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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The South Polar Times: April to August 1903
Author: Antarctica, Art and Archive
Author: Polly GouldPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350158356
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Antarctica, that icy wasteland and extreme environment at the ends of the earth, was - at the beginning of the 20th century - the last frontier of Victorian imperialism, a territory subjected to heroic and sometimes desperate exploration. Now, at the start of the 21st century, Antarctica is the vulnerable landscape behind iconic images of climate change. In this genre-crossing narrative Gould takes us on a journey to the South Pole, through art and archive. Through the life and tragic death of Edward Wilson, polar explorer, doctor, scientist and artist, and his watercolours, and through the work of a pioneer of modern anthropology and opponent of scientific racism, Franz Boas, Gould exposes the legacies of colonialism and racial and gendered identities of the time. Antarctica, the White Continent, far from being a blank - and white - canvas, is revealed to be full of colour. Gould argues that the medium matters and that the practices of observation in art, anthropology and science determine how we see and what we know. Stories of exploration and open-air watercolour painting, of weather experiments and ethnographic collecting, of evolution and extinction, are interwoven to raise important questions for our times. Revisiting Antarctica through the archive becomes the urgent endeavour to imagine an inhabitable planetary future.
The New Zealand Official Year-book
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Nautical Puzzle Book
Author: The National Maritime MuseumPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529322820
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
__________ Available now: the biggest and best quiz book about the deep blue! __________ Think you know the difference between a ship and a boat? Do you really understand the shipping forecast? And what do all the different flags at sea mean? The Nautical Puzzle Book is packed to the brim with over 100 puzzles inspired by the National Maritime Museum's objects and their stories. Inside this book you'll find a fiendish mix of word games, codewords, trivia, picture puzzles, word scrambles, anagrams, crosswords and much more. It's a chance to learn all about epic explorers, history makers, record breakers, myths, legends, seafaring traditions and life at sea. By the time you reach the end you'll have navigated centuries of history, crossed thousands of miles of ocean, and made countless discoveries - so batten down the hatches and set sail! __________ The perfect gift for veteran seafarers and armchair navigators alike. Find out if you're worthy of captaincy or destined to be a deck hand in this beautiful and addictive puzzle book! If you're bored of Zoom Quizzes, then this is the book for all the family.
The Annual Index to the Times
Author: Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution
Author: Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The South Polar Times
Author: Sir Ernest Henry ShackletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: Palmers' Index to the Times Newspaper
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Times (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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