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题名/责任者:

The trivia lover's guide to even more of the world : geography for the global generation / Gary Fuller.

出版发行项:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

ISBN:

9781442235656

载体形态项:

xv, 205 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm

个人责任者:

Fuller, Gary, 1941-

论题主题:

Geography-Miscellanea.

中图法分类号:

K901.7

一般附注:

Includes index.

内容附注:

1. Geographic ignorance still prevails -- 2. Why can my students find Australia on a map -- 3. Place names: pronunciations and translations -- 4. Borders and boundaries -- 5. Islands -- 6. Battles -- 7. Airports -- 8. The British Empire -- 9. Missionaries: agents of geographical change -- 10. Nearest neighbors -- 11. Explorers rescued from oblivion -- 12. Diseases -- 13. Population density -- 14. Fleets -- 15. Spice-seekers -- 16. Principal (rare) products -- 17. Pirates -- 18. Imaginary/mythical/legendary places -- 19. Deep in the heart of -- 20. World population --21. Other populations -- 22. Dangerous watery places -- 23. Forced migration -- 24. Forbidden places -- 25. Earthquakes and tsunamis -- 26. Extreme points -- 27. Minerals and mines -- 28. Landscapes of fear.

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