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Hace 4 días · British Isles, group of islands off the northwestern coast of Europe. The group consists of two main islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands and island groups, including the Hebrides , the Shetland Islands , the Orkney Islands , the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Man .
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Channel Islands, archipelago in the English Channel, west of...
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The British Isles lie off the...
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Hace 3 días · United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. It comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. Its capital is London.
Hace 3 días · Great Britain, island lying to the east of the island of Ireland and off the northwestern coast of Europe. It consists of England, Scotland, and Wales. Great Britain is part of the British Isles, together with the island of Ireland as well as smaller islands and island groups.
Hace 1 día · The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union.The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain. Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said: . What began as a hostile merger would end in a full partnership in the ...
Hace 4 días · Guernsey (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr n z i / ⓘ GURN-zee; Guernésiais: Guernési; French: Guernesey) is the second largest island in the Channel Islands, located 27 miles (43 km) west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy.It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited islands (Herm, Sark, Alderney, Jethou and Lihou) and many small islets and rocks.
Hace 1 día · This book is a rich, thought-provoking travelogue of the familiar, seen afresh through Albinia’s keen eye. The Britannias: An island quest. Alice Albinia. Allen Lane, £25. ISBN 978-0241669631. REVIEW BY ANNE MITCHELL Alice Albinia spent some weeks at the Ness of Brodgar in 2017, and she writes of her time there as part of her Orkney ...
Hace 1 día · History. Early history. The islands may correspond to the Cassiterides ('Tin Isles') believed by some to have been visited by the Phoenicians, and mentioned by the Greeks. While Cornwall is an ancient tin-mining region, [15] there is no evidence of substantial tin mining activity on the islands.
