Tak diragukan lagi, buku The History of Java telah menjadi salah satu sumber sejarah paling penting untuk mengetahui kehidupan masyarakat Jawa di masa lalu. Buku ini ditulis oleh Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, seorang administrator kelahiran Inggris, yang sangat terobsesi untuk merekam eksotisme dunia Jawa yang penuh dengan keragaman serta keunikan geografis dan budaya. The History of Java dit…
From detailed portraits of the icons of the sport, to statistical breakdowns of the greatest road races and potted histories of its most enduring records, this collection of superbly entertaining infographics includes everything you need to know about professional cycling. Whether it is the tallest and shortest champions, oldest and youngest Tour riders, or the richest in the peloton, Velope…
The Battle for the North Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 until the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, though it reached its peak from mid-1940 through the end of 1943. The Battle for the North Atlantic pitted German U-boats and other warships of the German navy against Allied merchant shipping. Initially, convoys of merchant ships were prote…