Atlas of British history / Martin Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Martin, 1936-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Maps.

Great Britain--Historical geography--Maps.

Great Britain.

Historical geography.

Great Britain--History--Maps.

Genre:

Maps.

Physical Description:

144 pages : maps, ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

British history atlas.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Summary:

This absorbing and richly informative atlas charts the expansive history of Britain, from the days of the Celts and the Roman Conquest to the present, offering authoritative coverage of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as the rise and decline of the overseas empire. The great milestones of British history, such as Crecy and Hastings, Blenheim and Waterloo, and Passchendaele and Dunkirk are covered, in addition to important social, economic, political and religious perspectives throughout centuries of history. A series of fascinating new maps explore Britain in the 1990s: the economy, the environment, immigration into Britain, the prospect of union with the European Economic Community, the conflict in Iraq, and intervention in Bosnia. Written and edited by internationally renowned historian Martin Gilbert, this outstanding atlas is an invaluable reference tool, offering readers a clear, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date visual history of Great Britain.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: British history atlas / Martin Gilbert. 1969.

ISBN:

0195210409

OCLC:

123253664