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With our access to Google Maps, Global Positioning Systems, and Atlases that cover all regions and terrains and tell us precisely how to get from one place to another, we tend to forget there was ever a time when the world was unknown and uncharted--a mystery waiting to be solved. In On the Edge, Roger McCoy tells the captivating--and often harrowing--story of the 400 year effort to map North America's Coasts. Much of the book is based on the narratives of mariners who sought a passage through the continent to Asia and produced maps as a byproduct of their journeys. These courageous explorers had to rely on the most rudimentary mapping tools and to contend with unimaginably harsh conditions: ship-crushing ice floes; the threat of frostbite, scurvy, and starvation; gold fever and mutiny; ice that could lock them in for months on end; and, inevitably, the failure to find the elusive Northwest passage. Telling the story from the explorers' perspective, McCoy allows readers to see how maps of their voyages were made and why they were so full of errors, as well as how they gradually acquired greater accuracy, especially after the longitude problem was solved. On the Edge tracks the dramatic voyages of John Cabot, John Davis, Captain Cook, Henry Hudson, Martin Frobisher, John Franklin (who nearly starved to death and become known in England as "the man who ate his boots"), and others, concluding with Robert Peary, Otto Sverdrup, and Vihjalmur Steffanson in the early twentieth century.Drawing upon diaries, journals, and other primary sources--and including a set of maps charting the progress of exploration over time--On the Edge shows exactly how we came to know the shape of our continent. Energy and the Human Journey: Where We Have Been; Energy and the Human Journey: Where We Have Been; Where We Can Go By Wade Frazier Version 12 published May 2015 Version 10 published September 2014 CERF 2017 - Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation CERF 2017 Registration is Now Open! Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 May 2017 Coastal Science at the Inflection Point: Celebrating Successes & Learning from Uber's Self-Driving Car Guru Takes a Backseat Amidst Business Insider was the first to report the news of Levandowskis demotion based on an internal email that Uber confirmed is authentic In the email Levandowski A - Z Index FEMAgov Risk MAP Success Story: Robust Outreach Leads to Expedited Updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the New Orleans Area NOAA Ocean Explorer: Explorations NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Telepresence Mapping in American Samoa and the Cook Islands (April 2017) NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will conduct mapping operations 24 Wait For It - Gizmodo I guess it would depend on how much they trusted you And how many times youre willing to say just wait for it Before they smacked you on the nose Discover Canada - CIC Discover Canada The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship Canadas Regions Listen to this chapter Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Timeline of European exploration - Wikipedia The following timeline covers European exploration from 1418 to 1957 The 15th century witnessed the rounding of the feared Cape Bojador and Portuguese exploration of news release - USGSgov Science for a changing world News Dive into the world of science! Read these storiesand narratives to learn about news items hottopics expeditions underway and much more Will Norfolk (and the Rest of Hampton Roads) Drown? There are three significant threats to Hampton Roads that the insurance companies and banks (as well as government agencies) have to consider: hurricanes sea level
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