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Micronesia
Reference ATLAS. 2nd Edition. 112
pages. Size 8½"x11". Illustrated. Includes the
Marianas, Caroline, and
Marshall Islands.
Micronesia is a group of islands with a
total land area about the size of Rhode Island, yet scattered over an
area of the western Pacific Ocean larger than the continental U.S.
Micronesia is part of Oceania. It
lies northeast of Australia and southwest of Hawaii; Polynesia is to its
northeast. Micronesia includes the Caroline,
Marshall, and Gilbert Islands, as well as
Guam.
This Atlas of Micronesia compiles maps
and text on various aspects of Micronesian natural, man-made, and human
resources. More than 80 black-and-white maps, 16 tables,
and 14 photographs are interspersed throughout three main
parts.
Part 1 covers physical
geography, atoll environments, flora, and
human history through mid-twentieth-century American expansion
into the Pacific and rule in Guam.
Part 2 discusses the restoration
of indigenous names (e.g., Nauru was named "Pleasant Island" by a
British captain in 1798; Germans restored the name Nauru in the 1890s),
canoes and navigation, economic development, and climate.
Tables here include weather data,
employment in tourist-related businesses, and hotel occupancy rates.
Part 3 covers the individual
islands of Guam, Saipan, and seven other
island units that are "representative and vital to their
respective areas."
Author Karolle is professor of geography at the Micronesian Area
Research Center, University of Guam. The Atlas of Micronesia will be a
required purchase for any library aspiring to provide
information about this part of the world.
Used. Very good condition.
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