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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Geography Is Revolutionary; Entry Locator Maps; Selected Chronology; Entries; A; Aerial Photography; Agriculture; Air Travel; Al-Biruni; Al-Idrisi, Muhammad; Al-Jahiz; Anaximander; Antarctica; Applied Geography; Aryabhata and Brahmagupta; Atmospheric Research; B; Bridges and Tunnels; Brunel, Isambard Kingdom; Burke and Wills; Burnham, Daniel; C; Canals; Christaller, Walter; Citizen Science; Columbus, Christopher; Compass; Cook, James; Copernicus; Cross-Staffs, Astrolabes, and Other Devices; D; Davis, William Morris. |
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Defining GeographyE; Earth in Space; Ecoregions and Biomes; Environmental Movement; Eratosthenes; Eriksson, Leif; F; Field Collection Devices; French Geodesic Mission; G; Geodemographics; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Geographical Societies; Geography Departments; Global Positioning Systems (GPS); Globes; Great Trigonometric Survey of India; Guyot and Agassiz; H; Harrison, John; Hayden, Powell, and Wheeler Surveys; Henry the Navigator; Herodotus; High-Resolution Mapping; Hipparchus; Homer; Hutton, James; I; Ibn Battuta; International Geophysical Year; Internet of Things; L. |
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Land ProtectionLatitude and Longitude; Lewis and Clark; Livingstone, David; M; Mackinder, Halford; Magellan, Ferdinand; Magnetic Field; Malthus, Thomas Robert; Maps; Marco Polo; Marsh, George Perkins; Maury, Matthew; Mercator, Gerardus; Münster, Sebastian; N; National Mapping Agencies; National Statistical Agencies; Northwest Ordinance; O; Observatories; Ocean Research; P; Pei Xiu; Photography; Pliny the Elder; Posidonius; Ptolemy; Q; Quantitative Revolution; R; Regional Studies; Remote Sensing; Ritter, Carl; Roads, Ports, and Railroads; S; Sauer, Carl O.; Smith, William; Social Media. |
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Spatial AnalysisStrabo; Supply Chain Management; Surveying; T; Time; Topophilia; Treaty of Tordesillas; U; Universalis Cosmographia; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); Urbanization; V; Varenius, Bernhardus; Vesuvius; Von Humboldt, Alexander; W; War; Web Mapping; Wegener, Alfred; Z; Zheng He; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
This book demonstrates why geography matters in the modern-day world through its examination of 100 moments throughout history that had a significant impact on the study of geography. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Geography -- History.
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Geography. |
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History. |
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Discoveries in geography -- History.
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Geographers -- Biography.
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Geographers -- Biography. |
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Geographers. |
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Explorers -- Biography.
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Explorers -- Biography. |
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Geography. |
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. |
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TRAVEL -- Budget. |
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks. |
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. |
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds. |
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Explorers. |
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Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kerski, Joseph J. Interpreting our world. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016] 9781610699198 (DLC) 2016015146 (OCoLC)951465357 |
| ISBN |
9781610699204 (electronic book) |
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1610699203 (electronic book) |
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9781610699198 |
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161069919X |
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9798216104148 Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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