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Mannahatta
Sanderson, Eric W.. Illus: Boyer, Markley
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Description for Mannahatta
Paperback. In this new, accessible package, Sanderson takes you on a trip back through time, to explore Manhattan in its primitive form. Readers will be given a glimpse of what Manhattan looked like to its early explorers; before the skyscrapers, before the crowded sidewalks and the busy intersections of avenues and streets Illustrator(s): Boyer, Markley. Num Pages: 352 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 249 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1462.
On September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it’s difficult to imagine what he saw, but for more than a decade, landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson has been working to do just that. Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City is the astounding result of those efforts, reconstructing in words and images the wild island that millions now call home. By geographically matching an 18th-century map with one of the modern city, examining volumes of historic documents, and collecting and analyzing scientific data, Sanderson re-creates the forests of Times Square, the ... Read more
On September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it’s difficult to imagine what he saw, but for more than a decade, landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson has been working to do just that. Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City is the astounding result of those efforts, reconstructing in words and images the wild island that millions now call home. By geographically matching an 18th-century map with one of the modern city, examining volumes of historic documents, and collecting and analyzing scientific data, Sanderson re-creates the forests of Times Square, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Abrams United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781419707483
SKU
V9781419707483
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Ref
99-12
About Sanderson, Eric W.. Illus: Boyer, Markley
Eric W. Sanderson is the Associate Director for Landscape Ecology and Geographic Analysis in the Living Landscape Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo. He is an expert in the application of geographic principles and techniques to problems in wildlife, landscape and ecological conservation, and has published numerous articles on the subject. Markley Boyer has worked with ... Read more
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