Cruise Through History: Ports of the Baltic Sea: Itinerary 11

by Sherry Hutt

Overview

Cruise through History - Itinerary XI Ports of the Baltic Sea, the fifth book in storybooks for travelers series, is a delightful romp through one fairytale city after another.  These are stories of Viking kings and royal dynasties, competing for trade with the powerful Hanseatic League as they  fought pirates and created the walled city of Tallinn and the European city of St. Petersburg.  It is also a story of architects who designed Stockholm in the 18^th century and Riga and Helsinki in the 19^th century.  Walk through Copenhagen with Hans Christian Anderson and explore the Hill of Witches in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where artists defied their Soviet overlords with hidden meaning in wooden statues crafted along a walk in the woods like no other.

Cruise through History takes readers beyond guide books to tell stories that make ports along a typical cruise itinerary so special and intriguing.  Add depth and meaning to your travels, or just read the stories for all the interpersonal side of life your teachers never mentioned.  Go into homes of historic celebrities to see what motivated their legacies on the landscape left for you to enjoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942153092
Publisher:	Motumas
Publication date:	07/27/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	366
Sales rank:	699,984
File size:	15 MB
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Table of Contents

Itinerary XI – Ports of the Baltic Sea

 

Table of Contents

 

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Kings, Queens, Knights, Bishops and Vikings

Map

Timeline

 

Denmark

Copenhagen - Copenhagen’s Story

Copenhagen - Tivoli: Happiness Shared with the People

Copenhagen - Storytellers of Denmark

Copenhagen/ Helsingør - Holger Danske: Protector of Denmark

Helsingborg/ Helsingør – Hamlet in Helsingør

Fredericia – Harald Bluetooth Runes in Jelling

Skagen – Muse of the Plein Air Artists

Germany

Rostock/Warnemünde – Rostock of the Hanseatic League

Poland

Gdansk - The First 1000 Years:  997 to 1997

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

Tallinn, Riga and Klaipeda - Gems of the Baltic

Klaipeda - Lithuanian Wonder Tales

Riga -  Riga Is Art Nouveau

Riga - Tales of Black Knights, Blackheads and Black Cats

Tallinn – A Tale of Two Towns

Russia

St. Petersburg - Peter I: First Emperor of Modern Russia

St. Petersburg - How Great Was Catherine?!

St. Petersburg - Alexander II and The Church on Spilt Blood

St. Petersburg - Iconic Russian Ballet

St. Petersburg - Hermitage of Russian Treasure

Finland

Helsinki - Helsinki by Design

Helsinki - In Defense of Helsinki

Sweden

Stockholm - City of the Vasa Kings

Stockholm - Operatic Life of Gustav III

Stockholm - Three Tessins Build a City

Stockholm - Nobel: Of Principles and Prizes

Karlskrona –  A New Home for the Swedish Navy

Visby – Who Were the Vikings?

 

Norway

Oslo - Born of the Sea: Vikings, Fram and Kon-Tiki

Oslo - Vigeland’s Gift to Oslo

Oslo - Float through History Up the Oslofjord