Griffith Taylor Collection

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Folder contains material from the Griffith Taylor collection at the National Library of Australia.

Griffith Taylor Collection

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Folder contains material from the Griffith Taylor collection at the National Library of Australia.

The Griffith Taylor Collection

The Griffith Taylor Collection PDF Author: Thomas Griffith Taylor
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Griffith Taylor

Griffith Taylor PDF Author: Carolyn Strange
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642276681
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Thomas Griffith Taylor (18801963) was a geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. His travels took him from Captain Scotts final expedition in Antarctica to every continent on earth, in a life that stretched from the Boer War to the Cold War. Taylors research ranged from microscopic analysis of fossils to the races of man and the geographic basis of global politics. This timely biography is a copiously illustrated account and analysis of Griffith Taylors remarkable life. It explores what drove this long, lean, lanky man to such extremes: geographically, intellectually and politically.

Griffith Taylor

Griffith Taylor PDF Author: Marie Sanderson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 077357350X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Drawing upon an extensive collection of private papers, the author brings to life the colourful story of Taylor, Canada's premier geographer. He founded Canada's first Department of Geography at the University of Toronto, and Australia's first Geography Department at Sydney University. Taylor also had the distinction of being chief geologist on Scott's historic 1910-1912 Antarctic Expedition.

With Scott

With Scott PDF Author: Griffith Taylor
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Geography in the Twentieth Century

Geography in the Twentieth Century PDF Author: Griffith Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317304322
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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This title, first published in 1951, examines the growth, fields, techniques, aims and trends of geography at the time. The book is divided into three parts, of which the first deals with the evolution of geography and its philosophical basis. The second is concerned with studies of special environments and with advances in geomorphology, meteorology, climate, soils and regionalism. The last part describes field work, sociological and urban aspects, the function of the Geographical Society and geo-pacifics. Geography in the Twentieth Century will be of interest to students of both physical and human geography.

With Scott

With Scott PDF Author: Thomas Griffith Taylor
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 586

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Frontiers and Men

Frontiers and Men PDF Author: Thomas Griffith Taylor
Publisher: Melbourne, Canberra etc. : Cheshire
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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The Antarctic Dictionary

The Antarctic Dictionary PDF Author: Bernadette Hince
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643102329
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary environment and living organisms of the Antarctic and subantarctic. Here, for the first time, is a complete guide to the origin and definitions of Antarctic words. Like other historical dictionaries, The Antarctic Dictionary gives the reader quotations for each word. These quotations are the life-blood of the dictionary — more than 15 000 quotations from about 1000 different sources give the reader a unique insight into the way the language of Antarctica has evolved. The reader will find out what it means to be slotted, the shortcomings of homers, the joys of a donga and the hazards of a growler. The Antarctic Dictionary has been meticulously researched, and will appeal to all those who have been to the frozen continent or have ever dreamed of going there. It will also appeal to those fascinated by the development of language. With a forward by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Cherry

Cherry PDF Author: Sara Wheeler
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307430782
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Apsley Cherry-Garrard was one of the youngest members of Robert Falcon Scott’s legendary expedition to Antarctica, the last man sent out to meet Captain Scott and his men in February 1912, when they were expected to return victorious any day from the South Pole. He embarked on his own epic journey into the Antarctic winter to collect eggs of the Emperor penguin. It was dark all the time, his teeth shattered, and the tent blew away in the cold. “But we kept our tempers,” he wrote, “even with God.” After serving in the First World War, with zealous encouragement from his neighbor George Bernard Shaw, Cherry wrote the undisputed masterpiece of polar literature, The Worst Journey in the World. But as the years progressed, he faced a terrible struggle against depression and despair. Sara Wheeler’s Cherry is the first biography of this great hero of Antarctic exploration, written with unrestricted access to his papers and with the full cooperation of his family.