Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials. For 34 years the great explorer, surveyor, and fur trader travelled across the continent, finding and mapping the routes between the St. Lawrence and the Pacific. Trusting the stars and his sextant, he surveyed a continental area so vast it remains a mapping achievement unequalled in human history. This is the story of David Thompson’s epic journey – his trail by stars.
Как всё организовать, чтоб уехать зимовать? С помощью этой книги ваше самостоятельное зимнее путешествие по тропическим странам будет теплее, интереснее и дешевле, чем сидение дома. Описано девять регионов возможной зимовки — Юго-Восточная Азия, Индия и окрестности, Восточная Африка, Мадагаскар, Мексика и Латинская Америка, и другие регионы.
Mapping Time: Illustrated by Minard's Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 considers the cartographic challenge of visualizing time on a map. Inspired by graphic innovator Charles Minard’s classic map of France’s disastrous invasion of Russia, this book combines historical and geographic analysis with cartographic visualizations of mapping change over time. It includes more than 100 full-color illustrations.
