Mapping Antarctica A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Clancy, Robert (Autor), Manning, John (Autor), Brolsma, Henk (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Springer Praxis Books
Temas:
Environment.
Geographic information systems.
Geology.
Environmental Sciences.
Geographical Information System.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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