Kubo bonke abantu abafuna ukutshona kwelanga ngokugqibeleleyo kwiPasifiki okanye ukuhlala ngokuzolileyo entlango, kukho umntu othembela kwisitokhwe esikhulu seencwadi. Kwabo bantu — iHermione Grangers, iRupert Gileses, iiLisa Simpsons — sicebisa ukuba kongezwe iThala leeNcwadi laseBritane eLondon kuluhlu lwamabhakethi. Ngoba? Nangona isenokungabi lelona thala lembali libalaseleyo okanye elona lihle ehlabathini, kunjalo ngu inkulu, ichazwe linani lezinto ezikwidweliso.
Idibeneyo: Yintoni Omele Uyibone Kwicawe Elikhulu Kakhulu lehlabathi
Ngaphezulu kwe-170 yezigidi zeencwadi, imibhalo-ngqangi, iijenali, amaphephandaba, isandi kunye nokurekhodwa komculo, iimagazini, kunye nemizobo, akumangalisi ukuba ithala leencwadi litsala ngaphezulu kwe-1.75 yezigidi zeendwendwe ngonyaka. Ngethamsanqa, kukho indawo eninzi ekunikezelweni nayo — indawo eyoneleyo yokuhlala ngaphezu kwabafundi abayi-1,200 kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-625 zamashalofu.
Idibeneyo: Ungalufumana phi umhlaba kunye nesona sigcawu sikhulu sikhulu
IThala Leencwadi laseBritani Ityala: Imifanekiso kaGetty
Idibeneyo: Le yeyona Myuziyam inkulu ehlabathini
Inkqubo ye- ithala leencwadi liyazingca ukuba, ukuba undwendwe belunokubona izinto ezintlanu yonke imihla, kungathatha isithuba seminyaka engama-80,000 ukubona lonke ingqokelela. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ubomi bakho buphele, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kufuna ukukhangela iDiamond Sutra, ngenye indlela eyaziwa ngokuba yincwadi yokuqala eprintiweyo yomhla wehlabathi, edla ngokuboniswa kwimiboniso yeelayibrari. Jonga ubuncwane obufana ne-teh Magna Cart kunye namazwi abhalwe ngesandla eBeatles.
Idibeneyo: Zeziphi & iiapos zeyona Ntaba inde eMhlabeni?
Kungothusa, kodwa ukuya kuthi ga kumathala eencwadi, iThala leeNcwadi laseBritani alikho mdala kangako — lasekwa ngo-1973 ngenxa yoMthetho weThala leencwadi laseBritani, owamiselwa kunyaka ongaphambili. Sisona sakhiwo sikhulu sasesidlangalaleni esakhiwe e-UK ngenkulungwane ye-20, kwaye isitayile sayo sanamhlanje sisengumbambano.
Idibeneyo: Isikhululo senqwelomoya esikhulu kwihlabathi likhulu kuneSingapore
IThala Leencwadi laseBritani Ityala: UKarl Blackwell / Getty Izithombe
Idibeneyo: Yintoni efunekayo ukuze ibe yeyona nqanawa inkulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa emhlabeni
ILayibrari yaseBritani ivulelekile kubo bonke. Kwixesha elizayo wena & apos; re eLondon, intloko apha ukubona imibhalo-ngqangi yakudala eboniswe kuluntu ngokubanzi, kubandakanya iBeowulf, Tales zaseCanterbury, uJane Eyre, iAlice & apos; s Adventures Under Ground, kunye Just Just Stories — ukubala nje ezimbalwa.