The era of the working horse reached its peak during the long reign of Queen Victoria, but by the mid-20th century horse-drawn labour was all but gone. Exploring the reasons for this change, Simon Butler looks at the decline of the working horse.
It is estimated that 10 million fighting men, almost 800,000 of the British, died in the First World War. Alongside this tide of human cannon fodder was formed an equally large army of horses and mules. On the Western Front alone one million horses died. This book tells the story of the part these animals played in the war.
Levensechte satellietbeelden van de hele wereld
Het meest levensechte beeld van onze aarde, gezien door weersatellieten op 800 km hoogte. Met geavanceerde computertechnieken is zelfs de zeebodem zichtbaar gemaakt. Voor een snelle oriëntatie zijn tal van namen op de kaarten ingetekend. Een originele en vernieuwende pocket-wereldatlas!