The History Trees: Extraordinary Tales of Trees Through Time
Colin Salter
- The
- ultimate
- photographic
- collection
- of
- the
- most
- historic
- trees
- on
- the
- planet.Uncover
- remarkable
- trees
- from
- around
- the
- world,
- many
- of
- which
- have
- borne
- witness
- to
- key
- moments
- in
- history
- or
- reached
- a
- scale
- and
- age
- that
- have
- allowed
- them
- to
- become
- a
- part
- of
- history
- themselves.First
- meet
- 'Methuselah’,
- a
- bristlecone
- pine
- in
- the
- White
- Mountains
- of
- New
- Hampshire,
- believed
- to
- be
- 4,900
- years
- old.
- Learn
- about
- other
- trees
- which
- have
- inspired
- great
- events,
- such
- as
- the
- Isaac
- Newton
- apple
- tree
- in
- Woolhope,
- Lincolnshire,
- where
- the
- scientist
- observed
- the
- famous
- apple
- falling
- from
- a
- tree
- (which
- still
- stands
- in
- the
- family
- garden).
- Other
- flora
- has
- withstood
- historic
- events
- such
- as
- in
- Japan,
- where
- the
- Hibaku
- jumoku
- still
- grows
- as
- a
- survivor
- tree
- from
- the
- Hiroshima
- bombing
- or
- the
- 9/11
- Survivor
- Tree
- in
- New
- York
- City.Many
- trees
- continue
- to
- inspire
- our
- world
- today
- including
- the
- long
- avenue
- of
- beech
- trees
- in
- Northern
- Ireland
- known
- as
- the
- Dark
- Hedges
- which
- Game
- of
- Thrones
- fans
- will
- instantly
- recognise
- as
- the
- road
- to
- Kings
- Landing,
- the
- Robin
- Hood’s
- oak
- in
- the
- Sherwood
- Forest
- or
- the
- J.
- R.
- R.
- Tolkien
- trees
- in
- Avebury,
- which
- inspired
- the
- Ents
- in
- The
- Lord
- of
- the
- Rings.Rest
- a
- while
- beside
- the
- oldest
- trunks
- and
- witness
- the
- enthralling
- stories
- nestled
- within
- the
- branches
- of
- these
- gentle giants.
