The Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain - Couverture souple

Boyd, Alastair; Oliver, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1900639076 ISBN 13 : 9781900639071

Editeur : Companion Guides, 1974

Synopsis

In its architecture, its painting and its people, the Great Castilian plateau of central Spain is one of the crucibles of western civilisation. This book covers the area from Burgos in the north to Ciudad Real in the south; from Ciudad Rodrigo in the west to Cuena in the east. Madrid lies at its heart, but apart from the glories of the Prado and the royal palaces around it, Alastair Boyd finds more for the traveller in the neighbouring provinces. Segovia and Salamanca, Toledo and Avila; the very names are enough to evoke the astonishing riches which they contain and which Mr Boyd describes with scholarship, wit and love. This newly revised edition contains details of all the recentchanges in the area which can be expected to affect the traveller, and up to date practical information on where to stay and how to travel.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Oliver was first stipendiary and then honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography at the University of Exeter from 1989 to 2024. He is co-author with Professor Roger Kain of studies of tithe and enclosure mapping of England & Wales, and has published extensively on the history of the Ordnance Survey, including Ordnance Survey Maps: a concise guide for historians (1993, fourth edition in progress), The Ordnance Survey in the nineteenth century (2014) and (with Dr Roger Hellyer) The first Ordnance Survey map (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Companion Guides
• Date d'édition: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1900639076
• ISBN 13: 9781900639071
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 500
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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