Mapping Antarctica [electronic resource] : A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery /
Clancy, Robert.author.
Manning, John.author.
Brolsma, Henk.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Nature.
Environment.
Geographical information systems.
Climate change.
Historical geology.
Popular Science in Nature and Environment.
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
Climate Change.
Historical Geology.
Springer Praxis Books