Historisk geografi

Dette pragtværk med mere end 200 smukke historiske kort fortæller, hvordan konturerne af Danmark tog form på kort fra 1400-tallet til starten af 1800-tallet. Da var landet efterhånden blevet fuldstændigt opmålt af Videnskabernes Selskab.Bogen giver et overblik over kartografiens historie og præsenterer de centrale opmålingsmetoder, personligheder og kort. Ud over danmarkskort vises kort over danske byer, kolonier, Slesvig-Holsten, Skandinavien samt de nordatlantiske besiddelser.I bogen beskrives også de politiske, kulturelle og teknologiske rammer, som kortene må forstås indenfor. De historiske kort bliver dermed på mere end én måde et billede af Danmark i evig forandring.

Den fantastiske historie om kortlægningen af Jordens største og mest utilgængelige ø. Grønland er enestående - også når det handler om kortlægning. Skønt den store ø har været beboet i mere end 4000 år, er der ikke fundet nogen kort produceret af lokale, før Hans Egede i 1721 bosatte sig på vestkysten og begyndte en primitiv kortlægning. Indtil 1700-tallet var de få eksisterende kort udfærdiget af folk, der sjældent havde været i land. Sparsomme kilder blev suppleret af gætværk. Efter Egedes ankomst blev korttegningen fortsat af missionærer, handelsfolk og kartografer på de mange forskellige grønlandsekspeditioner.Kortlægningen af Grønland fortæller om grønlandskort gennem tiderne - fra 1500-tallets fantasifulde kort op til det 19. og 20. århundredes gradvist mere korrekte gengivelser. Undervejs præsenteres mere end 100 historiske kort fra Claudius Clavus' nordenskort fra 1427, hvor en lille del af Grønland for første gang optræder på et kort, og op til den officielle dansk-grønlandske kortlægning næsten 600 år senere.

Originally published: London: Elliot and Thompson Limited, 2015, with the subtitle Ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics.

Man kan lære meget om et sted, dets historie og geografi blot ved at se nærmere på dets navn. Historiker Johannes Steenstrups studier over danske stednavne var banebrydende, og i sin bog om danske stednavne præsenterer han eksempler på, hvordan man kan forstå Danmarks historie og lokalhistorie ud fra forskellige steder og byers navne. Samtidig gør forfatteren med denne bog læseren i stand til selv at drage konklusioner om de steder, hun eller han støder på, ud fra deres navne. idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlJohannes Christoffer Hagemann Reinhardt Steenstrup (1844-1935) var en dansk historiker og professor ved Københavns Universitet og søn af naturforsker og zoolog Japetus Steenstrup. Han skrev en lang række bøger, artikler og afhandlinger om historiske emner. Han beskæftigede sig hovedsageligt med danmarkshistorien og særligt udviklingen af de jævne folks vilkår gennem tiden. Johannes Steenstrup opnåede flere hædersbevisninger og var både Ridder af Dannebrog, Dannebrogsmand, Kommandør af 1. grad og fik endvidere Storkorset kort før sin død i 1935.

A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel¿s bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy

Palle Lauring tager os med på en rejse rundt i Norge, det land, der i over 450 år var den anden part af vores "Tvillingriger". Det fascinerende ved Norge er for danskerne, at selvom det er meget anderledes end Danmark, så er vi alligevel helt fortrolige med landet og dets folk. Bogens mange illustrationer er med til at føre læseren helt med op til landet mod nord.Gateway /title /head body center h1 502 Bad Gateway /h1 /center /body /htmlPalle Lauring (1909-1996) var en dansk forfatter og historieformidler, der skrev dusinvis af bøger om dansk og europæisk historie. Palle Lauring er blevet tildelt adskillige legater og hædret med prestigiøse priser. I 1960 modtog han De Gyldne Laurbær for Historiske portrætter.

Geraldus Cambrensis, usually known as Gerald of Wales, wrote the medieval travelogue "The Description of Wales" inside the late twelfth century. The book, which serves as each a geographical and ethnographic description, paints a shiny photo of Wales and its population in the course of Gerald's lifetime. Geraldus, a priest and student, mixes extraordinary observations with a sense of humor and occasional bias. The paintings are prepared into sections: the first gives an in depth description of Wales' terrain, natural sources, and monuments, and the second one specializes in Welsh customs, behavior, and anecdotes. Geraldus, who is Welsh and Norman, regularly interjects private ideas and reviews, giving the story a subjective and interesting tone. "The Description of Wales" is greater than an actual description; it is a literary work that represents the author's complicated relationship with Wales. It is an important ancient supply that sheds light on medieval Welsh tradition and society, giving readers a view into the contemplating a medieval pupil navigating the cultural terrain of his time.

The Bermuda Triangle is commonly regarded as one of the biggest mysteries of the present time, but what is it exactly? The mystery itself stems from several aircraft and ships that mysteriously disappeared inside the Triangle under strange circumstances. The nature of the phenomenon lends itself to a myriad of theories, hypotheses, and explanations. These range from the religious and superstitious to the scientific and mundane.Unfortunately, records of Bermuda Triangle events are often rife with false information, deceptive reports, and spun tales. Studies of the area are often performed with a bias towards one particular theory, leading to the unwarranted dismissal of hard facts or the acceptance of unreliable data that is then forcefully declared as truth.This book explores the mysterious and captivating world of the Bermuda Triangle. The author, an experienced adventurer, takes readers on a journey through this infamous region. Through personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and scientific theories, the author provides a comprehensive look at the Bermuda Triangle and its many secrets. The story is filled with twists and turns, and raises questions about the nature of our choices and their consequences.

"A gripping read with fascinating political insight." (Sunday Times, London)"Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, much of it along the border between these two powers at a time of rapid and tense reconfiguration of global geopolitics." (Washington Post)The most admired travel writer of our time?author of Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet?recounts an eye-opening, often perilous journey along a little known Far East Asian river that for over a thousand miles forms the highly contested border between Russia and China.The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the tenth longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific. For 1,100 miles it forms the tense border between Russia and China. Simmering with the memory of land-grabs and unequal treaties, this is the most densely fortified frontier on earth. In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron takes a dramatic journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles. Harassed by injury and by arrest from the local police, he makes his way along both the Russian and Chinese shores, starting out by Mongolian horse, then hitchhiking, sailing on poacher's sloops or travelling the Trans-Siberian Express. Having revived his Russian and Mandarin, he talks to everyone he meets, from Chinese traders to Russian fishermen, from monks to indigenous peoples. By the time he reaches the river's desolate end, where Russia's nineteenth-century imperial dream petered out, a whole, pivotal world has come alive. The Amur River is a shining masterpiece by the acknowledged laureate of travel writing, an urgent lesson in history and the culmination of an astonishing career.

Aus Anlaß des 80. Geburtstags von Johannes Koder (*1942) bringen Freunde, Wegbegleiter, Schüler und Kollegen diese Festschrift dar, deren Beiträge sich inhaltlich auf jene Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars beziehen, die er als Professor für Byzantinistik an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (1978-1985) und ordentlicher Professor der Byzantinistik an der Universität Wien (1985-2010) stets mit großem Eifer, Enthusiasmus und Originalität in Lehre und Forschung vertreten hat. Dazu zählen im wesentlichen Aspekte der historischen Geographie, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Archäologie, Gräzistik und Philologie sowie Hymnologie des Byzantinischen Reiches, womit er die Beitragenden aus dem In- und Ausland während seiner aktiven Laufbahn auf verschiedene Art und Weise inspirierte.Aus diesem Grunde finden sich in diesem Band archäologische, toponomastische, historische, philologische, historisch-geographische und kunsthistorische Themen. Vom wachen schöpferischen Geist Johannes Koders zeugt auch seine Beschäftigung mit vermeintlichen "Randthemen" der Byzantinistik und Balkanforschung, wie zum Beispiel dem Kordax - dem "Tanz der Slawen", der für die Festschrift namensgebend ist.

A truly magical and engrossing journey across Switzerland's historyA map is the perfect pictorial way to explain and entertain. This book achieves both of these goals and provide a detailed picture of Switzerland. Diccon Bewes' search for original maps led him through official archives and private collections. The results are presented here, along with the fascinating stories behind them: from the circular island map of 1480 to the birth of modern Swiss cartography; from the British rail plan for Switzerland to a Soviet map of Basel during the Cold-War; from the 1970s Zurich map for men to the vision of a Greater Switzerland with 40 cantons.Map by map, we understand how Switzerland came to be and possibly where it is going. A truly magical and engrossing journey.Diccon Bewes is the most Swiss of all Englishmen. Before becoming a best-selling author, he worked as a travel journalist in London and as a bookseller in Bern.

Con la prefazione di Eddie Alencar. Ecco il terzo volume della nota serie bibliografica di Albino Galuppini. L'illusione del globo cade senza scampo assieme alla Storia con le sue truffe. > Qual è il nome di Dio? > L'epopea dei giganti > Enoc, I Vigilanti: esegesi comparata > Alla crocifissione del Messia > Letteratura predittiva > Le radici del Male > Il Titanic e le sue gemelle > Segni dal Cielo > Città perdute in Antartide > Mille anni mai trascorsi.

Countries die. Sometimes it's murder, sometimes it's by accident, and sometimes it's because they were so ludicrous they didn't deserve to exist in the first place. Occasionally they explode violently. A few slip away almost unnoticed. Often the cause of death is either 'got too greedy' or 'Napoleon turned up'. Now and then they just hold a referendum and vote themselves out of existence. This is an atlas of 48 nations that fell off the map. The polite way of writing an obituary is: dwell on the good bits, gloss over the embarrassing stuff. This book refuses to do so, because these dead nations are so full of schemers, racists, and con men that it's impossible to skip the embarrassing stuff. Because of this ¿ and because treating nation-states with too much reverence is the entire problem with pretty much everything ¿ these accounts are not concerned with adding to the earnest flag saluting in the world, however nice some of the flags might be.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This is a thrilling adventure story about the loss of His Majesty's ship, the Wager, on a desolate island in the South Pacific in 1740-1741. Bulkeley and Cummins recount the harrowing experience of being stranded on the island for months and their eventual rescue. It's a must-read for anyone who loves survival stories and nautical history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine has raised a plethora of unanswered questions, generated seemingly irreconcilable narratives, and profoundly transformed the land's physical and political geography. This volume seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the links between the region that is now known as Israel and Palestine and its peoples--both those that live there as well as those who relate to it as a mental, mythical, or religious landscape. Engaging the perspectives of a multidisciplinary, international group of scholars, it is an urgent collective reflection on the bonds between people and a place, whether real or imagined, tangible as its stones or ephemeral as the hopes and longings it evokes.

Explores mountain regions as cultural landscapes that have been shaped by long-term human-environment interactions.

In Memory of Muntana (Sunthornrat) Intha who lived at 92 Rambuttir Road (Banglumpoo) during the school years at KemmaSiris Anusorn: a school of Artchitecture, Chulalongkorn University; and worked at BMA. Banglumpoo is known as the Thai Market since 1900 (during King Rama the 7th); whereas the Chinese and Indian Markets are somewhere else. It has been preserved as a historic place and continues to be a unique and lively place for the citizen and visitors to enjoy daily shopping, mostly food. Anyone who wishes to learn Thai or English, the book provides readable content to accomplish either language. The outline displays a unique style; a page of Thai is juxtaposed against a page of English, making language learning easier. Each page is designed with graphics and text to please your eyes, like visual poems play out in front of you!

Global scientist and adventurer Peter R. Vogt-who has climbed volcanoes, traversed the Andes, trekked to Antarctica and served on submarines-turns his unbounded curiosity to trees of the Chesapeake Bay, especially the tulip poplar, the tallest tree in North America. When one majestic specimen topples in a storm, nearly crushing his waterfront home, Vogt masters the woodworking skills needed to carve chairs and other items - particularly a dugout canoe modeled on those from mid-Atlantic tidewaters centuries before. The vessel reignites Vogt's wanderlust, and he paddles the balky, 650--pound vessel at storied venues throughout the region, including Monticello, yielding descriptive and comical field notes for the book. Divine Gust of Wind focuses on the tulip poplar but also celebrates historic trees throughout America with the wisdom of poets and tree aficionados over centuries.

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea' is an enchanting memoir written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., an American lawyer, and author. The book provides a vivid and firsthand account of Dana's experiences as a common sailor aboard a merchant ship during the early 19th century. Furthermore, the book offers valuable insights into the social and economic conditions of the time, highlighting the labor exploitation faced by sailors and the power dynamics aboard ships. Dana's observations on the natural world and the maritime landscapes add depth to the narrative, painting a vivid picture of the awe-inspiring yet perilous environments he traverses. This book is not only a gripping adventure tale but also a significant historical document that sheds light on the realities of maritime life and the hardships endured by seafarers. It remains a timeless classic, captivating readers with its rich storytelling and providing a unique perspective on the maritime history of the United States.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

From cave paintings to Google, a thought-provoking investigation of how maps do not just reflect the world around us, but shape the way we live. Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural levels. This book offers a journey through the fascinating history of maps, from ancient cave paintings and stone carvings to the digital interfaces we rely on today. But it's not just about the maps themselves; it's about the people behind them. All Mapped Out reveals how maps have affected societies, influenced politics and economies, impacted the environment, and even shaped our sense of personal identity. Mike Duggan uncovers the incredible power of maps to shape the world and the knowledge we consume, offering a unique and eye-opening perspective on the significance of maps in our daily lives.

Praise for The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything'Jonn Elledge is a charming and outstandingly nerdish guide. A big, generous, fascinating book' Robert Webb'I love Jonn Elledge's brain'Marina Hyde'Joyous, mind-expanding, laugh-out-loud funny, and full of nerdy gusto.Ian Dunt'Consistently both entertaining and fascinating'Ahir Shah