...
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The Great White Hunter-Southern Africa is the third and final book of the Dutch Century Trilogy. It covers the last two-thirds of the 1600s, during which the Dutch exercised considerable control of all sub-Saharan Africa. Among the Dutch who spent significant portions of their lives in the region were farmers, traders, builders, mariners, and slavers. And, most interesting, some intrepid long-distance hunters. They sought fortunes as rewards for museum-quality...
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La Huerta de Valencia es un paisaje cultural de valor excepcional. Pocas ciudades europeas disponen de entornos tan singulares y valiosos. Estos entornos singulares, que entablan cada día su particular y desigual combate con la ciudad real, tienen escasas posibilidades de supervivencia de no mediar políticas eficaces de gestión. Sin embargo, no se constatan los cambios que serían necesarios en la ordenación del territorio, en la producción sostenible...
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Get the Summary of Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Silk Roads" by Peter Frankopan explores the historical significance of the trade routes connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa. It begins with the early civilizations of Babylon and Mohenjo-Daro, highlighting the Persian Empire's influence and the spread of trade during the Han dynasty. The book details the exchange of goods,...
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Im Südwesten Bayerns und im Süden Bayerisch-Schwabens zwischen Lech und Bodensee gelegen, zählt das Allgäu zu den ältesten Kulturlandschaften Deutschlands. Ursprünglich nur als Landschaftsbegriff bekannt, wurde daraus im Laufe der Jahrhunderte eine unverwechselbare Region mit kulturellen und sprachlichen Eigenheiten. In den letzten 200 Jahren gelang es ihr, aus ihrer historisch bedingten Kleinteiligkeit zunehmend ein eigenes kulturelles und...
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Zwischen 1969 und 1973 entstand im Zentrum Ost-Berlins ein einzigartiger Hochhauskiez.
In die markanten Neubauten auf der Fischerinsel zogen neben kinderreichen Familien vor allem Künstler, Wissenschaftler, Funktionäre und Diplomaten ein – DDR-Alltag traf hier auf Prominenz und Extravaganz.
Auch die Familie von Andreas Ulrich lebte eine Zeitlang auf der Fischerinsel. Fünf Jahrzehnte später begibt sich der Journalist auf die Suche nach seinen...
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Get the Summary of Robert Kaplan's The Loom of Time in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Loom of Time" by Robert Kaplan delves into the complex history and future of the Greater Middle East, a region stretching from Europe to China, known for its arid climate, political upheaval, and lack of consistent ruling authority. The book examines the region's history of tribalism and religious divisions, the establishment...
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There is currently much concern about our trees and woodlands. The terrible toll taken by Dutch elm disease has been followed by a string of further epidemics, most worryingly ash chalara - and there are more threats on the horizon. There is also a widely shared belief that our woods have been steadily disappearing over recent decades, either replanted with alien conifers or destroyed entirely in order to make way for farmland or development. Trees...
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This book analyses western maps made between the 13th to 17th centuries and shows them to be copies of maps made by ancient explorers going back as far as 5000 years. Thirteenth through fifteenth century Portolan Charts of the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North Africa reflect geography going back 5000 years and are as accurate as a Mercator Projection. Sixteenth and seventh century maps of North America, South...
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Breisach am Rhein kann auf über 1.650 Jahre turbulenter Geschichte zurückblicken. Die strategische Lage des Breisacher Münsterbergs am Rhein hat seit frühester Zeit Siedler und Krieger angezogen und die Geschichte der Stadt entscheidend geprägt. Vom keltischen Fürstensitz zur stärksten Militärfestung am Oberrhein bis hin zur fast völligen Zerstörung; umkämpft und umworben von Staufern, Zähringern, Burgundern, Habsburgern und Bourbonen...
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