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The Andes: As the Condor Flies

Door Tui De Roy

Categorie
Latijns Amerika
Boeknummer
#342981-KA38
Titel
The Andes: As the Condor Flies
Auteur
Roy, Tui De
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Firefly Books
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
1554070708
ISBN13
9781554070701
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original glazed pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, oblong (circa 24x31cm).
Samenvatting


A magnificent tour of the world's longest mountain range.

The Andes of South America is the youngest, longest, most varied mountain range on the planet. Its 4,500 miles of rock and ice, forests and deserts, smoldering volcanoes and razor-sharp granite spires span the same distance as New York to Moscow.

The Andes mountains are still in the full throes of formation. This dramatic process reveals itself in breathtaking forms thousands of feet high. The Andes examines this astonishing natural phenomenon with superb color photography and richly detailed text.

The Andes describes:

The effects of the region's plate tectonics
Ecuador's cloud forests and volcanoes
Peru's windswept plateaus
The canyons and wetlands along the Peru-Chile border
The terrain from... (Lees verder) Amazon rainforest to the Pacific desert coast
The Altiplano of Bolivia
The mystery forest of the Great Patagonian Divide
The fiords, islands, glaciers and steppes from Patagonia to Cape Horn.

Each chapter on a specific region begins with a comprehensive introduction explaining essential geological and environmental facts. Stunning color photographs of the region's landscape, plants and animals bear concise, explanatory captions.

The Andes is an expansive book that beautifully captures the extraordinary environments of this spectacular mountain range.
Pagina's
160
Conditie
Goed — Spine dust jacket slightly discoloured.
Prijs
€ 12,50

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