Horses of the world
Rousseau, Élise, 1977-2017
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Main title:
Horses of the world / Élise Rousseau ; illustrated by Yann Le Bris ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
Imprint:
Princeton, NJ ; Oxford [UK] : Princeton University Press, 2017
Collation:
536 pages : col. ill., portraits ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Title of the original edition: Tous les chevaux du monde : pres de 570 races et types decrits et illustres (Paris : Delachaux et Niestle, 2014).Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Horses of the world -- How to identify a breed of horse -- Identity card -- The domestication of the horse and the main equestrian disciplines -- How to use this encyclopedia -- Other equines of the world -- Extinct horses -- Wild horses -- Hybrids -- Horses of Northern Europe -- Iceland -- United Kingdom -- Ireland -- Norway -- Denmark -- Sweden -- Finland -- Horses of Southern Europe -- Portugal -- Spain -- Italy -- Slovenia -- Croatia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Serbia -- Albania -- Greece -- Horses of Western Europe -- France -- Belgium -- Luxembourg -- Netherlands -- Germany -- Switzerland -- Austria -- Horses of Eastern Europe and Russia -- Estonia -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Poland -- Belarus -- Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- Hungary -- Romania -- Bulgaria -- Moldava -- Ukraine -- Georgia -- Russia -- Horses of the Middle East -- Turkey -- Syria -- Israel -- Saudi arabia -- Azerbaijan -- Iran.Horses of Central Asia -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Afghanistan -- Kazakhstan -- Mongolia -- Horses of the Indian Subcontinent -- Pakistan -- India -- Sri lanka -- Nepal -- Bhutan -- Bangladesh -- Horses of the Far East and Continental Southeast Asia -- China -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- Laos -- Vietnam -- Cambodia -- South Korea -- Japan -- Philippines -- Malaysia -- Indonesia -- Horses of North Africa -- Morocco, Algeria -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Horses of West Africa -- Senegal -- Niger -- Togo and Benin -- Nigeria -- Cameroon -- Horses of East Africa -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Somalia -- Horses of Southern Africa -- Namibia -- South Africa -- Lesotho -- Horses of North America -- Canada -- Saint Pierre and Miquelon -- United States -- Horses of Central America and the Caribbean -- Bahamas -- Cuba -- Puerto Rico -- Mexico -- Costa Rica -- Horses of South America -- Colombia -- Venezuela -- Brazil -- Peru -- Bolivia -- Chile -- Argentina -- Horses of Oceania -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Solomon Islands -- Tonga -- French Polynesia -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
9780691167206
Dewey class:
636.1003
Language:
English
BRN:
301958
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Animals | 636.1003 ROU | Available |