Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world..}} It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The island of Ireland, with an area 40 per cent that of Great Britain, is to the west – these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, comprise the British Isles archipelago.

Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a land bridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Honshu in Japan and Java in Indonesia, and the most populated island outside of Asia.

The term "Great Britain" can also refer to the political territory of England, Scotland, and Wales, which includes their offshore islands. This territory, together with Northern Ireland, constitutes the United Kingdom. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1962
5000 years of Egyptian art : the Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Art, London, 22 June to 12 August.

: 46 pages, 40 plates : illustrations, folded map. ; 23 cm.

Published 2008
Byzantium, 330-1453 /

: 494 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. : 9781905711260 (hbk.)

Published 1907
Taqrīr ʻan al-mālīyah wa-al-idārah wa-al-ḥālah al-ʻumūmīyah fī Miṣr wa-al-Sūdān sanat 1906-1907.

: Description based on: 1901.. : volumes ; 24 cm.

British contributions to Arabic studies /

: 1 page, [5]-29 pages : plates, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm.

British contributions to Persian studies /

: "First published 1942." : 32 pages : portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm.

Published 2022
Frontiers of the Roman Empire : Ffiniau'r Ymerodraeth Rufeinig /

: The remains of the Roman frontiers in Wales are unique in the Roman Empire. More than 60 stone and timber fortresses, forts and fortlets, some of which seem to have been occupied for only a few years, while others remained in use for far longer, tell the story of the long and brutal war against the Celtic tribes.
: Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. : 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803272924 (PDF ebook) : : Open access.

L'Égypte indépendante, projet de 1801 /

: 2 pages, l., xvi, 12 pages, 1 l. ; 28 cm.

World : [Egypt], Cairo, Asyut, Qena.

: Sheet titles and numbers : 447A. Cairo ; 448B. Alexandria ; 544A. Asyut ; 544B. Qena.
: 1 map on 4 sheets ; 46.5 x 62 cm. : May require conservation work before use.

Asia : Tabriz 1:1,000,000 /

: 1 map on 1 sheet ; 47.2 x 54.5 cm.

Published 1995
Environmental management : guidelines for museums and galleries /

: At head of title : Museums and Galleries Commission. : xiii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index. : 0415105595

The Jewish national home : the second November, 1917-1942 /

: "First published 1943".
A commemorative volume issued by the Zionist federation of Great Britain and Ireland on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Balfour declaration. cf. Editor's note.
Erratum slip inserted. : xxiv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 19cm : wafaa.lib.

The Middle East, 1950 : a survey and directory of the countries of the Middle East /

: xii, 375 page : maps, tables ; 26 cm.

Riḥlah al-Ḥajj ʻabr al-ṣuwar /

: pages ; 24 cm.

Published 1922
A handbook of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan /

: At head of title : I.D. 1218.
Map in pocket. : 776 pages : folded color maps ; 24 cm.

The winter meteorology of Egypt and its influence on disease /

: Papers read before the Royal Meteorological Society of England, Dec. 1896, and the 12th International Congress of Medicine at Moscow, August 1897. : 72 pages : diagrams ; 25 cm. : wafaa.lib.

Economic Conditions in Egypt /

: Description based on : July 1931. : 2 volumes ; 25 cm. : Biennial.

Aspects of the history of wooden shipbuilding.

: Papers read at a symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, on 8 March 1969 by J. S. Morrison, Ole Crumlin-Pedersen and G. Van der Heide, introduced by Basil Greenhill. : 31 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Published 1924
L' Egypte indépendante, projet de 1801 : documents inédits recueillis aux archives du Foreign office à Londres (F.O. 78, vol. 38) /

: 2 p. l., xvi, 12 pages 1 ℓ. ; 27 cm.

Published 2005
Lawrence of Arabia : the life, the legend /

: "Published in association with the Imperial War Museum" - t.p. verso. : 208 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 205) and index. : 9780500512388 (cased)
0500512388 (cased)

Published 2003
A history of beer and brewing /

: xvi, 742 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 0854046305

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