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Black Pine, Trees of Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus

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Title

Black Pine, Trees of Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus

Description

Trees of Cyprus are part of the natural heritage of the island. Two thousand years ago Eratosthenes (c.276194 B.C.), Greek astronomer and scholar had said that the fields of Cyprus
were so densely covered with trees that the land could not be cultivated. Even though trees were cut down for shipbuilding and the continuous smelting of minerals (copper being one such metal), no human device could exhaust the wood. It was therefore decided by the Council that every man would be allowed to own whatever land he could bring into cultivation by cutting down the trees. Fertile fields were thus created but times have since changed and conservation and re-forestation are orders of the day.

Source

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

Contributor

Designer: A. A. Ioannides

Rights

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

Relation

www.cypruspost.gov.cy

Format

TIFF

Language

EL, EN

Type

Identifier

1994-TREES-7C

Coverage

35.160417, 33.346556

Provenance

Aspioti - Elka, Athens

Files

Citation

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Black Pine, Trees of Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus,” Αψίδα, accessed December 23, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/13405.