Geographical Discovery & Exploration


"Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in 1816"

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Narrative of an expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the COngo in 1816. Paperback, Weight: 1226g.
Author:  Tuckey, J.K.
ISBN:  1905748116
Publisher:  Rediscovery Books
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"In the Wake of the Jomon"

Stone Age Mariners and a Voyage Across the Pacific

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In 1996, a 9,500-year-old skeleton unearthed beside the Columbia River galvanized anthropologists with the possibility that prehistoric humans reached North America from northern Japan by crossing the ocean in small open boats. Here, the author relates his successful attempt to re-create this perilous migration. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 231 x 157 mm. Weight: 442g.
Author:  Turk, Jon
ISBN:  007147465X
Publisher:  International Marine Publishing Co
Date:  2006  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet"

Containing a Narrative of a Journey Through Bootan, and a Part of Tibet

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Paperback, Weight: 505g.
Author:  Turner, Samuel
ISBN:  1905748140
Publisher:  Rediscovery Books
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"Manual of Military Ballooning"

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Paperback, Weight: 505g.
Author:  Ward, B.R.
ISBN:  1905748108
Publisher:  Rediscovery Books
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"Shackleton's Boat Journey"

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A first-hand account of the voyage to safety, led by Worsley, of six men stranded for six months on the Antarctic ice pack when their expedition's ship was crushed by the ice. Hardback, 220 pages. Size: 200 x 150 mm. Weight: 272g.
Author:  Worsley, F.
ISBN:  0393318648
Publisher:  W.W. Norton & Company Ltd
Date:  1998  (Usa)
Readership:  Undergraduate Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"Shackleton's Boat Journey"

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Frank A Worsley was the Captain of the H M S Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continent the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice, and the ship's party of twenty-eight drifted in an ice floe for five months. With 8pp b&w plates. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 136 mm. Weight: 253g.
Author:  Worsley, Frank Arthur
ISBN:  0712665749
Publisher:  Vintage
Date:  1999  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"A Narrative of the Mission Sent By the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855, With Notices of the Country, Government, and People"

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Paperback, Weight: 943g.
Author:  Yule, Sir Henry
ISBN:  1905748043
Publisher:  Rediscovery Books
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Discovery & Exploration

"Applied Gis and Spatial Analysis"

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Public and private sector organisations look towards spatial analysis and what it can do for their business or organisation. This book, structured in two complementary parts to convey this public private focus, provides readers with various global applications from business and local/national government. With illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). New & >. Hardback, 420 pages. Size: 249 x 177 mm. Weight: 969g.
Author:  (Stillwell, John, ed.)
ISBN:  0470844094
Publisher:  John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Environmental Modelling With Gis and Remote Sensing"

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"Geographic Information Systems Workshop" series; This text derives from a training course for professionals and managers in the environmental sciences, detailing the applications of remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for environmental modelling and assessment. It sets out research results and provides operational methods. With 25 tables, 50 drawings, 25 b&w photographs. Paperback, 286 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 499g.
Author:  (Skidmore, Andrew, ed.)
ISBN:  0415241707
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Gis for Environmental Decision Making"

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"Innovations in Gis" series; Highlights innovations related to sources of data, developments in analytical techniques, and involvement in public communication and participative processes. This book provides an overview of the use of GIS. It includes numerous examples of GIS in different countries. With 9 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 2 black & white halftones. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 237 x 168 mm. Weight: 539g.
Author:  (Lovett, Andrew A., ed.)
ISBN:  0849374235
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Gis, Spatial Analysis and Modeling"

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Discusses how commercial GIS software provides a powerful suite of analytical and modeling tools, as well as sophisticated visualization methods, all within a seamless GIS environment. With illustrations. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 228 x 193 mm. Weight: 1321g.
Author:  (Maguire, David, ed.)
ISBN:  1589481305
Publisher:  Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.,U.S.
Date:  2005  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Handbook of Geographic Information Science"

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"Blackwell Companions to Geography" series; A reference and guide to the field of Geographic Information Science. It covers research in the field. It explores the trends influencing the collection, organization, and dissemination of geographically referenced data sets, and review the defining characteristics of the database solutions used in GIS products. With 100. Paperback, 656 pages. Size: 248 x 172 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  (Wilson, John, ed.)
ISBN:  1405107960
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Land Observation By Remote Sensing"

Theory and Applications

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"Current Topics in Remote Sensing" series; Focuses on Earth-surface objects and describes both the theory of remote sensing and the applications of this technique to the fields of agriculture, forestry, land evaluation, agrohydrology and irrigation, nature conservation and environmental pollution control. With illustrations. Paperback, 552 pages. Size: 247 x 170 mm. Weight: 1474g.
Author:  (Buiten, Henk J., ed.)
ISBN:  288124940X
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  1994  (Switzerland)
Readership:  Undergraduate Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Memory-Map Navigation Workshop Dvd"

How to Use a Map,A Compass and Gps

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Dvd, Size: 190 x 135 mm. Weight: 161g.
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ISBN:  1845140524
Publisher:  Evo Distribution Ltd
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

"Planning Support Systems in Practice"

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"Advances in Spatial Science" series; Provides an overview of Planning Support Systems (PSS) and their application in practice. This book aims to advance progress in the development of PSS, which are far from being integrated into the planning practice. It provides an Internet-based worldwide inventory of examples and applications of PSS in a number of different planning contexts. With 219 illus.. Hardback, 591 pages. Size: 230 x 168 mm. Weight: 998g.
Author:  (Geertman, Stan, ed.)
ISBN:  3540437193
Publisher:  Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Date:  2002  (Germany)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Geographical Information Systems (Gis)

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