Overview
This second edition of the 1991 award-winning (Library Journal Best Reference) book is a phenomenally complete A-Z of Antarctica. The approximately 30,000 entries include geographical features, significant historical events, explorers, expeditions, ships, scientists, scientific stations, tour operators, scientific terms, birds, animals, insects, flora, and much more. It is heavily cross-referenced for best access. Information for the numerous geographical features in this book came primarily from national gazetteers, current and historic.
Full Product Details
Author: John Stewart
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 0.90cm
, Height: 10.20cm
, Length: 28.70cm
Weight: 3.736kg
ISBN: 9780786435906
ISBN 10: 0786435909
Pages: 1771
Publication Date: 30 September 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
still the most comprehensive subject resource...this set's breadth and detail is unsurpassed --Library Journal; this well-regarded encyclopedia continues to be a remarkable resource...highly recommended --Choice; recommend[ed] --ARBA; John Stewart has produced a serious and scholarly work from numerous sources for which he deserves a great deal of credit --Against the Grain; valuable for the enormous amount of information...much of it to be found nowhere else...that it collects in easily accessible form --The Polar Times; I look forward to using this book for many years to come --Antarctic; the second edition doubles the first edition's entries to some 30,000 --Reference & Research Book News; the book to add to one's collection. No one has previously written anything about Antarctica that comes close to the scholarship and presentation in these two volumes --Old Antarctic Explorers Association Gazette; Reviews of the first edition: the first encyclopedia on Antarctica...comprehensive, handsomely produced, and...valuable --Library Journal; a wealth of useful information...good reading for anyone.... Highly recommended --Choice; detailed and comprehensive...even modest collections will benefit from this thorough work. The foreword is by famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary --College & Research Library News; objective, factual information --Wilson Library Bulletin; absorbing --New York Times.
comprehensive, handsomely produced, and...valuable --Library Journal; a wealth of useful information...for public and academic libraries at all levels --Choice; objective, factual information --Wilson Library Bulletin; well worth purchasing --ARBA.
Author Information
John Stewart is the author of several McFarland encyclopedias. He lives in West Jefferson, North Carolina.
