Coast: Our Island Story by Nicholas Crane

Coast: Our Island Story by Nicholas Crane

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A guide to our coastline. It brings the author's geographer's eye and love of the British landscape to take us on a journey along our coastline. It draws on all the elements that have made the TV series such a success, from local history to national defence, forts and ports, fishermen and artists, sacred buildings and detailed cartography.

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Coast: Our Island Story by Nicholas Crane

A guide to our coastline. It brings the author's geographer's eye and love of the British landscape to take us on a journey along our coastline. It draws on all the elements that have made the TV series such a success, from local history to national defence, forts and ports, fishermen and artists, sacred buildings and detailed cartography.
Nick Crane is an award-winning writer, journalist, cartographer and geographer, and a lead presenter of the BBC's Coast, Map Man and Great British Journeys. His previous books include Great British Journeys, Clear Waters Rising, Two Degrees West and Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet and he also writes for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. He was awarded the 1992 Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his journeys in Tibet, China, Afghanistan and Africa. He lives in London with his wife and children.
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ISBN 13 9781849900362
ISBN 10 1849900361
Title Coast: Our Island Story
Author Nicholas Crane
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Year published 2010-10-07
Number of pages 320
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