Britain

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The natural landscape of the British Isles is astonishingly rich and varied, and the trace of man upon that landscape - in his monuments and in his architecture - is infinitely diverse and splendid. Thus are forged the two features, of nature and of heritage, that make Britain unique among the countries of the world. Millennia of geological force and climatic upheaval have shaped the countryside, and centuries of commercial and social interplay have conspired to weave an historical tapestry of great intricacy and color which is ever present and always awaiting discovery. Over the length and breadth of the British Isles there could be no finer way of discovering the land's scenic beauty and appreciating the jewels that mankind has placed therein - of ancient earthwork, of medieval cathedral, of bare Gothic abbey and of the ruined husks of castles - than to see them from the air. A bird's-eye view offers a vast panorama, at once lyrical and documentary, and much that is too vast to... Tovább

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The natural landscape of the British Isles is astonishingly rich and varied, and the trace of man upon that landscape - in his monuments and in his architecture - is infinitely diverse and splendid. Thus are forged the two features, of nature and of heritage, that make Britain unique among the countries of the world. Millennia of geological force and climatic upheaval have shaped the countryside, and centuries of commercial and social interplay have conspired to weave an historical tapestry of great intricacy and color which is ever present and always awaiting discovery. Over the length and breadth of the British Isles there could be no finer way of discovering the land's scenic beauty and appreciating the jewels that mankind has placed therein - of ancient earthwork, of medieval cathedral, of bare Gothic abbey and of the ruined husks of castles - than to see them from the air. A bird's-eye view offers a vast panorama, at once lyrical and documentary, and much that is too vast to comprehend from the ground can be placed within an all-embracing perspective and seen anew. jBritain - an Aerial Close-up* is the most comprehensive and lavishly illustrated aerial survey of Britain ever published and contains 264 specially commissioned photographs - of towns and villages, of ports and fishing hamlets, of ancient, megalithic temples and splendid cathedrals, of modern bridges and power stations, of country houses and mighty castles, of formai gardens and wild expanses of countryside, of Scottish glens and Welsh valleys, and of turbulent rivers and serene Lakeland splendor - each selected for the insight that it affords into the natural wonders and architectural glories of these Isles. In the color plates and informative text the progression through aerial Britain is charted, encompassing all the regions of these 'enchanted' Isles and, because the commission occupied a whole year's duration, the landscape below is seen in all the vibrant and varied shades of the seasons. Vissza