Alfred Watkins

Broschiertes Buch

The Old Straight Track

Beschreibung

This is a study of the ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles, a system which was old when the Romans first came to Britain. This is a collection of the author's investiations of the ancient monuments, which he argues follow the paths of the planets.

Autor

Alfred Watkins was born in Hereford in 1855 and was an enthusiastic early photographer, the inventor of much apparatus, including the pinhole camera and the Watkins exposure meter. His revelation took place when he was 65 and caused violent controversy in archeological circles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780349137070
• ISBN-10: 0349137072
• Artikelnr.: 21305333

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'Watkins re-enchanted the English landscape, investing it with fresh depth and detail, prompting new ways of looking and new reasons to walk' Robert Macfarlane