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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Springer Praxis Books
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of 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