Mannahatta - A Natural History of New York City

Informationen zum Autor 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 the Wildlife Conservation Society creating maps and visualisations for a new series of national parks in Gabon. He is also a silversmith, exploring similar themes of geomorphology in metal and wood. Klappentext Filled with 120 full-color illustrations that show what Manhattan looked like 400 years ago, this natural history of New York City is a groundbreaking work that offers a window into the past and inspiration for green cities and wild places of the future. Zusammenfassung 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

Product details

• Authors: Eric Sanderson, Eric W. Sanderson, Eric W./ Boyer Sanderson
• Assisted by: Markley Boyer (Illustration), Boyer Markley (Illustration)
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9781419707483
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-0748-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 192 mm x 252 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); New York, NATURE / General, natural history, Nature and the natural world: general interest, New York (state)