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Author:

Rousseau, Elise, 1977- author.

Title:

Horses of the world / Elise Rousseau ; illustrated by Yann Le Bris ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

536 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm

Subject:

Horses--Encyclopedias.
Horse breeds--Identification.

Other Authors:

Le Bris, Yann, illustrator.
Fagan, Teresa Lavender, translator.

Other Titles:

Tous les chevaux du monde. English

Notes:

Title of the original edition (translation of): Tous les chevaux du monde : pres de 570 races et types decrits et illustres (Paris : Delachaux et Niestle, 2014). Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-529) 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 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 [i.e. North America] ; 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:

0691167206
9780691167206

OCLC:

(OCoLC)961387919

LCCN:

2016042566

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)