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... mapping , and photographic information date back only to 1897 , but tree - ring studies near the ice fronts have provided information that extends back several centuries . It is known that a major ice advance culminated on the Athabasca ...
... mapping , and photographic information date back only to 1897 , but tree - ring studies near the ice fronts have provided information that extends back several centuries . It is known that a major ice advance culminated on the Athabasca ...
Page 587
... mapping , the delineation of any property in map form by constructing lines of equal values of that property from available data points . A topographic map , for exam- ple , reveals the relief of an area by means of contour lines that ...
... mapping , the delineation of any property in map form by constructing lines of equal values of that property from available data points . A topographic map , for exam- ple , reveals the relief of an area by means of contour lines that ...
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... maps of the continents , and a world map in hemispheres . He prepared about 100 maps and wrote on mensuration and ancient geography . In 1718 he was the first to become chief geographer to the king . Delisle , Joseph - Nicolas ( b ...
... maps of the continents , and a world map in hemispheres . He prepared about 100 maps and wrote on mensuration and ancient geography . In 1718 he was the first to become chief geographer to the king . Delisle , Joseph - Nicolas ( b ...
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