The World Encyclopedia of Flags: The definitive guide to international flags, banners, standards and ensigns, with over 400 illustrations
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Throughout the ages, flags have been a means of cultural and national identification and communication. From military standards flown in battle thousands of years ago, to painted faces at football matches and other sports fixtures, flags and emblems have always been a means of representation for groups and associations around the world., This fully revised and updated book is the definitive visual reference to all the international flags. Compiled by a leading authority, the work is an exhaustive and up-to-date summary of world flags, from the largest countries to the smallest states., The first section, Flags Through the Ages, starts with The Origin and Development of Flags, a fascinating overview of flags throughout history, from the Egyptian standards dating from 3400BC, to flags from the classical and medieval periods and the ensigns of maritime nations of the 20th century., All About Flags covers the wealth of shapes and patterns in flag design developed over the ages, as well as flag-making techniques, terminology, usage and etiquette. Emperors, Sovereigns and Presidents depicts all the most important royal standards and presidential flags from each significant period in history, with illustrations from the 14th century to the present day. Government Flags includes flags of departments and agencies, governors, police departments and coastguards. Military Signs deals with regimental colours, flags of armed forces, air force flags and rank flags. Naval Ensigns and Flags charts all the flags used at sea by the navy. Flag Families looks at national flags that share similarities and traces their development from the 18th century onwards., The second section, The World of Flags, is divided into several subtopics including the flags of countries and their territories, Flags of International Organizations, Regional and Local Flags, and Flags of People and Causes. Each flag is illustrated with information on its date of adoption, proportions and symbolic meaning, where relevant., This is both a stunning reference book and an invaluable educational resource. It offers historical, geographical and political insights into one of our most ancient forms of identification and communication., Review: Wonderful Book! - I first found this book at our local library and decided it was a keeper and so I purchased a copy. This is a fantastic book about flags. It has a history of flags, flags from all over the world including state flags and much more. My 10 yr old grandson is fascinated with flags and this is a great book for him. I would highly recommend this book. Review: Learn something new today - Beautiful and informative book. I'd recommend it to anybody who even has a vague interest in flags. My only complaint is that it wasn't packaged in a form-fitted cardboard exterior like other desertcart books I've received (which protects books surprisingly well). It was in a really oversized cardboard box with zero protective packing...no bubble wrap, no plastic sleeve, not even any brown paper void fill. And the result of that lazy packing was 2 of the 4 corners were crushed...and I'm not happy about that. Also, it happened to be raining on delivery day, and the box was soaked through in less than 15 minutes. With the lack of any protective packaging materials, another 5 minutes on my rainy porch would have meant certain destruction of the book. I'm guessing this was a third party seller (honestly, I can't remember), because I've never seen desertcart sell/deliver books in this manner. ?
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 345 Reviews |
M**H
Wonderful Book!
I first found this book at our local library and decided it was a keeper and so I purchased a copy. This is a fantastic book about flags. It has a history of flags, flags from all over the world including state flags and much more. My 10 yr old grandson is fascinated with flags and this is a great book for him. I would highly recommend this book.
V**T
Learn something new today
Beautiful and informative book. I'd recommend it to anybody who even has a vague interest in flags. My only complaint is that it wasn't packaged in a form-fitted cardboard exterior like other Amazon books I've received (which protects books surprisingly well). It was in a really oversized cardboard box with zero protective packing...no bubble wrap, no plastic sleeve, not even any brown paper void fill. And the result of that lazy packing was 2 of the 4 corners were crushed...and I'm not happy about that. Also, it happened to be raining on delivery day, and the box was soaked through in less than 15 minutes. With the lack of any protective packaging materials, another 5 minutes on my rainy porch would have meant certain destruction of the book. I'm guessing this was a third party seller (honestly, I can't remember), because I've never seen Amazon sell/deliver books in this manner. ?
B**S
It’s great except for the mystery flags in the cover
This is a publisher with a very twisted agenda. I had a very exciting week because I bought the newest edition of the Encyclopedia of Flags, and there is a flag on the cover that I have never seen before, which just excited me even more. I finally finished reading the encyclopedia cover to cover last night, as one does, and in a move purposely and maliciously designed to drive me absolutely insane, the new flag is NOT IN THE BOOK. Let's be honest, there is a very particular audience of adults who is going to buy a 400-ish page full color hard cover book about flags. And that audience has a need to consume information in a very, very particular way. The publisher has now created an endlessly looping puzzle where the cover of the book has presented autistic people across the globe with the potential of a tantalizing new fact that the book then has absolutely no intention of delivering. And I know it's not in there, because I've now paged through the book five times just today because I remain convinced I've somehow missed it, and I have to know what that f***ng flag is. And I will not turn to the internet, because I bought the book because it knows more about flags than the internet, and yet it has presented me with only more mysteries which I then probably need a second flag book to answer. Other than that it’s great!
D**A
Big hard cover
Wow, really nice...
L**A
Love the illustrations
It's great! Love it it is for my Grandson.
A**R
You can find a picture of every flag and it's origin in this book.
Each country's flag is beautifully displayed in color with historical origins of that flag. Detailed world maps are included as well. The content of the book is informative and thorough. It's a perfect coffee table book; you can thumb through it quickly or, spend time searching out a storehouse of information.
A**R
Great Educational Book
exactly what I wanted, a perfect gift
S**H
and this book was a perfect fit. It's very detailed and we've spent literally ...
I ordered this for my 12 year old son who LOVES flags. He designs flags, loves to read about flags, and this book was a perfect fit. It's very detailed and we've spent literally hours quizzing each other on flags. There are also quite a few city, county, novelty, and original country flags, and much much more. I really recommend it.
A**R
Superb
An excellent reference publication, detailing the history of flags from around the world. With excellent colour illustrations of the flags.
F**O
Banal
Incomplet, peu détaillé et sans originalité. Vous pouvez vous dispenser de l'achat, vous en saurez plus sur d'autres ouvrages ou sur le net.
A**R
Super aber...
Das ist echt ein super Buch!! Ich verstehe nicht nur, warum es fur die Schweiz, Osterreich, usw auch die Fahne von Regionen gibt, und fur Italien nicht? Und Italien hat er die alte Fahne verlassen? Warum???
C**O
Awesome!
If you want a book on flags... then you gotta have this on your book shelf!
F**D
Mise à jour des drapeaux planétaire
Avec les changements politiques planétaire il est devenue important d'avoir la mise à jour des divers drapeau qui ont évolué depuis.
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