Plenty, overtly historical, moves from 1943 to 1962 while A Map of the World, not marked by year in the text, was produced in 1982 and 1983, when preparations were already underway for an observation of 1985 as the 'Year of the United Nations'. A Map of the World can be linked ...
Czechoslovakia, former country in central Europe encompassing the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. It was formed from several provinces of the collapsing empire of Austria-Hungary in 1918, at the end of World War I. In 1993 it was spli
Bella Terra, in cooperation with National Geographic, updates to bring this highly informative map back into print in time for the Civil War Sesquicentennial. It was first published as a supplement to National Geographic Magazine on the 100th anniversary of the shots fired at Fort Sumter. Size ...
the Dutch call it, is apparent not only in the city’s way of life but also in the types of houses, the wide, tree-lined streets, and the original spacious gardens and house lots. In Kebayoran, a satellite town built sinceWorld War IIon the southwestern side of the city, and in ...
The Professional GeographerRoberts, J.A (1962), "The Topographic Map in a World of Computers", Professional Geographer, 14(6), pp. 12-13.Roberts, James A. "The Topographic Map in a World of Computers," Professional Geographer 14:12, Nov. 1962....
This paper is a first presentation of a Chinese Map of the World or Kunyutu 坤輿圖 discovered in a Federal library in Berne in 2017. It focusses on the rendering of the 7000 characters contained within the map. The translation of the complete 112 text blocks on the map will be provided...
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No place is better suited to a spectacular tribute to the major players of this international world of mystery as Potsdamer Platz in the center of Berlin, long considered the capital of spies. Discover the Berlin of secret agents and espionage at theSpy Museum. ...
and Robert Stroud -- known as the Birdman of Alcatraz -- all did time. On June 12, 1962, it was also the location of a brazen prison break where three convicts -- John Anglin, his brother Clarence, and Frank Morris escaped from what was called the ...
Persian Gulf War, conflict (1990–91) triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring its large oil reserves, canceling a large debt owed to Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi regional power. A U.S.-led invasion ended Iraq’s occupati