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Eden Project: Gardens and Biomes in Cornwall. Travel and The Private Library (Part IV) - The Private Library. Fragmentary accounts of travel date back to shortly after the invention of writing, but most historians credit Herodotus' descriptions of his travels in Egypt and Anatolia as the beginning of the genre.

Travel and The Private Library (Part IV) - The Private Library

(Because Herodotus was researching what happened during the Persian wars, he also is credited with creating another genre, History.) Pausanias' Description of Greece, a ten-volume treatise written circa 160 CE for Roman travelers to that area, is the earliest known travel guidebook. Although other early "guidebooks" would follow... ...most early travel writing was travelogues or essays, penned by such famed travelers as Zhang Qian, Pliny the Elder and Ibn Battuta.

(We will examine this subgenre in more detail in tomorrow's post.) The guidebook as we know it today only dates from the early 19th century. John Murray I, founder of the publishing firm The third great early modern publisher of guidebooks was Thomas Cook Ltd.

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Maps / MIND MAPPING FITZROVIA by @Helenography I like mindmaps. Surfers path. Rock. Weave of the Ride. FAQs. What will the funds raised by the Arctic Home campaign go towards?

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The money donated to us from both Coca-Cola and the public will be channeled through to our Global Arctic Programme and local Arctic and climate change initiatives. Overall the money will help us in: Creating safe homes for polar bears; Understanding polar bears and their home better; Helping polar bears live in harmony with people; Encouraging Arctic Governments to host a Polar Bear Summit Helping tackle climate change through local and global initiatives In the UK people will also be given the option to support the campaign by taking out a WWF polar bear adoption scheme for a minimum donation of £3 a month (or a one-off payment). Do I need to buy Coca-Cola to support the Arctic Home campaign? Simply put, no. Anyone can find out more and get involved in this campaign by visiting the Arctic Home website .

What is Arctic Home all about? Why does WWF work with companies like Coca-Cola? Does WWF offer internships? A. A. A. TRANS COOKASIAN TOUR. President of Georgia.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (pronounced [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( ); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable"[2])—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,[3]—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father",[4] "papa"[4][5]) in India. Gandhi famously led Indians in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942.

Gandhi is commonly, though not officially,[10] considered the Father of the Nation[11] in India. Early life and background Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in his earliest known photo, aged 7, c. 1876 English barrister Civil rights movement in South Africa (1893–1914) Middle East - Lonely Planet travel forum. Trusted Travel Blogs Network. Black Sea. The Black Sea is a sea in Southeastern Europe.

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It is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean Seas and various straits. The Bosphorus Strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the Strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean Sea region of the Mediterranean. These waters separate eastern Europe and western Asia. The Black Sea is also connected to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. Important cities along the coast include Batumi, Burgas, Constanța, Giresun, Hopa, Istanbul, Kerch, Mangalia, Năvodari, Novorossiysk, Odessa, Ordu, Poti, Rize, Samsun, Sevastopol, Sochi, Sukhumi, Trabzon, Varna, Yalta and Zonguldak.

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