Interpreting our world : 100 discoveries that revolutionized geography /: 100 discoveries that revolutionized geography. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph J. Kerski.
• Authors: Kerski, Joseph J
• Contents: AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Geography Is RevolutionaryEntry Locator MapsSelected ChronologyEntriesAerial PhotographyAgricultureAir TravelAl-BiruniAl-Idrisi, MuhammadAl-JahizAnaximanderAntarcticaApplied GeographyAryabhata and BrahmaguptaAtmospheric ResearchBridges and TunnelsBrunel, Isambard KingdomBurke and WillsBurnham, DanielCanalsChristaller, WalterCitizen ScienceColumbus, ChristopherCompassCook, JamesCopernicusCross-Staffs, Astrolabes, and Other DevicesDavis, William MorrisDefining GeographyEarth in SpaceEcoregions and BiomesEnvironmental MovementEratosthenesEriksson, LeifField Collection DevicesFrench Geodesic MissionGeodemographicsGeographic Information Systems (GIS)Geographical SocietiesGeography DepartmentsGlobal Positioning Systems (GPS)GlobesGreat Trigonometric Survey of IndiaGuyot and AgassizHarrison, JohnHayden, Powell, and Wheeler SurveysHenry the NavigatorHerodotusHigh-Resolution MappingHipparchusHomerHutton, JamesIbn BattutaInternational Geophysical YearInternet of ThingsLand ProtectionLatitude and LongitudeLewis and ClarkLivingstone, DavidMackinder, HalfordMagellan, FerdinandMagnetic FieldMalthus, Thomas RobertMapsMarco PoloMarsh, George PerkinsMaury, MatthewMercator, GerardusMünster, SebastianNational Mapping AgenciesNational Statistical AgenciesNorthwest OrdinanceObservatoriesOcean ResearchPei XiuPhotographyPliny the ElderPosidoniusPtolemyQuantitative RevolutionRegional StudiesRemote SensingRitter, CarlRoads, Ports, and RailroadsSauer, Carl O.Smith, WilliamSocial MediaSpatial AnalysisStraboSupply Chain ManagementSurveyingTimeTopophiliaTreaty of TordesillasUniversalis CosmographiaUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)UrbanizationVarenius, BernhardusVesuviusVon Humboldt, AlexanderWarWeb MappingWegener, AlfredZheng HeBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Subjects: 910.9; History -- Historical Geography; Geography -- History; Discoveries in geography -- History; Geographers -- Biography; Explorers -- Biography; History -- World; Geography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216104148
• Related ISBNs: 9781610699198
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