Alfred Znamierowski (1940–2019)
Auteur de The World Encyclopedia of Flags
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Alfred Znamierowski
Oeuvres associées
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1940-06-21
- Date de décès
- 2019-10-23
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Poland
- Lieu de naissance
- Warsaw, Poland
- Lieu du décès
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Études
- University of Warsaw
- Professions
- vexillologist
heraldist
journalist
flag artist - Organisations
- Radio Free Europe
Flag Design Center
Voice of America
Instytut Heraldyczno-Weksylologiczny
International Federation of Vexillological Associations - Prix et distinctions
- Polish Cross of Merit (2016)
Membres
Critiques
This volume is actually just a combination of two previously published volumes by two different authors--one on heraldry, obviously, the other on vexillology (world flags). The information in the two separate books is very useful, however, and they are both excellent resources. Owning the combined volume has one particular advantage--when it was published, it was updated to reflect the latest world flags. Considering how often the geopolitical scene shifts these days, though, it may already no longer be accurate at the time of writing this review.… (plus d'informations)
This is a great book on flags of the world. The color images are accompanied by explanatory notes. The flags are grouped by geographical regions.
The World Encyclopedia of Flags by Alfred Znamierowski (2005)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 493
- Popularité
- #50,127
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 29
- Langues
- 3
The The World Encyclopedia of Flags is a companion book I purchased for a deeper dive into the colorful world of vexillology. The thing I most wanted from this book, in addition to all the gorgeous flags, was a contextual and historical summary of why a flag is the way it is. This encyclopedia has a that and so much more. I love it!… (plus d'informations)