The world's great river journeys : 50 scenic voyages along the water ways of 6 continents / Nick Dalton and Deborah Stone.

By:

Dalton, Nick [Author]

Contributor(s):

Stone, Deborah [Author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: England : John Beaufoy Publishing Limited, c2018.Description: 208 pages : color illustrations, map ; 27 cmISBN:

9781912081943

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HE 525 .D35 2019 c.1

Contents:

The Caledonian canal.--The Danube: Numremberg to Budapest.--The Danube: Budapest to Bucharest.--The Dnieper.--The Douro.--The Elbe.--The Gironde and the Dordogne.--The Gironde and the Garonne.--The Guadalquivir.--The Main.--The Marne.--The Moselle.--The Po.--The Rhine: Amsterdam to Mainz.--The Rhine: Mainz to Basel.--The Rhône and the Saône.--The Sava.--The Seine.--The Shannon.--The Thames.--The Tisza.--The Volga and the Svir.--North America The Columbia The Hudson.--The Illinois.--The Mississippi: New Orleans to Memphis.--The mississipi: Memphis to St Louis.--The St Johns.--The St Lawrence.--The Yukon South America.--The Amazon.--The Orinoco.--Africa.--The Chobe.--The Congo.--The Niger.--The Nile.--The Senegal.--The Zambezi.--Asia.--The Ayeyarwady.--The Brahmaputra.--The Chindwin.--The Ganges.--The Kinabatangan.--The upper Mekong: Laos to China.--The lower Mekong: Viernam to Cambodia.--The red river the Yangtze.--Australia and New Zealand.--The Murray.--The Whanganui.

Summary: Journeying by river provides the perfect opportunity to discover new places or see a new side of a familiar destination. Presented here are 50 remarkable and memorable trips chosen because of the stunning scenery they pass through as well as the historic and cultural sites that can be visited from side excursions. Some cover lengthy trips such as a cruise on the Danube that passes through ten countries from its source before emptying into the Black Sea; others are shorter but have a strong, unifying theme, such as Portugal's Douro River that was built on viticulture. In Southeast Asia, the leisurely pace of a river trip along the Yangtze, Mekong or Ayeryawaddy Rivers allows time to take in the ancient cultures and exotic landscapes. Beautiful countryside, wine-rich valleys and dramatic gorges are the highlights of a river journey; the scenery is constant and ever changing. But as well as the natural wonders, there are also remarkable man-made engineering feats to experience as you pass through intricate lock systems or under state-of-the-art bridges. All the important landmarks and cities, scenery and architecture are described for each journey, and each one is illustrated with a route map.

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Includes resources and index.

The Caledonian canal.--The Danube: Numremberg to Budapest.--The Danube: Budapest to Bucharest.--The Dnieper.--The Douro.--The Elbe.--The Gironde and the Dordogne.--The Gironde and the Garonne.--The Guadalquivir.--The Main.--The Marne.--The Moselle.--The Po.--The Rhine: Amsterdam to Mainz.--The Rhine: Mainz to Basel.--The Rhône and the Saône.--The Sava.--The Seine.--The Shannon.--The Thames.--The Tisza.--The Volga and the Svir.--North America
The Columbia
The Hudson.--The Illinois.--The Mississippi: New Orleans to Memphis.--The mississipi: Memphis to St Louis.--The St Johns.--The St Lawrence.--The Yukon
South America.--The Amazon.--The Orinoco.--Africa.--The Chobe.--The Congo.--The Niger.--The Nile.--The Senegal.--The Zambezi.--Asia.--The Ayeyarwady.--The Brahmaputra.--The Chindwin.--The Ganges.--The Kinabatangan.--The upper Mekong: Laos to China.--The lower Mekong: Viernam to Cambodia.--The red river the Yangtze.--Australia and New Zealand.--The Murray.--The Whanganui.

Journeying by river provides the perfect opportunity to discover new places or see a new side of a familiar destination. Presented here are 50 remarkable and memorable trips chosen because of the stunning scenery they pass through as well as the historic and cultural sites that can be visited from side excursions. Some cover lengthy trips such as a cruise on the Danube that passes through ten countries from its source before emptying into the Black Sea; others are shorter but have a strong, unifying theme, such as Portugal's Douro River that was built on viticulture. In Southeast Asia, the leisurely pace of a river trip along the Yangtze, Mekong or Ayeryawaddy Rivers allows time to take in the ancient cultures and exotic landscapes. Beautiful countryside, wine-rich valleys and dramatic gorges are the highlights of a river journey; the scenery is constant and ever changing. But as well as the natural wonders, there are also remarkable man-made engineering feats to experience as you pass through intricate lock systems or under state-of-the-art bridges. All the important landmarks and cities, scenery and architecture are described for each journey, and each one is illustrated with a route map.

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