Atlas of the Pacific Islands
Atlas of the Pacific Islands

Author: Max Quanchi

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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- Up-to-date and accurate full-color maps for every Pacific nation and territory and base maps on Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas - High-quality color photographs and graphic data displays covering agriculture, climate, fishing, independence movements, indigenous peoples, land use and conservation, mining, ocean currents, population distribution, topography, tourism, and urbanization - Tables of Pacific and world statistics that include capital cities, areas, time zones, populations, life expectancies, primary students per teacher, persons per doctor, and literacy rates - High-interest case studies - Clear guides to using the atlas effectively - A gazetteer and a glossary

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific

Author: Colin McEvedy

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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Organized in the same innovative manner as Colin McEvedy's other Penguin historical atlases, but presented in a new, larger, and more accessible format, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific features forty-nine double-page spreads, with text facing the maps, that provide overviews of crucial moments in the history of the Pacific and the lands around it, from the formation of the ocean some twenty-eight million years ago to the end of the twentieth century. The spreads show the movements of peoples along the Pacific Rim, the occupation of oceanic islands, the development of nations, and the rise and fall of empires within and around the huge Pacific basin. The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific is an essential acquisition for schools, libraries, and students of Asian and American history.

Atlas of the Pacific Islands
Atlas of the Pacific Islands

Author: Max Quanchi

Publisher: Jacaranda

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780701636623

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AGE 12 – ADULT The Jacaranda Atlas of the Pacific Islands features mapping details and clarity pioneered by Jacaranda over 30 years of atlas publishing. it contains extensive map and case study coverage of the North and South Pacific region as well as a comprehensive World section with case studies. The atlas is full of high–quality illustrations including photos, block diagrams, satellite images and graphic displays. Learning about the world is important but learning about your own part of the world is vital. For students who live and study in the Pacific region it has often been difficult to find accurate maps and information about their own country and their neighbours. Jacaranda has changed all that with this stunning atlas destined to become the centrepiece of Social Studies courses throughout the Pacific region. Features Mapping detail and clarity pioneered by Jacaranda over 30 years of atlas publishing. Extensive map and case study coverage of the North and South Pacific region. Comprehensive World section with case studies. High quality illustrations including photos, block diagrams, satellite images and graphic displays. Pacific and world statistics for all countries. Developed in conjunction with Max Quanchi, acknowledged educational expert on the Pacific region.

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands
Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands

Author: Judith Schalansky

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-11-12

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0143126679

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A lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning Atlas of Remote Islands The Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard, she creates a story around each island: fantastical, inscrutable stories, mixtures of fact and imagination that produce worlds for the reader to explore. Gorgeously illustrated and with new, vibrant colors for the Pocket edition, the atlas shows all fifty islands on the same scale, in order of the oceans they are found. Schalansky lures us to fifty remote destinations—from Tristan da Cunha to Clipperton Atoll, from Christmas Island to Easter Island—and proves that the most adventurous journeys still take place in the mind, with one finger pointing at a map.

Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean
Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean

Author: Derek Hayes

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1570613117

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Map junkies rejoice! Derek Hayes, author of Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, delivers another stunning atlas filled with stories of explorations and exquisite historical maps. Over five hundred years of maps depicting the North Pacific Ocean and the lands that border it -- the United States, Canada, Alaska, Russia, Japan, Korea, and China -- have been collected into this new atlas. From antique maps of the sixteenth century to modern satellite images, this volume covers all the major explorations, such as Magellan, Bering, Cook, and Vancouver; Perry's opening of Japan; and the U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. It also includes modern maps that use the latest technology to show ocean currents, fault lines, and the seabed in astounding detail.