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Beschreibung
Great Britain and its dependencies are among the quirkiest areas of the world, as revealed in this unique atlas of Britain's geographical curiosities, the first of its kind.
Compiled by an acclaimed author and geographer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Atlas describes (among many other things) a British county that does not exist, Britain's very own desert, rainforests and 'Great
Barrier Reef', royal duchies that exist only on paper, Britain's smallest city and town, the world's narrowest street (in Devon), a remote island that still adheres to the Gregorian calendar, a hotel situated right in the geographical centre of Britain, the world's longest toponym (in Wales), the last remaining markers of the England-Scotland border, a small London lane that is part of
Cambridgeshire, a patch of US territory near Windsor ...
Great Britain and its dependencies are among the quirkiest areas of the world, as revealed in this unique atlas of Britain's geographical curiosities, the first of its kind.
Compiled by an acclaimed author and geographer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Atlas describes (among many other things) a British county that does not exist, Britain's very own desert, rainforests and 'Great
Barrier Reef', royal duchies that exist only on paper, Britain's smallest city and town, the world's narrowest street (in Devon), a remote island that still adheres to the Gregorian calendar, a hotel situated right in the geographical centre of Britain, the world's longest toponym (in Wales), the last remaining markers of the England-Scotland border, a small London lane that is part of
Cambridgeshire, a patch of US territory near Windsor ...
Über den Autor
Vitali Vitaliev is a UK-based multi-award-winning author, columnist, editor and broadcaster. Starting his career in the former USSR, where he became known as the country’s first investigative journalist, he was forced to defect in January 1990. Having worked and lived in Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland, and having travelled in over 70 countries, Vitali is the author of 15 books translated into many languages. He has worked as a journalist for some of the major English-language newspapers, and is now a Royal Literary Fund Fellow as well as a Writing Fellow and Teaching Associate at the University of Cambridge, but also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. Vitali lives with his partner Christine and Tashi, a furry Tibetan Terrier, in a small English town not far from London.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Produktart: Reiseführer
Region: Welt gesamt
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 160 S.
ISBN-13: 9782361959104
ISBN-10: 2361959100
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Vitaliev, Vitali
Herausgeber: Vitali Vitaliev
Hersteller: Jonglez Verlag
Jonglez Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Jonglez Verlag, 25, Rue Du Maréchal Foch, F-78000 Versailles, info@jonglezverlag.com
Maße: 265 x 199 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Vitali Vitaliev
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2026
Gewicht: 0,698 kg
Artikel-ID: 134366237

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