The Penguin Historical Atlas of North America
Author: Eric Homberger
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 154
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorisk atlas dækkende Canada, USA og Mexico
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Author: Eric Homberger
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 154
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorisk atlas dækkende Canada, USA og Mexico
Author: Colin McEvedy
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganized in the same innovative manner as Colin McEvedy's other Penguin historical atlases, but presented in a new, larger, and more accessible format, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific features forty-nine double-page spreads, with text facing the maps, that provide overviews of crucial moments in the history of the Pacific and the lands around it, from the formation of the ocean some twenty-eight million years ago to the end of the twentieth century. The spreads show the movements of peoples along the Pacific Rim, the occupation of oceanic islands, the development of nations, and the rise and fall of empires within and around the huge Pacific basin. The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific is an essential acquisition for schools, libraries, and students of Asian and American history.
Author: Colin McEvedy
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780140511284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history of North America from the first appearance of man to 1870, with maps showing the development of native civilization, the arrival of European settlers, and the formative years of the U.S.
Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1995-09
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAtlas showing the range of Viking developments and exploration.
Author: Chris Scarre
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1995-09-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780140513295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than fifteen centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire remains one of the most formative influences on the history of Europe. Its physical remains dot the landscape from Scotland to Syria. Its cities are still the great metropolises of the continent. Its law and institutions have shaped modern practice, and its ideal of a united Europe has haunted politicians ever since. Fully illustrated and featuring more than sixty full- colour maps, this atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state. It looks at its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences; follows its foreign ward and internecine struggles; and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy and its fall in 476.
Author: Colin Woodard
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-09-25
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0143122029
DOWNLOAD EBOOK• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who during presidential elections, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of any hotly contested election in our history.
Author: Eric Homberger
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2005-07
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0805078428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis rich selection of maps, drawings and charts offers a new perspective on the growth of New York, and provides a vivid history of the city.
Author: Colin McEvedy
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1992-11-03
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780140512496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History".
Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2005-10-25
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world's earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the Americas and Polynesia, via the birth of Greek city states and the foundation of Rome. It examines the development of civilizations in the Near East - Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian - as well as those in Europe - the Minoans, Etruscans and Celts. Across the continents of Africa, Asia and America, it covers such subjects as Egypt from its pre-dynastic roots to the age of the Pharaohs, China during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Vivid descriptions of civilizations are complemented by discussion of such key topics as colonization, agriculture and technology, and the rise of empires and city states. Richly illustrated with timelines, photographs, artwork re-creations and full-colour maps, this is an illuminating and multi-faceted one-volume introduction to early peoples and the worlds they created. - Back cover.
Author: Nancy S. Seasholes
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2018-04-20
Total Pages: 553
ISBN-13: 0262350211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.