This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels’ streets, seas, and coasts, and much more. The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed than had ever been possible before. Novelist Patrick O’Brian captured the thrill of that era with his characters Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, who visited exotic locales in the service of the Roya...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012-03-20 7,99 €
Delve into your German heritage! This carefully curated collection of beautiful historical maps of Germany will help you sort out the mess that is German history. With these 100-plus full-color maps, you can view German border changes throughout the centuries, allowing you to find your German hometown and records of your ancestors. Inside, you'll find: · Beautiful maps of German states from medieval times to present, each selected specifically for...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019-05-28 15,99 €
'Unique and uniquely beautiful... A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.’— Los Angeles Times 'These are the bad dreams of the modern world submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously.’— New York Times A groundbreaking atlas and milestone of graphic reporting, this statistically meticulous presentation of trends in maps and charts explains the most challenging issues facing the world today. Authored by leading internati...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020-10-08 Genre:Nachschlagewerke 6,99 €
The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends, highlighting the international scope and complexity of many challenges facing the humanity today. With a bold new design, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on international trade and migration, the globalization of work, aging and new health risks (up to and including the COVID-19 pandemic), food and water, energy resources and consumption, literacy, gender equality, wars ...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021-02-09 8,49 €
"Par quels moyens les Romains ont-ils pu se rendre maîtres de presque tout le monde habité ?" (Polybe) Plus de 100 cartes, plans et schémas pour comprendre les origines et les implications de l’impérialisme romain. • Par quels moyens politiques, économiques et culturels les Romains sont-ils parvenus à étendre leur territoire sur les pourtours de la Méditerranée et au-delà ? • Comment les Romains ont-ils construit et administré cet empire, d’Alexandrie jusqu’à l’...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020-01-15 15,99 €
This book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of OpenStreetMap, the free map of the world.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017-07-15 0,49 €
Wussten Sie schon? Der Kirchenstaat hat die höchste Kriminalitätsrate der Welt. Jeder 14. Chinese heißt Wáng. Die erste Arschbomben-WM fand in Deutschland statt. 45 Prozent der US-Amerikaner glauben, dass die Erde schon von UFOs besucht wurde. Schaukeln ist in Estland Nationalsport. Der Karibikstaat St. Lucia hat die höchste Nobelpreisträgerdichte. Bluetooth wurde nach dem Dänenkönig Harald Blauzahn benannt. Dieses Länderlexikon der erstaunlichen Fakten verblüfft mit außergewöhnliche...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012-11-16 6,99 €
Un portrait inédit de notre société. En 2021, les Français sont désormais bien entrés dans le XXIe siècle. À quoi ressemble aujourd’hui notre société ? Les discriminations face à l’emploi s’atténuent-elles pour les enfants de l’immigration ? Quels sont les bastions qui restent à conquérir pour les « petites-filles du baby-boom » ? Quels sont les nouveaux visages de la délinquance, et le sentiment d’insécurité est-il rationnel ? Quels ...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021-02-17 15,99 €
In this gorgeously illustrated collection of airline route maps, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts look to the skies and transport readers to another time. Hundreds of images span a century of passenger flight, from the rudimentary trajectory of routes to the most intricately detailed birds-eye views of the land to be flown over. Advertisements for the first scheduled commercial passenger flights featured only a few destinations, with stunning views of the countryside and graphics of biplanes. As...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019-11-21 12,99 €
First Lessons In Geography is a popular book by James Monteith. This volume is a classic book for kids that explores the countries, terrains, and cultures of our fascinating planet Readers ages 9 to 12 will travel around the globe, from Greenland to Tasmania, learning the locations and characteristics of continents, countries, and states and provinces in this lively introduction to our world.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016-02-18 0,49 €
Manhattan, Brooklyn Downtown, Williamsburg, Long Island City, subway full system It is laminated and durable, waterproof if you have iPad waterproofed. New York City Map Guide will make you like a resident. detailed streets of Manhattan, downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg, the map also includes a complete 5 boroughs Subway Map, Landmarks Museums, points of interest, and getting to and from the city s airports. Ask me for a promo code, for reviews, bad or cute Who we are: A project started in ...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019-02-19 1,99 €
Like a friend in a foreign city, The Locals' Guide to Glasgow is a new departure in travel guides. Based around interviews with local legends, the book gives a fresh insight from a diverse range of people living there. In addition, tips on where to stay, eat, drink and party are sandwiched between recommendations for romantics, winter retreats and food fanatics. Where other guides need a holiday in itself just to read them cover to cover, we ve cut to the chase to give you the best bits Glasgow ...
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014-02-26 6,49 €