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Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The division of the Earth into hemispheres isn t the easiest concept to teach or grasp. It involves geography, spatial awareness, map-reading abilities, and more. This volume makes it easy for any reader to develop a solid comprehension of this critical social studies lesson! Vivid, full-color maps and photographs are integrated with accessible main text to aid young readers understanding of this sometimes-tough topic. This essential book is a useful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Even in such a tech-savvy culture as ours, understanding latitude and longitude coordinates has many uses. Coordinates can help hikers find their way when lost on a difficult trail and geocache enthusiasts locate their treasure. Even more importantly, they can help communicate location no matter what language is being spoken. Readers learn all about the development, use, and accuracy of the grid mapping system of latitude and longitude. Covering the...
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Nineteenth-century European astronomers tried for decades to explain the variations in their careful astronomical observations. But where the best minds in Europe failed, an intellectual upstart from America succeeded. In 1891 Seth Carlo Chandler Jr., an actuary for a Boston insurance company with no formal education in astronomy, shocked the international scientific community by announcing that he had solved the problem and that an inexpensive instrument...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team spent years in South America, scaling volcanoes and traversing jungles before they achieved their goal of establishing the exact shape of the Earth by measuring the length of 1 degree latitude at the equator"
