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UNINA9910298388403321 |
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Autore |
Clancy Robert |
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Titolo |
Mapping Antarctica : A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery / / by Robert Clancy, John Manning, Henk Brolsma |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature |
Environment |
Geographical information systems |
Climate change |
Historical geology |
Popular Science in Nature and Environment |
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography |
Climate Change |
Historical Geology |
Antarctica Maps History |
Antarctica Maps |
Antarctica Discovery and exploration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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