From Geneva to the Rigi: British Images of Switzerland in Texts, Guidebooks and Maps, 1650-1904

ISBN-10
1908145242
ISBN-13
9781908145246
Category
Cartography
Pages
46
Language
English
Published
2020
Author
Peter Barber

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