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For generations, the ground beneath the feet of our ancestors seemed solid & unchanging. Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet. First, geologists realized that the continents themselves were drifting across the surface of the globe & that oceans were being created & destroyed. Secondly, pictures of the entire planet were returned from space. As the astronomer Fred Hoyle had predicted, this `let loose an idea as powerful as any in history`. Suddenly, the Earth began to be viewed as a single entity; a dynamic, interacting whole, controlled by complex processes we scarcely understood. It began to seem less solid. As one astronaut put it, `a blue jewel on black velvet; small, fragile & touchingly alone`. Geologists at last were able to see the whole as well as the detail; the wood as well as the trees. This book brings their account up to date with the latest understanding of the processes that govern our planet. ...

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2 small exquisite globes showing Earth & Heaven as it was mapped in 1551. Hand applied charts perfectly reproduced from the famous Dutch cartographer, Gerardus Mercator’s engraved charts from 1541. Reprints of the original copperplate gores made in cooperation with the Royal Library in Bruxelles. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

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The Earth (Big Cube Book)

This is the second volume in an innovative series of great visual impact. It is dedicated to the Earth with a particular regard for its most spectacular and beautiful landscapes, and for the relationship that man has created with it. The preface of the book discusses the topics of the book and orders them in an original though logical sequence. The fifteen chapters illustrate the most spectacular aspects of the Earth's various environments - such as mountains, seas, deserts and forests, with special sections dedicated to places of extreme nature (glaciers, volcanoes, canyons, waterfalls, etc.) - capable of arousing admiration, lyricism, wonder and emotion. The landscapes and colours of the Planet of Marvels are illustrated by the world's greatest photographers with high impact
pictures commented upon with passion and humour. The photographs have been selected for their visual impact, then emphasized by modern graphics, to take the reader on a fabulous journey around the natural beauty of our planet.

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This is the second volume in an innovative series of great visual impact. It is dedicated to the Earth with a particular regard for its most spectacular & beautiful landscapes, & for the relationship that man has created with it. The preface of the book discusses the topics of the book & orders them in an original though logical sequence. The fifteen chapters illustrate the most spectacular aspects of the Earth's various environments
- such as mountains, seas, deserts & forests, with special sections dedicated to places of extreme nature (glaciers, volcanoes, canyons, waterfalls, etc.)
- capable of arousing admiration, lyricism, wonder & emotion. The landscapes & colours of the Planet of Marvels are illustrated by the world's greatest photographers with high impact pictures commented upon with passion & humour. The photographs have been selected for their visual impact, then emphasized by modern graphics, to take the reader on a fabulous journey around the natural beauty of our planet.

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Humour - Something either verbal of physical that provides amusement and can provoke laughter

Graphics - A general term for visual aspects of an item/display

World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti

Earth - A planet third from the sun. Similar size to Venus but rich in water and complex life.

Natural - not manmade

Spectacular - Something that catches that eye due to its eye catchingness.

Innovative - An idea that shows new method and ways of thinking, an original design.

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