Mapping Antarctica : A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Clancy, Robert. (Autor), Manning, John. (Autor), Brolsma, Henk. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Springer Praxis Books
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.