Mapping nature across the Americas /

Mapping nature across the Americas /

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Maps are inherently unnatural. Projecting three-dimensional realities onto two-dimensional surfaces, maps are abstractions that capture someone's idea of what matters within a particular place; they require selections and omissions. It is these very characteristics, however, that give maps thei...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter Co
Other Authors: Akerman, James R. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb, Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bockelman, Brian (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Brosnan, Kathleen A., 1960- (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb, Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Capello, Ernesto (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Colten, Craig E. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Craib, Raymond B. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Dunlop, Catherine T. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Dyce, Matt (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Gregg, Sara M. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Hopkins, Kelly (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Mendoza, Mary E. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Méndez Rodenas, Adriana (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Nekola, Peter (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Saracino, Jennifer (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Wynn, Graeme, 1946- (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Zacks, Michelle (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Chicago : 2021
Subjects:
Cartography > America > History
Physical geography > America > Maps > History
Cartography
History
Physical geography
America > Maps > History
America
Americas
cartography
environment
interdisciplinary
maps
nature
Electronic books
Dictionaries
Maps

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