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Map Worlds plots a journey of discovery through the world of women map-makers from the golden age of cartography in the sixteenth-century Low Countries to tactile maps in contemporary Brazil. Author Will C. van den Hoonaard examines the history of women in the profession, sets out the situation of women in technical fields and cartography-related organizations, and outlines the challenges they face in their careers. Map Worlds explores women as colourists in early times, describes the major houses of cartographic production, and delves into the economic function of intermarriages among cartographic houses and families. It relates how in later centuries, working from the margins, women produced maps to record painful tribal memories or sought to remedy social injustices. Much later, one woman so changed the way we think about continents that the shift has been likened to the Copernican revolution. Other women created order and wonder about the lunar landscape, and still others turned the art and science of making maps inside out, exposing the hidden, unconscious, and subliminal “text” of maps. Shared by all these map-makers are themes of social justice and making maps work for the betterment of humanity.

Cartography --- Women cartographers --- Maps --- Cartographers --- History. --- History --- Cartography. --- Feminist Cartography. --- Historical Cartography. --- Map making. --- Maps. --- Women.

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This book is a new history of an ancient geography. It reassesses the evidence for why Europeans believed a massive southern continent existed, and why they advocated for its discovery. When ships were equal to ambitions, explorers set out to find and claim Terra Australis. Antipodes charts these voyages-voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas-in pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis. In doing so, the question is asked: how could so many fail to see the realities they encountered? And how is it a mythical land held the gaze of an era famed for breaking free the shackles of superstition? That Terra Australis did not exist didn't stop explorers pursuing the continent, unwilling to abandon the promise of such a rich and magnificent land till it was stripped of every ounce of value it had ever promised. In the process, the southern continent-an imaginary land-became one of the shaping forces of early modern history. Includes 48 pages of b&w and colour images.

Geography, Ancient --- Discoveries in geography --- Explorers --- History. --- European --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Ancient geography --- Geography --- Discoverers --- Navigators --- Voyagers --- Voyages and travels --- Geographical discoveries in literature --- Adventure and adventurers --- Heroes --- History --- Antipodes --- ancient geography --- southern exploration --- geographical exploration --- exploration by sea --- discoveries in geography --- discovery of Australia --- cartography --- historical cartography --- imaginative cartography --- southern continent --- Cosmography --- Terra Australis

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This book is a collection of all papers published in the Special Issue “Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies: From Monitoring to Applied Research”. The main focus is to provide the state-of-the-art and recent research updates on sustainable management strategies for protecting vulnerable coastal areas. Based on 28 contributions from authors representing 17 different countries (Australia, China, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA), an ensemble of interdisciplinary articles has been collected, emphasizing the importance of tackling technical and scientific problems at different scales and from different point of views.

Research & information: general --- brackish lagoon types --- benthic macrophytes --- salinity --- succession --- univariate variables --- Greece --- spectral analysis --- low frequency --- wave grouping --- eigen analysis --- eigenmode --- random waves --- combination waves --- wave extreme events --- Mediterranean Sea --- North Atlantic Spanish coasts --- Gulf of Mexico --- wave modeling --- small scale storm variations --- tsunami-like solitary waves --- horizontal cylinders --- hydrodynamic loads --- experimental tests --- Morison and transverse equations --- hydrodynamic coefficients --- climate change --- multiobjective optimization --- coastal region --- pumping plant --- flooding --- historical cartography --- shore protection structures history --- groins --- gently sloping revetment --- earthquake --- tsunami --- strategic retreat --- salinity intrusion --- MIKE modelling --- sea level rise --- Mekong Delta --- drag coefficients --- oscillatory flows --- force sensors --- synchronization --- automatic alignment --- coastal plan --- erosion, coastal flooding --- sediment budget --- mitigation strategies guidelines --- littoral cell --- wave hindcasting --- Abu Dhabi --- shallow waters --- Shore Protection Manual --- wave climate --- coastal defense --- risk maps --- non-engineering measure --- coastal vulnerability --- eco-defense --- coastal morphodynamics --- mangroves --- flood attenuation --- natural defense --- beach nourishment --- beach drainage system --- groundwater --- submerged breakwater --- cross-shore sediment transport --- coastal vulnerability index --- storm surges --- waves action --- Mediterranean coasts --- extreme events --- threshold values --- probability --- hydrometeorological conditions --- Baltic coast --- climate changes --- sea-level rise --- TELEMAC --- natural beach --- flooded area --- seaside impacts --- Mar Menor --- long-term GIS analysis --- marine infrastructures impact --- coastal urbanization impact --- coastal erosion --- shore protection --- coastal armouring --- 3S tourism --- beach economy --- aeolian processes --- onshore and offshore winds --- Southern Baltic coast --- beach resilience --- beach resistance --- temporary groin --- sea breezes --- resilience index --- GSb model --- Yucatan peninsula --- BERM-N --- sand nourishments --- Bayesian belief network --- JarKus data --- coastal state indicators --- dune foot --- momentary coastline --- Holland coast --- vegetation stiffness --- bending elastic modulus --- velocity distribution --- turbulence intensity --- wave dissipation --- marine inundation --- FORM --- reliability analysis --- Veneto coast --- natural hazards --- disasters --- coastal Andhra Pradesh --- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles --- energy flux --- storm classification --- stormy year --- Andalusia coast --- beach morphodynamics --- UAV flights --- beach surveys --- Reef Balls™ --- sand-filled geosystems --- wave numerical model --- directional wave spectra drifter (DWSD) --- ADCP --- GPS wave buoy --- triple collocation --- Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay --- arsenic --- hydrocarbons --- heavy metals contamination --- marine pollution --- multivariate analysis --- Bagnoli --- Naples --- coastal monitoring --- coastal morphodynamic --- coastal management --- coastal ecosystem --- brackish lagoon types --- benthic macrophytes --- salinity --- succession --- univariate variables --- Greece --- spectral analysis --- low frequency --- wave grouping --- eigen analysis --- eigenmode --- random waves --- combination waves --- wave extreme events --- Mediterranean Sea --- North Atlantic Spanish coasts --- Gulf of Mexico --- wave modeling --- small scale storm variations --- tsunami-like solitary waves --- horizontal cylinders --- hydrodynamic loads --- experimental tests --- Morison and transverse equations --- hydrodynamic coefficients --- climate change --- multiobjective optimization --- coastal region --- pumping plant --- flooding --- historical cartography --- shore protection structures history --- groins --- gently sloping revetment --- earthquake --- tsunami --- strategic retreat --- salinity intrusion --- MIKE modelling --- sea level rise --- Mekong Delta --- drag coefficients --- oscillatory flows --- force sensors --- synchronization --- automatic alignment --- coastal plan --- erosion, coastal flooding --- sediment budget --- mitigation strategies guidelines --- littoral cell --- wave hindcasting --- Abu Dhabi --- shallow waters --- Shore Protection Manual --- wave climate --- coastal defense --- risk maps --- non-engineering measure --- coastal vulnerability --- eco-defense --- coastal morphodynamics --- mangroves --- flood attenuation --- natural defense --- beach nourishment --- beach drainage system --- groundwater --- submerged breakwater --- cross-shore sediment transport --- coastal vulnerability index --- storm surges --- waves action --- Mediterranean coasts --- extreme events --- threshold values --- probability --- hydrometeorological conditions --- Baltic coast --- climate changes --- sea-level rise --- TELEMAC --- natural beach --- flooded area --- seaside impacts --- Mar Menor --- long-term GIS analysis --- marine infrastructures impact --- coastal urbanization impact --- coastal erosion --- shore protection --- coastal armouring --- 3S tourism --- beach economy --- aeolian processes --- onshore and offshore winds --- Southern Baltic coast --- beach resilience --- beach resistance --- temporary groin --- sea breezes --- resilience index --- GSb model --- Yucatan peninsula --- BERM-N --- sand nourishments --- Bayesian belief network --- JarKus data --- coastal state indicators --- dune foot --- momentary coastline --- Holland coast --- vegetation stiffness --- bending elastic modulus --- velocity distribution --- turbulence intensity --- wave dissipation --- marine inundation --- FORM --- reliability analysis --- Veneto coast --- natural hazards --- disasters --- coastal Andhra Pradesh --- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles --- energy flux --- storm classification --- stormy year --- Andalusia coast --- beach morphodynamics --- UAV flights --- beach surveys --- Reef Balls™ --- sand-filled geosystems --- wave numerical model --- directional wave spectra drifter (DWSD) --- ADCP --- GPS wave buoy --- triple collocation --- Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay --- arsenic --- hydrocarbons --- heavy metals contamination --- marine pollution --- multivariate analysis --- Bagnoli --- Naples --- coastal monitoring --- coastal morphodynamic --- coastal management --- coastal ecosystem