The pioneer project for Blueprint Columbus is the South Side Settlement Heritage Park (SSSHP). In addition to addressing local nuisance flooding, providing tangible social benefit to the neighborhood, the SSSHP provides lessons learned for design, construction, and maintenance for other Blueprint ...
South Sandwich Islands Also found in:Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. A group of British-administered volcanic islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean east-southeast of Cape Horn. They were discovered by Capt. James Cook in 1775. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyrigh...
There are many attractions on the way toGreymouthtoday. TheWest Coast Treetop Walk, near Lake Mahinapua, takes you high into the forest canopy via a series of purpose-built boardwalks. Nearby, the gold rush settlement ofHokitikastill has the feel of a ‘frontier town’, although these days ...
Although European vessels frequently passed by South Africa on their way to E Africa and India, and sometimes stopped for provisions or rest, no permanent European settlement was made until 1652, when Jan van Riebeeck and about 90 other persons set up a provisioning station for the Dutch East...
Built with convict labor during Norfolk Island’s second settlement, the bridge passes over a small stream that empties into the rough waters of Cemetery Bay. When embarking on your driving tour of the south coast, be sure to stop and contemplate the intriguing stories entwined with this old ...
A third of the World Heritage site is located outside of the formally protected areas on private land. Most of this land is used for the production of timber, agriculture and tourism. These require a different system of protection and management, most of which is linked to the people who ...
The Maori peoples of New Zealand consider themselves its First Nations. There is much discussion and much dispute over the question of where they came from.