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The Times Atlas of Britain | 2nd September 2010 | £90 | Hardback, with Slipcase
Dylan Thomas
by the side of a long and splendid curving shore.’
‘ . . . an ugly, lovely town . . . crawling, sprawling . . .
On Swansea
Benjamin Disraeli, 1844, Coningsby
The Age of Ruins is past. Have you seen Manchester?”
“and more wonderful things. Phantoms and spectres!
“I have seen it” said the stranger, slightly shrugging his shoulders,
“What I would not give to see Athens!”
‘”Ah! but the Mediterranean!” exclaimed Coningsby
On Manchester
Charles Dickens , Pickwick Papers, 1837
‘Kent, Sir, - everybody knows Kent – apples, cherries, hops and women.’
On Kent
Daniel Defoe, 1726
but on the very bridge itself.’
large, and so wide, that formerly the cloth market was kept in neither part of the town,
Aire . . . and the whole is joined by a stately and prodigiously strong stone bridge, so
‘Leeds is a large, wealthy and populous town, it stands on [both banks] of the river
On Leeds
Samuel Johnson, 1777, as reported by James Boswell
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’
On London
Bill Bryson, 1995, Notes from a Small Island
about it. In Liverpool you still feel like you are some place.’
of cosmopolitanism that few cities in the world could rival, and it still has that sense
‘Maritime commerce brought Liverpool not just wealth and employment, but an air
On Liverpool
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2nd September 2010
the first national atlas of britain to be published since 1963
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“The Times Atlas of Britain takes a distinctive local approach in putting together a national portrait....”
| The perfect gift for anyone wanting to find out more about Britain, solve quizzes and crosswords or just explore the country.
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| This stunning book includes fully up-to-date reference maps, statistics, images and historical mapping to give an exceptionally detailed view of every county in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
| The Times, publisher of the world’s most prestigious and authoritative atlases, brings you a beautiful and comprehensive Atlas of Britain.
“The Times Atlas of Britain is a symbol of national unity, a cartographic showcase, an administrative tool, a collection of material defining the nation’s character and culture”.
| 160 pages of Times reference mapping | 17 city centre maps | 450 photographs | 90 historical maps | 100,000 words of text | At-a-glance statistics | Historical mapping of each county from the Bartholomew archive | Fascinating descriptions from John Bartholomew’s “Gazetteer of the British Isles” 1887 | A list of well-known people born in the county | Quotes from famous people about each county 2nd September 2010 | £90 | Hardback, with Slipcase | 360 x 264 mm | 448pp
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“Profiles of each county are provided through topographic, thematic and historical maps, contemporary and historical accounts, facts, statistics and images....”
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born Leith, 1958 born Edinburgh, 1976
Olympic and world champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy
artist and sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
born Edinburgh, 1953
born Leith, 1924
novelist Dame Muriel Spark
novelist
born Edinburgh, 1918
music hall entertainer Sir Harry Lauder
British Prime Minister (1997-2007)
born Portobello, 1870
writer and doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Irvine Welsh
born Edinburgh, 1859
writer Robert Louis Stevenson
Tony Blair
born Edinburgh, 1850
physicist James Clerk Maxwell
born Edinburgh, 1930
born Edinburgh, 1831
inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell
born Edinburgh, 1930
born Edinburgh, 1771 born Edinburgh, 1847
novelist, Sir Walter Scott
actor
born Edinburgh, 1756
portrait artist Sir Henry Raeburn
comedian
born Edinburgh, 1726
the ‘father’ of modern geology James Hutton
Ronnie Corbett
born Edinburgh, 1711
philosopher David Hume
Sir Sean Connery
born Merchiston Castle, 1550
inventor of logarithms John Napier
Famous people from Edinburgh
| Discover the origins of county names and what the areas are renowned for. | Get to know the individual character of each part of the country through its flags, crests, famous local people and literary quotations.
Mick Ashworth, Consultant Editor to Times Atlases
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