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Mapping Antarctica [electronic resource] : A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery / by Robert Clancy, John Manning, Henk Brolsma.

By: Clancy, Robert [author.].
Contributor(s): Manning, John [author.] | Brolsma, Henk [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XXI, 328 p. 163 illus., 130 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400743212.Subject(s): Science (General) | Geology | Geographical information systems | Life sciences | Climatic changes | Popular Science | Popular Science in Nature and Environment | Geographical Information Systems/Cartography | Climate Change | Historical GeologyDDC classification: 500 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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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.

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.

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