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The coastline where the Chesapeake expedition of the Virginia Company first landed was already occupied. Although disease in the century since first contact with Europeans had reduced populations in coastal North America (as shown in Charles C. Mann’s brief video included in the previous chapter), Indians lived in villages fortified with high palisade walls.
- 1 Prehistory
The Landing of Columbus, John Vanderlyn, commissioned for...
- Recontact
Pieces of Eight. As previously mentioned, American staple...
- 4 Frontier and Grid
The continent was large and the population density of native...
- 8 Green Revolution
The roots of perennial grasses took advantage of this depth,...
- 1 Prehistory
- About Saxon Switzerland
- Things to See and Do in Saxon Switzerland
- How to Get to Saxon Switzerland
What is Saxon Switzerland?
Saxon Switzerland is an area of Saxony known for its sandstone mountains and abrupt stone pillars and rock formations along the River Elbe, which cuts through the region in a deep valley. Despite its name, the area is far less mountainous than Switzerland but was nevertheless given its current name by two Swiss students in 1766 who enjoyed hiking in Saxon Switzerland. Today around one third of the total region is a national park. Away from the mountains, the area is characterised by small vil...
History of Saxon Switzerland
Despite not being very well known outside of Germany (or ‘criminally overlooked,’ as I would say), tourism first boomed in the area in 1800s. In fact, the region claims to be home to the world’s oldest tourist attraction, as the Basteibrücke serves no practical purpose and was built purely for tourists. The area is also synonymous with famous German painters like Casper David Friedrich and Ludwig Richter who were drawn (geddit…?) to the region’s beautiful landscapes. Today the region’s premie...
Landmarks of Saxon Switzerland
The region has a handful of popular sights and landmarks which are easily visited.
Hiking in Saxon Switzerland
It will come as no surprise to anyone to reveal that my favourite thing to do in Saxon Switzerland is to hike. (It also helps that hiking in Saxon Switzerland is the easiest and most popular activity.) The area is home to plenty of hiking trails and routes but the one I know the best (i.e. have hiked two sections of) is the Malerweg, the region’s premier trail. The Malerweg (lit: Painter’s Way) is an eight-stage hiking route which covers both sides of the Elbe river and passes through some of...
Cycling to Saxon Switzerland: the Elberadweg from Dresden
Aside from hiking, cycling is another popular activity in the area, no doubt helped by the Elberadweg, a maintained and signposted cycle path along both sides of the river that runs all the way from Špindlerův Mlýn (a mountainous town in Northern Czech Republic) to Cuxhaven on the North Sea coast. In September 2020, we rented bikes in Dresden (from Roll on Dresden) and took on a very short section (around 30km), cycling from Dresden city centre along the Elbe to Rathen, a spa town and home of...
Getting to Saxon Switzerland from Dresden is pretty easy. The S1 train follows the trainline that hugs the Elbe and stops in every town, including Pirna, Stadt Wahlen, Rathen, Königstein and Bad Schandau. This is probably the easiest (and cheapest) way to reach everything listed above, although there might be quicker connections available to Bad Sc...
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
John Muir ( / mjʊər / MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks ", [2] was a Scottish-born American [3] [4] : 42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United ...
Nov 21, 2023 · John Locke is an English 17th-century philosopher most known for his defence of individual liberty and property rights of citizens. Locke proposed a separation of government powers and noted the right of the citizenry to overthrow a despotic ruler. All of these ideas influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Mark Cartwright
This lesson is part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program. John Marshall led the Supreme Court of the United States from obscurity and weakness to prominence and power during his 34 years in office, from 1801 to 1835. More than half his time as chief justice was spent at home in Richmond, Virginia.
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In September 1865, John Muir wrote to a friend, “How intensely I desire to be a Humboldt!”. At the time, it must have seemed a pipe dream. A pacifist opposed to the Civil War, the twenty-seven-year-old Muir had left his family’s Wisconsin farm the previous year and traveled to Michigan. From there, he crossed the Canadian border and kept ...
