An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland
Author : David MacPhail; Anders Frang
Publisher : Kelpies
Page : pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2021-09-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781782507482
The Scottish Railway Atlas
Author : David Spaven
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 33,85 MB
Release : 2016-05
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9781780272382
Book Description
The rich diversity of Scotland's railway network has never before been the subject of a specialist atlas. This book showcases 181 topographical and railway maps, telling the story of the country's railways from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Researched and written by David Spaven - who co-wrote the best-selling Mapping the Railways on the history of Britain's rail network - this beautiful atlas allows the reader to understand the bigger story of the effects of the railways on the landscape and the impact of Scotland's distinctive geography on the pattern of railway development over a period of nearly 200 years. The unique map selection is supported by an informative commentary of key cartographic, geographic and historical features. This sumptuous atlas will appeal not just to railway enthusiasts and those who appreciate the beauty of maps, but also to readers fascinated by the role of railways in Scotland's modern developments.
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales
Author : Theresa Breslin
Publisher : Illustrated Scottish Treasuries
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 46,47 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Children's stories, Scottish
ISBN : 9780863159077
Book Description
Slithering stoorworms, mischievous brownies, fierce kelpies and magical selkies are exquisitely brought to life for children in Theresa Breslin's enchanting tales and Kate Leiper's otherwordly illustrations.
The Sticker Atlas of Scotland
Author : Benedict Blathwayt
Publisher : BC Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2019-07-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781780274126
Book Description
A unique Scottish-themed sticker atlas from one of the UK's most popular and best-selling children's author/illustrators
Scotland
Author : Christopher Fleet
Publisher : Birlinn Limited
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780270913
Book Description
Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV.Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare
Author : Nicholas Hooper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521440493
Book Description
This book offers a highly readable account of warfare in Europe and the Mediterranean from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With an emphasis on superb full-colour cartography and illustration, The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768 1487 focuses on military strategy, debunking some of the prevailing myths of medieval warfare. Often characterized as an era dominated by lone knights and long sieges, the Middle Ages in fact had a military culture as sophisticated and complex as our own, with organized armies and a high degree of tactical intelligence. This complexity is detailed in maps, plans, and an informative text. Development of naval warfare, cavalry, and siege tactics are all covered, as is the nature of contemporary logistics and contemporary understanding of the science of warfare.
A Comprehensive Index to A.T. Andreas' Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota, 1874
Author : Mary Bakeman
Publisher : x
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780915709014
Book Description
Reynolds's Pictorial Atlas of Arts, Sciences, Manufactures and Machinery ... With Popular Descriptions
Author : James REYNOLDS (Bookseller.)
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 1864
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The Scottish Educational Journal
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
People and Power in Scotland
Author : Roger A. Mason
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 37,34 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1788854144
Book Description
Few Scottish historians are better known than T. C. Smout and fewer still more deserving of the high esteem in which they are held. He has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish historical studies both as an academic discipline and as a subject of wide popular appeal. His retirement in 1991 after twelve years as Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews diminished neither his interest not his output. It did, however, provide a fitting opportunity to honour his accomplishments. This collection of ten essays by his friends and colleagues at St Andrews is a measure of his enormous success in promoting Scottish history there and of their respect for his achievements. Ranging widely over the Scottish past – from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, from high politics to popular protest, from shipwrecks to railway mania, form local social studies to the problem of national identity – the essays pay tribute to the depth of Smout's historical understanding by reflecting the breadth of research that he has done so much to encourage.
