The World of Architectural Wonders
New York : Peter Bedrick Books, 1996.
Format: Book
Description: 45 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Examines the stories behind such wonders of the world's architecture as the pyramids of Giza, the Great Wall of China, Chartes Cathedral, the city of Venice, and Hoover Dam.
Contents:
Stonehenge -- The pyramids of Giza -- The Acropolis -- The Great Wall of China -- Tomb of the Emperor Ch'in -- The city of Petra -- The Forum of Rome and the Colosseum -- Mesa Verde -- Chartres Cathedral -- The city of Venice -- Great Zimbabwe -- Machu Picchu -- The Taj Mahal -- The Hoover Dam.
Subjects:
Structural engineering -- Juvenile literature.
Building, Stone -- Juvenile literature.
Architecture -- Juvenile literature.
Structural engineering -- Juvenile literature.
Building, Stone -- Juvenile literature.
Architecture -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0872262790
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Simultaneous published in England as: Superstructures, building the world's great monuments.
Includes index.
Includes index.