1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764160443 ISBN 13: 9780764160448

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2008

Synopsis

Both casual travelers and dedicated history buffs will relish this visitor's guide to palaces, cathedrals, temples, battlefields, homes of great artists and statesmen--places and monuments that bear witness to thousands of years of human history. Packed with vivid color photos and detailed textual entries 1001 Historic Sites carries its readers off to places that include:

Prehistoric Sites: Stonehenge, England; the Lescaux Cave Paintings, France, and others

Battlefields: Waterloo, Belgium; Gettysburg, U.S.A.; Hastings, England; Ypres, Belgium, and others

Buildings and Monuments: St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow; Nishi Hogan-Ji (Buddhist temple), Kyoto, Japan; St. Paul's Cathedral, London; the Eiffel Tower, Paris; the Empire State Building, New York City; the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy; the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem; the Pyramids, Egypt; and many others

Homes of the Famous and Infamous: Mozart's Birthplace, Salzburg, Austria; Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; Jane Austen's home, Chawton, England; Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden, near Munich, Germany; and many others

1001 Historic Sites makes a great book for browsing, an idea-packed source for vacation planning, a handy reference volume for students of history, and a sheer pleasure for the general reader.

About this title

Synopsis:

From world-famous sites to forgotten locations that bear the imprint of historical vents, this comprehensive guide to places that bear the mark of history takes in monuments, battlefields, castles, bridges, and more. With succinct reviews of each location from an international team of historians led by general editor Richard Cavendish, this highly visual guide will educate and inform students and travelers (real or armchair) alike. 1001 Historic Sites is a comprehensive one-stop list of the must-see sites around the world for the regular traveler and for armchair travelers it provides an unmissable virtual tour of places they can't reach. From heritage sites that preserve wonders of the ancient world such as The Great Wall of China, to memorials that commemorate significant moments in the 20th century, from concentration camps to Checkpoint Charlie, the most famous point on the Berlin Wall, the timescale covered by the 1001 sites in the book is immense. It goes so far back through time that it starts before true human beings existed at all - in the Sterkfontein Caves, near Johannesburg in South Africa, the so-called cradle of the human race where pre-human hominids lived some three million years ago. Includes New Zealand content - 8 historic sites.

About the Author:

Richard Cavendish is a historian and an authority on Britain's historic heritage. He is the author of A Guidebook to Prehistoric England, writes a regular monthly column in History Today magazine, and has just completed a book on the kings and queens of Britain. He has planned, contributed to, and edited numerous reference works, including books about great events of the twentieth century and wonders of the world. He has lectured and broadcast in Britain, the United States, Denmark, Canada, and Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0764160443
• ISBN 13: 9780764160448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 960
• Editor: Cavendish Richard