Charting northern waters : essays for the centenary of the Canadian Hydrographic Service /

Charting Northern Waters celebrates the achievements and history of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) and examines a wide range of topics relating to the origins of the CHS and to its subsequent development. Topics include the colonial heritage of hydrography in Canadians waters, the politics...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Canadian Hydrographic Service, Canadian Nautical Research Society
Otros Autores: Glover, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : Published for the Canadian Nautical Research Society and made possible with financial support from CARIS by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Canadian Hydrographic Service > History.
Service hydrographique du Canada > Histoire.
Canadian Hydrographic Service.
Hydrographic surveying > Canada > History.
Levés hydrographiques > Canada > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Surveying.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Hydrology.
Hydrographic surveying.
Canada.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maps and Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Hydrography in New France
  • Alejandro Malaspina's Survey Operations on the Northwest Coast, 1791-1792
  • The Publication of British Admiralty Charts for British Columbia in the Nineteenth Century
  • "The Incarnation of Energy" : Raymond Préfontaine, the Hydrographic Survey of Canada, and the Establishment of a Canadian Naval Militia
  • Hydrographic Survey Work of the Departments of Public Works, Railways and Canals, and the Interior, 1867-1914
  • HMS Challenger's Surveys in Labrador, 1932-1934
  • Hydrographic Studies of Russia's Northern Oceans, 1900-1940
  • Wartime German Hydrography in Canadian Waters
  • Canadian Technical Advances in Hydrography since 1945
  • At Sea with Hydro : William Metcalf and USS Edistos Arctic Cruise, Spring 1951.

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