"Legends of British History" (2008) is a panoramic survey, stretching from the origin of Stonehenge five thousand years ago through to controversies in the twenty first century.

However a further aim of the Birds and People project is to provide a panoramic survey of the multitudinous way in which birds enter and enrich human lives.

The author's "panoramic survey" of the Philippines over three centuries.

The trip was a panoramic survey of island treasures.

The Grand Palais will also present, from Oct. 23 through Jan. 24, a panoramic survey entitled "L'Ame au Corps: Arts et Sciences 1793-1993."

Lady Skettles took a panoramic survey of it through her glass, and said to Sir Barnet Skettles, with a nod of approval, 'Very good.'

Two brokers invade the very fire-escape, and take a panoramic survey of the neighbourhood from the top of the house.

"Chasing the Sun," by Richard Cohen (Random House; $35) This spirited panoramic survey examines our relationship to the sun, approaching the subject from almost every conceivable angle.

Stanley Karnow's panoramic survey brilliantly describes the relations over more than three centuries between the Filipinos and, first, the Spaniards, then the Americans, and finally among themselves in governing the islands.

It is a panoramic survey rather than a monolithic argument or re-interpretation.