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Author : Glen McLaughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Mapping of California as an Island written by Glen McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glen McLaughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781893663299
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (632 download)
Download or read book California as an Island written by Glen McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Berger
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816519026
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Almost an Island written by Bruce Berger and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight hundred miles long, Baja California is the remotest region of the Sonoran desert, a land of volcanic cliffs, glistening beaches, fantastical boojum trees, and some of the greatest primitive murals in the Western Hemisphere. In this book, Berger recounts tales from his three decades in this extraordinary place, enriching his account with the peninsula's history, its politics, and its probable future--rendering a striking panorama of this land so close to the United States, so famous and so little known.
Author : California State University, Fullerton. University Library. Collection for the History of Cartography
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (218 download)
Download or read book California as an Island written by California State University, Fullerton. University Library. Collection for the History of Cartography and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 145216844X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)
Download or read book The Phantom Atlas written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the mysteries within ancient maps — Where exploration and mythology meet This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true. Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies. Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet. Cartography’s greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms. If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas
Author : Scott O'Dell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395069629
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Island of the Blue Dolphins written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1960 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Author : Dora Polk
Publisher : Bison Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Island of California written by Dora Polk and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Polk weaves threads from history, literature, mythology, cartography, and geography into a tapestry attesting the durability of the myth."-A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Choice. To early explorers and geographers California represented a terrestrial paradise. It was Atlantis, Arcadia, Avalon, El Dorado, the Garden of Eden, the Land of Milk and Honey, the Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan. It was always a magnet for dreamers. In this fascinating book Dora Beale Polk examines the dreams and myths that influenced the discovery and exploration of California. Throughout, Polk treats the long-held concept of California as an island, going back to medieval lore that filled an unknown ocean with rich, mysterious ideal islands. Columbus carried the lore to the New World, expecting to find islands teeming with gold, pearls, fabulous creatures, and Amazon women. Cortis was led by the "romance of the islands." Balboa, Cabrillo, Drake, Ascensisn, Kino, and many others entered into the making of the island myth. The discoveries and explorations of all the major figures are traced and their reports analyzed as they relate to California's geography and to the dreams overlaying it. Dora Beale Polk is a professor of English at California State University at Long Beach. She has published popular suspense novels and poetry as well as scholarly works.
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book List of Printed Maps of California ... written by University of California, Berkeley. Library and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book California written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marla Daily
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 073859508X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)
Download or read book The California Channel Islands written by Marla Daily and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, thousands of Southern California residents see the California Channel Islands on the horizon, yet few can name all eight. Santa Catalina Island, third largest, is by far the best known. It is the only island with a city, Avalon, where dozens of hotels, shops, and restaurants await visitors year-round. Three of the islands are owned by the US Navy: San Clemente, San Nicolas, and San Miguel. San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands are used for military training, naval weapons development, and missile testing; thus access is restricted. Five islands fall within the boundaries of Channel Islands National Park: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands. Close to the mainland and yet worlds apart, scenic day trips and primitive camping opportunities are available on all five park islands. With neither stores nor modern conveniences, a trip to Channel Islands National Park is a step back in time.
Author : California State University, Fullerton. University Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (114 download)
Download or read book California as an Island written by California State University, Fullerton. University Library and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald Vere Tooley
Publisher : London : Map Collectors' Circle
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book California as an Island written by Ronald Vere Tooley and published by London : Map Collectors' Circle. This book was released on 1964 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ray Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762758430
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book California: Mapping the Golden State through History written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of California from the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on Golden State history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of state history for residents, former residents, and visitors.
Author : Andrea Irene Westersund
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Just Passing Through written by Andrea Irene Westersund and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Branwell Fanning
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738547190
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (471 download)
Download or read book Angel Island written by Branwell Fanning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angel Island, in the Town of Tiburon, is a mile-square jewel set in San Francisco Bay that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Few of those who hike, bike, camp, or enjoy the spectacular vistas in this California State Park realize its diverse history. From the Spanish ships that anchored at Ayala Cove in 1775 to the 1960s cold war-era missile silos, Angel Island has endured to become one of the most popular parks in the state. Although many building were demolished, there are still countless reminders of the island's multifaceted evolution, including a quarantine station, army base, and immigration station.
Author : Carl Irving Wheat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book 25 California Maps written by Carl Irving Wheat and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul E. Cohen
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Mapping the West written by Paul E. Cohen and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also included are maps by American Indians, maps that highlight the epicenter of the California gold rush, and maps that delineate the proposed and final courses of the transcontinental railroad, to mention only a few of the areas herein discussed.".
