From Niagara Falls to Mount Fuji via Rome - Michael M Dediu - Bog

There are so many magnificent places on this Planet, especially when you know that in a rare color image taken on July 19, 2013, with a wide-angle camera, from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the Saturn's rings and our planet Earth with its moon are in the same frame, and our beloved Earth, which is 1.44 billion kilometers away in this image, appears as a blue dot, with our moon just a fainter protrusion off Earth's right side. Well, this blue dot has some fantastic things to show us, and a lot of information about them!How old are the Niagara Falls? Which city is the 5th largest in Japan? Where is located the Lookingglass Theatre Company? Who built a public bath for 3000 people, with frigidarium (cold bath), tepidarium (lukewarm) and calidarium (hot bath)? What city is on Yodo River? What is Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Kittyhawk? Where is Kawaguchiko? All the answers and many more interesting facts and images are in this book. And one more question: where do you find a halberdier these days?The over 220 photos, taken between 2008 and 2013, show a charming assortment of locations, one more beautiful than other.With this book, our distinguished readers will find many new and enlightening facts and images, which will unquestionably add to a more appreciative attitude towards different countries and cultures, with their bewildering history and accomplishments.