The Story of Gold: A Glittering History of the World - Hardcover

 
9780500653852: The Story of Gold: A Glittering History of the World
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500653852 ISBN 13: 9780500653852
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

The Story of GoldYoung readers will discover the tattooed Scythian queen who was buried alongside the horse she fought with in battle; King Croesus, who literally made buckets of money when he minted the first gold coins; Emperor Mansa Musa, who gave so much gold away during the Hajj pilgrimage, he ruined the Egyptian economy; the Muisca leaders who revealed the truth about the legendary city of gold—El Dorado; and the boom-and-bust gold rushes in California and Australia that tempted fortune seekers to strike gold.The Story of Gol

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Meel Tamphanon is an illustrator from Phuket, Thailand. She has a degree in 2D Animation from Rangsit University. Tamphanon is the illustrator of Day & Night: Outer Space and Norse Mythology for Kids: Tales of Gods, Creatures, and Quests. Her clients include Disney and The Boston Globe. Follow her on Instagram @meeltamphanon.

John Haywood studied at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge, and Copenhagen. He is an expert on the history of early medieval Europe. His authorial credits include Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus, The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World, and The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings.

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A GLITTERING HISTORY OF THE WORLD TOLD THROUGH GOLDSpanning billions of years from the big bang to the present day, this richly illustrated book tells the true stories behind thirty gold objects. Follow the gold as you discover the stories of pharaohs and emperors, pirates and prospectors, warrior queens, shoguns, and more . . .

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500653852
ISBN 13 
9780500653852
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Tamphanon Meel
Anzahl der Seiten
64
Herausgeber
Haywood John
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