Publisher Description

What are the wonders of the world? The Grand Canyon? The Hoover Dam? The Great Pyramid of Giza - the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world that survives today? Many lists of the wonders of the world have been compiled since ancient times, but they all have one thing in common: they fill us with awe.Visual Explorer Guide: Wonders of the World is a collection of more than 140 natural and man-made wonders from around the globe: from such spectacular natural wonders as the Sahara Desert, Victoria Falls, Banff National Park, Death Valley, the Amazon River and Mount Fuji to such amazing feats of engineering as the Great Wall of China, the Burj Khalifa, the Parthenon, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Panama Canal, Machu Picchu and Moai on Easter Island.The book explains the fascinating facts and stories behind these extraordinary places. For example, did you know that the Dead Sea is 9.6 times saltier than the ocean? That the Great Barrier Reef supports 2195 plant species? Or that the Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world at 343m (1125ft)? Or how about that the Potala Palace in Tibet, where the Dalai Lama lived, has more than 1000 rooms and around 10,000 shrines?Presented in a handy, pocket-book landscape format and arranged by continent, Wonders of the World is a collection of breathtaking places from around the world.

Author Biography

Claudia Martin is a travel writer who has contributed to many guide books and magazines. She is also the author of books on history, geography and culture for adults and young people.

Table of Contents

Introduction Africa and the Middle East
Pyramids, Giza, Egypt
Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
Aswan Dam, Egypt
Dead Sea, Jordan, Israel and Palestine
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Al-Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Great Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Petra, Jordan
Al-Khazneh, Petra
Great Mosque, Sousse, Tunisia
Medina of Sousse
Nubian pyramids, Meroë, Sudan
Erg Chebbi, Sahara Desert, Morocco
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Table Mountain National Park, South Africa
Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain National Park
'Underwater waterfall', Le Morne
Brabant Peninsula, Mauritius
Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Church of St George, Lalibela, Ethiopia
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali
Djinguereber Mosque, Timbuktu, Mali
Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Independence Arch, Accra, Ghana
Victoria Falls, Zambia–Zimbabwe Europe
St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
Duomo, Florence, Italy
Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Matterhorn, Switzerland–Italy
Geirangerfjord, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Aurora, Lofoten, Norway
Chartres Cathedral, France
Notre-Dame, Paris, France
Millau Viaduct, Aveyron, France
Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
Parc Güell, Barcelona, Spain
Segovia Aqueduct, Spain
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Meteora, Thessaly, Greece
Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal
Jökulsárlón, southeastern Iceland
Øresund Bridge, Denmark–Sweden
Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Hadrian's Wall, Northern England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

The Americas
Grand Canyon, USA
Hoover Dam, Arizona–Nevada, USA
Arches National Park, Utah, USA
Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Monument Valley, Arizona-Utah, USA
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Empire State Building, New York, USA
Statue of Liberty, New York
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada–New York, USA
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Caño Cristales, Colombia
North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Panama Canal, Panama
Amazon River, near Manaus, Brazil
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Iguazu Falls, Brazil–Argentina
Cueva de las Manos, Argentina
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Marble Caves, Chile
Valparaíso, Chile
Temple of Kalasasaya, Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Nazca Lines, Peru
Machu Picchu, Peru
Havana, Cuba
Willemstad, Curaçao
Pitons, St Lucia Asia
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
Hoi An, Vietnam
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Petronas Towers, Malaysia
Gardens by the bay/Supertrees, Singapore
Borobudor, Indonesia
Bagan, Myanmar
Great Wall of China
Longmen Caves, China
Terracotta Army, China
Forbidden City, China
Himeji Castle, Japan
Mount Fuji, Japan
Temples Kyoto, Japan
Todaiji temple, Japan
Potala Palace, Tibet
The Himalayas/Mount Everest
Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan
K2
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Darvasa crater, Turkmenistan
Shah Mosque, Iran
Hagia Sophia, Iran
Lut Desert, Iran
Persepolis, Iran
Ajanta Caves, India
Taj Mahal, India
Chittor Fort, India
Khajuraho Temples, India
Humayun tomb, Delhi, India
Red fort, Delhi Pacific
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Blue Mountains, Australia
Uluru/Ayers Rock, Australia
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Rotorua, New Zealand
Diamond Head crater, Hawaii
Hawaii volcano
Easter Island statues
Nan Madol, Micronesia
Chocolate Hills, Philippines
Mount Mayon, Philippines
Ifugao rice terraces, Philippines
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Marae Taputapuatea, French Polynesia
Galapagos Islands
Rock Islands, Palau

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