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Author : Edwin H. Bryan Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258371715
Author : Edwin Horace Bryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Coral reefs and islands
ISBN : UOM:39015027035693
Description, history, and detail maps for the area and for each island.
Author : Edwin Horace Bryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Coral reefs and islands
ISBN : UCAL:$B69007
Author : Mark J. Rauzon
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780824857547
For over a quarter century, biologist Mark J. Rauzon worked in the field of island restoration, traveling throughout the American Insular Pacific to eradicate invasive plants and animals introduced by humans. The region spans from Hawai`i to Samoa to Guam, and their neighbors—small, obscure tropical islands that are hundreds, if not thousands, of nautical miles from each other. These little-known US possessions and territories include various islands and atolls: Jarvis, Howland, Baker, the Northern Marianas, Wake, Palmyra, Johnston, and Rose Atoll, among others. They anchor a vast National Marine Monument program created in 2009, and expanded in 2014, to protect the largest area in the world from exploitation. In Isles of Amnesia, Rauzon chronicles the ecological and human history of these islands, enlivened with his first-hand experiences of eradication efforts to restore atoll ecosystems and maximize native biodiversity. Each chapter focuses on an individual island or island group, revealing how each location has its own particular story, secret past, or ecological lesson to be shared. Taken as a whole, the region has played a unique role in American history, with the remoteness of the islands having served the needs of whalers and guano miners in the 1800s and, in later years, that of military secret projects, missile launching, chemical weapon incinerations, and air bases. Rauzon further explores the creation of the National Marine Monuments and what their protection means to a changing ocean, and presents original research about the US military’s Pacific Project and germ warfare testing. Illustrated with over seventy historical photographs and original drawings, this much-needed work tells the fascinating story of America’s forgotten Pacific islands.
Author : Wallace Patrick Strauss
Publisher : East Lansing : ichigan State University Press, 1963 [i.e.1964]
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015014453099
History of the first American traders, explorers and missionaries to visit the Polynesian islands.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Hawaii
ISBN : UCSC:32106005044851
Author : Gordon A. Macdonald,Agatin Abbott,Frank L. Peterson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780824841331
Well written and superbly illustrated, this work includes chapters on tectonic plates, volcanoes, erosion by water and wind, the ocean, ice and glaciers, earthquakes and tsunamis.
Author : Mark J. Rauzon
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780824846268
In Isles of Refuge, the first book solely devoted to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, field biologist Mark Rauzon shares his extensive, first-hand knowledge of their natural history while providing an engaging narrative of his travels. Braving seasickness, bad weather, and biting bird ticks, he journeyed from Nihoa to Kure to study and photograph plants and animals for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: rare palms, sharks, turtles, seals, and thousands of birds--finches, terns, petrels, noddies, shearwaters, curlews, boobies, tropicbirds, ducks, and albatrosses, or "gooneys," famed throughout the Pacific for their flying prowess and bizarre breeding rituals. Isolation and access restrictions have led to the recovery of many of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands' animal and plant populations to pre-exploitation levels, but they have also resulted in the general public's ignorance of the islands and their ecosystems. Informative and enjoyable, Isles of Refuge invites readers to learn more about the history and natural wonders of this invaluable resource.
Author : Mary Kawena Pukui,Samuel H. Elbert,Esther T. Mookini
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824842109
How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous events are believed to have taken place. And place names are far from static--names are constantly being given to new houses and buildings, streets and towns, and old names are replaced by new ones. It is essential, then, to record the names and the lore associated with them now, while Hawaiians are here to lend us their knowledge. And, whatever the fate of the Hawaiian language, the place names will endure. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. The coverage is expanded in the present edition to include about 4,000 entries, including names in English. Also, approximately 800 more names are included in this volume than appear in the second edition of the Atlas of Hawaii.
Author : S. Steinberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1644 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270886
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : Henry Stommel
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486784670
An expert oceanographer presents fascinating documentation of the historical, geographical, and anecdotal accounts of hundreds of phantom islands around the world. Scores of black-and-white illustrations and charts illuminate the text.
Author : M. Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1457 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270763
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Commerce
ISBN : MINN:31951D03551108D
Author : Dieter Mueller-Dombois,Francis Raymond Fosberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0387983139
The islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean encompass a vast range of climate, geography, and geology. The flora of these islands is similarly diverse, and the study of their vegetation and landscapes is a challenge because of the great distances separating them. Dieter Mueller-Dombois and the late F. Raymond Fosberg are recognized as the leading authorities on the plant diversity and ecology of Pacific islands. This book is a synthesis of the vegetation and landscapes of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It is organized by island group and includes information on geography, geology, and climate, as well as soil and vegetation types, land use, floristic patterns, phytogeographic relationships, and human influences on vegetation. The book features over 400 color photographs, plus dozens of maps and climate diagrams.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 2631 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
