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Autore: | Clancy Robert |
Titolo: | Mapping Antarctica : A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery / / by Robert Clancy, John Manning, Henk Brolsma |
Pubblicazione: | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina: | 919.89 |
Soggetto topico: | Nature |
Environment | |
Geographical information systems | |
Climate change | |
Historical geology | |
Popular Science in Nature and Environment | |
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography | |
Climate Change | |
Historical Geology | |
Soggetto geografico: | Antarctica Maps History |
Antarctica Maps | |
Antarctica Discovery and exploration | |
Classificazione: | RY 70217 |
ZI 9790 | |
Persona (resp. second.): | ManningJohn |
BrolsmaHenk | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mapping Antarctica |
ISBN: | 94-007-4321-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910298388403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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