Mapping Mountains

Mapping Mountains

Author: Ernesto Capello

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9004441689

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Mountains appear in the oldest known maps yet their representation has proven a notoriously difficult challenge for map makers. In this essay, Ernesto Capello surveys the broad history of relief representation in cartography with an emphasis on the allegorical, commercial and political uses of mapping mountains. After an initial overview and critique of the traditional historiography and development of techniques of relief representation, the essay features four clusters of mountain mapping emphases. These include visions of mountains as paradise, the mountain as site of colonial and postcolonial encounter, the development of elevation profiles and panoramas, and mountains as mass-marketed touristed itineraries.


Mapping Mountains

Mapping Mountains

Author: Rob Walker

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2011-01-15

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1608703568

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Introduces maps and teaches essential mapping skills, including how to create, use, and interpret maps of mountains.


Mountains

Mountains

Author: Stefan Werner Dech

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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This thrilling combination of science, history, geography and adventure brings together more than 170 breathtaking virtual images of mountains, created using modern satellite technology with unprecedented precision and detail, allowing viewpoints that have never before been possible; the history of mountaineering, retold by world-class adventurer Reinhold Messner; first-hand accounts of expeditions by great climbers: Sandy Allan, Hansjörg Auer, Hervé Barmasse, Yannick Graziani, Tomaz̆ Humar, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Pierre Mazeaud, Robert Paragot, John Roskelley, Adolf Schulze, Stephen Venables, and Barbara Washburn.


Mapping Mountains

Mapping Mountains

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Raintree Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780431013305

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'Mapping Mountains' shows how to use and interpret maps in a progressive way starting with simple maps and basic concepts, through to scales, grid references and national and global maps. It includes mapping games and other activities.


Navigation in the Mountains

Navigation in the Mountains

Author: Carlo Forte

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing

Published: 2014-04-28

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0954151186

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Navigation in the Mountains - The Definitive Guide for Hill Walkers, Mountaineers & Leaders is the official navigation book for all Mountain Training schemes. Packed with essential information and techniques, this handbook is split into sections including: all aspects of mountain navigation; the additional techniques required in winter; adaptations in navigation techniques for use overseas; the use of GPS; digital mapping; and the teaching of navigation. This book is the reference tool for all walkers who wish to maintain or improve their navigation techniques as well as containing specific ideas for anyone wanting to help teach and lead others. Its functional design with easy reference colour coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text and inspiring photographs make this book an indispensable guide. It is the fourth in a series of manuals and has been written and compiled by Carlo Forte, the Chief Instructor at the National Mountain Centre, Plas y Brenin, and it is published by Mountain Training UK.


Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Author: Amy Graham

Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781598450934

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Learn about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's history and varied attractions, as well as its resident wildlife.