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Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : International Marine Publishing Company
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
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Author : Sara Caputo
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 34,11 MB
Release : 2024-08-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1782838872
'Ingenious. Caputo picks out a fascinating path and leads readers along it with the confidence of a practised pilot' Felipe Fernández-Armesto, author of 1492 'Accessible and entertaining, as well as deeply erudite and constantly mind-expanding' Philip Ball, author of How Life Works From their first appearance on Renaissance maps, linear tracks representing maritime voyages have shaped the way we see the world. But why do we depict journeys as lines, and what is their deeper meaning? Ferdinand Magellan's route to the Pacific embodied the promise of adventure and colonisation, while the scientific charts of the Royal Navy inspired others to plan conquests, navigate treacherous waters and establish settlements across the oceans. In Tracks on the Ocean, prize-winning historian Sara Caputo charts a hidden history of the modern world through the tracks left on maps and the sea. Taking us from ancient Greek itineraries to twenty-first-century digital mapping, via the voyages of Drake and Cook, the decks of Napoleonic warships and the boiler rooms of ocean liners, Caputo reveals how marks on maps have changed the course of modernity.
Author : Loreen Leedy
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 10,84 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385306584
Eggs laid in the sand by a female sea turtle hatch into tiny turtles, which eventually grow large enough to lay their own eggs.
Author : S.A. Rodriguez
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 28,9 MB
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0374389780
A debut middle-grade adventure about a young teen who goes on a treasure hunt for undersea riches to help his ailing abuelo. Twelve-year-old Fernando “Fin” joins his grandfather on a secret quest to find a long-lost treasure swept to sea. But when their first mission takes a near-deadly turn, leaving his abuelo weak and unable to speak, Fin’s left to navigate the hunt alone. Well, not exactly alone—his boring, totally unadventurous dad agrees to help out. With danger lurking at every turn, Fin dives into the mission in order to save Abuelo's life. But between Dad’s constant worrying, unwanted diving babysitters, and harrowing encounters in the deep sea, the boy finds himself in a race against time to locate the treasure. If he can’t succeed? He fears he might lose Abuelo for good. S.A. Rodriguez's Treasure Tracks is a fast-paced story filled with heart and humor about the bonds of family, the meaning of a legacy, and most of all, the discovery of true treasure.
Author : Olaus Johan Murie
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780618517435
This all-new edition includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. More than 1,000 line drawings and 100 color photographs further enhance the text.
Author : Lawrence Mark Elbroch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520951646
Spotting an animal’s fresh footprints in the wild can conjure a world for the hiker: Why did the deer tracks disappear? Where did the cougar turn off the trail? What does it mean when two sets of footprints seem to coincide? This beautifully illustrated field guide, the first devoted to the tracks and signs of California animals—including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates like spiders and beetles—blends meticulous science with field experience to provide an engaging companion for both armchair exploration and easy field identification. Filled with useful tools for the wildlife expert, and essential background and visual aids for the novice, including in-depth information about the ecology of each species, this book goes beyond basic recognition of types to interpret what animals leave behind as a way of "seeing" how they move through the world.
Author : Ian Urbina
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0451492951
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation. Traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, seabound abortion providers, clandestine oil-dumpers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways—drawing on five years of perilous and intrepid reporting, often hundreds of miles from shore, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world. Through their stories of astonishing courage and brutality, survival and tragedy, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil, and shipping industries, and on which the world's economies rely. Both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé, this unique work of reportage brings fully into view for the first time the disturbing reality of a floating world that connects us all, a place where anyone can do anything because no one is watching.
Author : Sally Harman Plowden
Publisher : Palmetto Conservation Foundation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Beaches
ISBN : 9780967901664
A girl vacationing with her family at the beach meets a volunteer who is helping newly-hatched loggerhead turtles to reach the water safely.
Author : Wong Herbert Yee
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 11,15 MB
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780312371340
A winter wonderland excursion that leads to many discoveries in the snow.
Author : Rhonda Lucas Donald
Publisher : Arbordale Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607186195
A rhythmic rhyme describes the different types of tracks made by dinosaurs that depict their movement and behavior.