Mapping Antarctica
A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery
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ISBN-13:
9789400743205
Veröffentl:
2013
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
16.12.2013
Seiten:
352
Autor:
Robert Clancy
Gewicht:
767 g
Format:
246x173x25 mm
Serie:
Springer Praxis Books
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Everyone likes maps and maps are always used to illustrate the many books on the Antarctic. Here the focus is reversed with contemporary maps telling the story ¿ one that should be attractive to the widest audience as it is a unique approach complimenting what has gone before and providing something different for all interested in Antarctica.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the story of Antarctica
Introduction.- The Concept: From Ptolemy to Cook.-Arctic and Antarctic regions are not Poles apart.- The Reality: Cook to the International Geographical Congress.- The Heroic Age: Heroes, Legends and Land.- Wings over the Continent: From Wilkins to War.- A Second World War and a New Order of Business.- Antarctica Comes of Age: Windows of the World (1960-2000).- Post-2000: A new concept of mapping.- Tourism: A different explorer.
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