Bibliograph

Mapping Antarctica, a five hundred year record of discovery, Robert Clancy, John Manning, Henk Brolsma

Type

Label

Mapping Antarctica, a five hundred year record of discovery, Robert Clancy, John Manning, Henk Brolsma

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mapping Antarctica

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

800865101

Responsibility statement

Robert Clancy, John Manning, Henk Brolsma

Series statement

Springer Praxis Books

Sub title

a five hundred year record of discovery

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Arctic and Antarctic regions are not poles apart -- Drivers of discovery -- Antarctica -- the concept : from Ptolemy to Cook -- Antarctica -- the reality : from Cook to the International Geographical Congress -- Antarctica -- the heroic age : heroes, legends, and land -- Antarctica -- wings over the continent : from Wilkins to war -- Antarctica 1940-1960 : a second world war and a new order of business -- Consolidation of political interest and national mapping programs (1950-2010) -- Antarctic science comes of age : window on the world (1960-2010) -- Atlas maps

Contributor

Creator