Plotting The Globe
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Plotting The Globe
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Author : Avraham Ariel
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2005-12-30
Plotting The Globe written by Avraham Ariel and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-30 with History categories.
People use concepts such as time and date to structure their lives on a daily basis. They often measure their travel by marking points arranged along great circles on the globe. Yet most do not understand the origin and history of these terms and the stories of the intrepid adventurers, scientists, and seafarers who shaped our picture of the world today. Ariel transports readers to faraway lands and ancient cultures that span more than 3500 years of exploration. Phoenicians, Spaniards, Portuguese, British, French, and many others star in an epic that stretches from Lapland to Cape Horn, via Greenwich, Paris, the Andes and the Fortunate Islands. This book is a collection of stories and myths about geography, navigation, and geodesy— the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface-that reaches far beyond dry scientific texts to concentrate on the people behind the discoveries. The knowledge and understanding of abstract notions such as the Prime Meridian, the Equator, and the International Date Line is conveyed through emphasis on the human spirit that motivated the pioneer scientists and sailors. It is a tale littered with heroes and villains, battles, tragedies and international intrigue. Readers will learn of a time when nothing was certain—even the shape and size of the earth were the subjects of fierce competition, conflict, and politics.
Maps
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Author : Paula Bryant Pratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Maps written by Paula Bryant Pratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Traces the evolution of mapmaking/cartography from ancient times to the present.
The Globe Program Teacher S Guide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Globe Program Teacher S Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Environmental education categories.
The Congressional Globe
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1841
The Congressional Globe written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1841 with Law categories.
The Globe
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Globe written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.
Short Studies Of Shakespeare S Plots
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Author : Cyril Ransome
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Short Studies Of Shakespeare S Plots written by Cyril Ransome and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with categories.
"Originally delivered as popular lectures."--Pref. Hamlet.--Julius Cæsar.--Macbeth.--King Lear.--Richard II.--Othello, the Moor of Venice.--Coriolanus.--The tempest.
The Globe
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The Globe written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Cartography categories.
Globe Program Teacher S Guide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Globe Program Teacher S Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Environmental education categories.
Imperial Plots
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Author : Sarah Carter
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Release Date : 2016-10-07
Imperial Plots written by Sarah Carter and has been published by Univ. of Manitoba Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-07 with History categories.
Sarah Carter’s "Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies" examines the goals, aspirations, andchallenges met by women who sought land of their own. Supporters of British women homesteaders argued they would contribute to the “spade-work” of the Empire through their imperial plots, replacing foreign settlers and relieving Britain of its "surplus" women. Yet far into the twentieth century there was persistent opposition to the idea that women could or should farm: British women were to be exemplars of an idealized white femininity, not toiling in the fields. In Canada, heated debates about women farmers touched on issues of ethnicity, race, gender, class, and nation. Despite legal and cultural obstacles and discrimination, British women did acquire land as homesteaders, farmers, ranchers, and speculators on the Canadian prairies. They participated in the project of dispossessing Indigenous people. Their complicity was, however, ambiguous and restricted because they were excluded from the power and privileges of their male counterparts. Imperial Plots depicts the female farmers and ranchers of the prairies, from the Indigenous women agriculturalists of the Plains to the array of women who resolved to work on the land in the first decades of the twentieth century.
Policing The Globe
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Author : Peter Andreas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008
Policing The Globe written by Peter Andreas and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
A thought-provoking analysis of the historical expansion and recent dramatic acceleration of international crime control, 'Policing the Globe' provides a bridge between criminal justice and international relations on a topic of crucial public importance.