Geographica

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Bateman 1999Edition: 1999ISBN:

1 86 953445X

Subject(s):

New Zealand

Genre/Form:

Atlas

DDC classification:

Summary: "Geographica should be seen as a pathway for a journey of each reader'sv discovery of the world. Our journey commences with the origin of the universe and the birth of Earth, the planet of life. Land, water and the atmosphere provide sustenance for complex evolving lifeforms, culminating in the arrival of those dominant creates, humans. Geological history, influenced by ever-changing natural forces, gradually turns into documented human history. Then our journey leads us into an understanding of how Earth has been transformed by the actions of countless millions of humans and their immediate ancestors over the past million years or so."-Introduction

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Reference	Minnehaha atm (ask for exact shelf)	Reference	912.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	Available for issue on request

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"Geographica should be seen as a pathway for a journey of each reader'sv discovery of the world. Our journey commences with the origin of the universe and the birth of Earth, the planet of life. Land, water and the atmosphere provide sustenance for complex evolving lifeforms, culminating in the arrival of those dominant creates, humans. Geological history, influenced by ever-changing natural forces, gradually turns into documented human history. Then our journey leads us into an understanding of how Earth has been transformed by the actions of countless millions of humans and their immediate ancestors over the past million years or so."-Introduction

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