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Descriptio Cambriae. The Descriptio Cambriae or Descriptio Kambriae (Description of Wales) is a geographical and ethnographic treatise on Wales and its people dating from 1193 or 1194. The Descriptio ’s author, variously known as Gerald of Wales or as Giraldus Cambrensis, was a prominent churchman of Welsh birth and mixed Norman -Welsh ancestry.
Cambria is a name for Wales, being the Latinised form of the Welsh name for the country, Cymru. [1] The term was not in use during the Roman period (when Wales had not come into existence as a distinct entity) or the early medieval period. After the Anglo-Saxon settlement of much of Britain, a territorial distinction developed between the new ...
Camber was the second son of Brutus and Innogen, and a descendant of Aeneas of Troy.Upon his father's death he was given Cambria, while his younger brother Albanactus got Alba (the territory corresponding to modern Scotland; from Welsh Yr Alban) and his older brother Locrinus received Logres (corresponding to England except for Cornwall; from Welsh Lloegr) and the title of King of the Britons.
Powel was born in Denbighshire and commenced his studies at the University of Oxford when he was 16, sometime between 1566 and 1568. Whilst his initial college membership is not known, it is known that he moved to Jesus College when it was founded in 1571. He obtained his B.A. degree on 3 March 1573 and is thought to have been the college's ...
The Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a major producer of iron and steel that operated independently from 1852 to 1916. The company adopted many innovations in the steelmaking process, including those of William Kelly and Henry Bessemer. Founded in 1852, the company became the nation's largest steel foundry within two decades.
Northern Cambria is located near the northwest corner of Cambria County at (40.655813, -78.779472), [8] in the valley of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, near its headw U.S. Route 219 passes through the borough, leading south 15 miles (24 km) to Ebensburg , the county seat , and north 47 miles (76 km) to DuBois .
The Annales Cambriae (Latin for Annals of Wales) is the title given to a complex of Latin chronicles compiled or derived from diverse sources at St David's in Dyfed, Wales. The earliest is a 12th-century presumed copy of a mid-10th-century original; later editions were compiled in the 13th century. Despite the name, the Annales Cambriae record ...
John Thomas. Harp Music: Scenes of Childhood; Grand Duet; Cambria.Lipman Harp Duo (Naxos, 2007). John Thomas. Welsh Music for Voice and Harps: Hela'r sgyfarnog; Gogerddan; La primola; Cambria; Ymadawiad y brenin; Serch hudol; Hob a derry dando; Souvenir du nord; Dadl dau; Bedd Gelert; Thou art the star; L'Adieu.