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ISS015-E-30526 (25 Sept. 2007) --- Fires in East Falkland Island in the South Atlantic Ocean are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, referred to by Argentina (which also claims the islands) as the Islas Malvinas. The main islands of East Falkland and West Falkland are separated by Falkland Sound (12 kilometers) wide at the narrow point. Together they total about the same area as the State of Connecticut or Northern Ireland. The islands lie almost 500 kilometers from the Argentine coast and less than 1,000 kilometers from Antarctica. The first air links to these remote islands were only put in place in 1971. The capital city of Stanley lies on the eastern tip of East Falkland. The local inhabitants are mainly English speakers, and interestingly, the islands have become a center of English-language learning for students from South America. The windy and relatively dry climate has given rise to natural vegetation comprised of treeless grassland with scattered bogs. The grasslands are ideal for sheep rearing which was the dominant occupation until recent decades, when fishing (mainly squid to Spain) and tourism became the mainstay of the economy. These expanses of grassland provide ready fuel for fires, as indicated by the several long smoke plumes visible in this image.
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ISS011-E-12148 (26 August 2005) --- South Georgia Island is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 11 crewmember on the international space station. There is no permanent human base on South Georgia Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean that lies 1300 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands. Using a long lens (800 mm focal length) and positioned for an oblique view, the crew of the international space station was able to capture the rugged and isolated landscape of the northern shore of the island. The high mountains protect the north and eastern coast of the island from the prevailing gales coming from Antarctica and the west. The steep topography also makes deep embayments along the coast that provide habitat for wildlife and anchorages for whaling ships. The island supports major rookeries of penguins and albatrosses, and large seal populations. This view centers on Mt. Paget and Cumberland Bay. The former whaling station Grytviken is located within the bay. The encampment supports the scientific base for the British Antarctic Survey and Bird Island Research Station.
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ISS011-E-12147 (26 Aug. 2005) --- South Georgia Island is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 11 crewmember on the International Space Station. There is no permanent human base on South Georgia Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean that lies 1300 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands. Using a long lens (800 mm focal length) and positioned for an oblique view, the crew of the international space station was able to capture the rugged and isolated landscape of the northern shore of the island. The high mountains protect the north and eastern coast of the island from the prevailing gales coming from Antarctica and the west. The steep topography also makes deep embayments along the coast that provide habitat for wildlife and anchorages for whaling ships. The island supports major rookeries of penguins and albatrosses, and large seal populations. This view centers on Mt. Paget and Cumberland Bay. The former whaling station Grytviken is located within the bay. The encampment supports the scientific base for the British Antarctic Survey and Bird Island Research Station.
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[Martin, R.M., Tallis, J. & F.]
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Two separate maps on one page, both in outline color. The top map of the Falklands show the Jason islands, penguins and sea eagles. The bottom map includes an illustration depicting the Fugeans and another showing Christmas Sound. Leafy border surrounds both maps.
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Kitchin, Thomas
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Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 4 sheets. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings. Inset map at [ca. 1:2,000,000]: A chart of the Falkland's Islands, named by the French Malouine Islands, and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1595. Includes descriptive notes and text "Division of South America with a summary account of its trade," and large ornamental cartouche. Prime meridian: Ferro. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 2 sheets. (W 103--W 20/N 13--S 56)
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Kitchin, Thomas
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Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 2 sheets. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings. Includes descriptive notes. Inset map at [ca. 1:2,000,000]: A chart of the Falkland's Islands, named by the French Malouine Islands, and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1595. Prime meridian: Ferro. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet.
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Colton, G.W.
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Four maps on one sheet. Scales vary. Meridians Washington and Greenwich. Blakc and white. Relief shown with hachures. Inset of Lima.
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[Edward Stanford Ltd., Fitzroy, Robert, Robinson, William, Stanford, Edward, Sullivan, Bartholomew James]
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Full color. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by soundings. Shows settlements, times of high tides, kelp beds, etc.
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[Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782, Robert Laurie & James Whittle]
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Digital composite of 2 hand colored engraved maps with inset. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings. Shows settlements, roads, Indian tribes, etc. Includes text "Divisions of South America with a summary account of its trade," descriptive notes and illustrated cartouche. Prime meridian: Ferro. Printed on 4 sheets; joined as 2.
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Hand colored engraved map with inset. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings. Shows settlements, roads, Indian tribes, etc. Includes descriptive notes. Prime meridian: Ferro. Printed on 2 sheets; joined.
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[Schraembl, Franz Anton, D'Anville]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Haack, H.]
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[Stieler, Adolf, Habenicht, H., Petermann, A, Petermann, A.]
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
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From J.F. Letenneur: "Exceptional onboard document of this rare and fabulous maritime atlas, a masterpiece by the greatest French hydrographer of the 18th century, with maps of all the coastlines known at the time. Bound with the coat of arms of the King of France, the atlas was taken by the English aboard the frigate la Nymphe, off the coasts of Ushant August 10, 1780, during one of the naval battles of the American War of Independence which took place on European waters. In the context of the war at the end of the 18th century, and of the rivalry between the French and British Navy, maritime atlases, were strategic tools, and this “Hydrographie Françoise” more so than any other, because its purpose was to provide the best maritime charts for the French ships that were fighting on the American side against the British. (The handwritten captions throughout most of the atlas are prices for individual maps and all include the same mention: “for sailors”). These atlases were not the kind to be kept in a library, but precious tools, based on the observations of the travelers and continuously improved upon, as reflect in the present copy. It was bound with the engraved title page of the edition of 1737-1765, but the index includes maps printed after 1765 (until 1772), and the copy was augmented by six maps that do not appear in the index (until 1776), as well as 14 pages of text from the Versailles edition of 1773. The later maps are signed by Verdun de la Crenne and were done during the campaigns of the Flore (1771-1772) and of the Isis led by Fleurieu in 1768-1769. The captions explain that the maps were created using the latest technology of the day that could measure longitude (maritime clocks)." (Continued in the Pub Note field).
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Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
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Hand col. lithographed map. Covers also parts of coast of Santa Cruz Province from Punta Medanosa to Cabo San Francisco de Paula. Includes text: Note sur les Iles Malouines -- Note sur Buenos-Ayres. Pour le commencement voyez la carte no. 37.
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[Byron, John, 1723-1786, Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773]
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Engraved map. Depths shown by soundings.
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Garnier, F. A., 1803-1863
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Full col. Relief shown by hachures. Shows tribes, etc. Covers also Falkland Islands and a part of Uruguay. Inset: Carte des Terres Australes. Prime meridian: Paris. On globe in cartouche: Sphericite de la terre.
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Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz, 1788-1874
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Engraved map. Boundaries hand col. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale of inset map (ca. 1:120,000,000). "Meyers Hand Atlas No. 13." Prime meridian: Ferro.
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[France. Depot-general de la Marine, Spain. Marina]
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Engraved map. Relief shown hachures; soundings in brasses francaises. Includes 7 coastal views. Covers also Falkland Islands. "No. 205." Logo of the Depot in lower left corner.
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Colton, G.W.
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Prime meridians are Washington D.C. and Greenwich.
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
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Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Boundaries hand col. Covers also the Falkland Islands. David Rumsey Collection copy incorrectly bound in atlas as no. 154 (should be 153)
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Paz Soldan, Mariano Felipe, 1821-1886
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Col. lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures. Shows agricultural colonies, forts, telegraph lines, etc. Islas Malvinas shown in inset. Ornamental cartouche.
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Martin de Moussy, V. (Victor), 1810-1869
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Lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures. Shows Native American tribes. "Description geographique et statistique de la Confederation Argentine. Atlas. Planche XI."
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[Colton, G.W., Fisher, Richard Swainson]
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Includes inset map of Falkland Islands.
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