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Broken Hill Publishers Ltd Atlas of the Hellenic Flora, Three Volume Set
Book SynopsisBotany, like other branches of western science, has its roots in ancient Greece, with Theophrastos of Eressos (372-287 B.C.) generally considered to have been the first botanist. Modern botanical studies in the area started with the travels of John Sibthorp and Ferdinand Bauer in 1786-1787, the results of which were subsequently published in the great Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, appearing in ten heavy folio volumes in the period 1806-1840. An annotated re-issue was prepared by Strid & Strid (2009-2013). For a brief history of the botanical exploration of Greece from the time of Sibthorp to the present, see Strid (2020a).The present Atlas covers the whole of Greece. Maps have been generated from the Flora Hellenica Database which was started in 1989 and now comprises 1,052,338 geo-referenced records, 436,353 of which have been registered by the present author. Records in the database comprise 502,882 herbarium collections and 321,759 literature reports, the rest being field notes, photographs, etc.This Atlas will provide a baseline for future studies of Greek biodiversity.
£204.30
Batiscafo Atlas de Literatura Latinoamericana
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£28.64
Taylor & Francis Ltd Atlas of Changing South Africa
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£52.24
Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Maps
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£71.99
Cambridge University Press Atlas of Historical Eclipse Maps East Asia 1500 BCAD 1900
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£39.89
Cambridge University Press Atlas of Historical Eclipse Maps
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£103.00
MIT Press Ltd Mapping Boston The MIT Press
Book SynopsisAn informative—and beautiful—exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps.To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness—bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Bost
£25.65
