Wild Fiordland: Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area [Lingua Inglese]: Disovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area - Brossura

Patrick, Brian; Peat, Neville

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1877372277 ISBN 13: 9781877372278

Casa editrice: Otago Univ Pr, 2005

Riassunto

This is a paperback edition of this book, which was shortlisted for the Montana NZ Book Awards in 1997. It is a major work of regional natural history introducing a New Zealand World Heritage Area, Fiordland National Park. In a world largely modified by humans, Fiordland is a breathing space for nature. It is one of the planet's great wilderness areas, where monumental landscapes combine with a mosaic of miniature worlds. Located on the southwest coast of New Zealand, much of its landscape was formed by great valleys carved out by glaciers which are now half-drowned. Milford Sound is one of New Zealand's most remote but necessary tourist destinations, while Dusky Sound provided a home to Captain Cook's Resolution and its scientists, as well as artist William Hodges, for five weeks in 1773. This book is for travellers, nature-lovers and scientists alike. Other books by the same authors in this prize-winning series are Wild Central, Wild Dunedin, and Wild Rivers.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Neville Peat, a Dunedin-based writer and photographer, is the author of numerous guides to southern New Zealand natural features and attractions. Brian Patrick is Collections and Research Manager at the Otago Museum, Dunedin.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Otago Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1877372277
• ISBN 13: 9781877372278
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 144