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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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | Springer Praxis Books
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4321-2 |
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.