Browse Items (81 total)
- Tags: Description and travel
Moby-Duck
'Moby-Duck', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2007; 2007-1-1; 21st century; Beachcombing; Description and travel; Environmental aspects; Hohn, Donovan; Marine pollution; Ocean currents; Other; Plastics industry and trade; Sitka (Alaska); Toy ducks; United States; Waste and Pollution
The place without roads
'The place without roads', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-12-1; 21st century; Blakely, Alexander; civil engineering; Description and travel; Design and construction; Engineering; Highway engineering; Russia; Siberia; Siberia (Russia); Trans-Siberian Highway
The forest primeval
'The forest primeval', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2002; 2002-7-1; 21st century; African elephant; Behavior; Biology; Canby, Peter; Congo (Brazzaville); Description and travel; Parc national de Nouabalé-Ndoki (Congo); Peter Canby; Stephen Blake; Wildlife conservation; Zoology
Let�s go
'Let�s go', Harpers
Tags: 2000; 2000-7-1; 2000s; California; Cass, Dennis; Computer industry; Dennis Cass; Description and travel; Engineering; Information Technology; San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); Social life and customs
Sailing out of Panama
'Sailing out of Panama', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-12-1; civil engineering; Description and travel; Engineering; History; Panama Canal (Panama); Patrick Symmes; Symmes, Patrick
Alighting upon the Daurian steppe
'Alighting upon the Daurian steppe', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1993; 1993-6-1; Biology; Cranes (Birds); Description and travel; Matthiessen, Peter; Mongolia; Ornithologists; Ornithology; Peter Matthiessen; Scientific expeditions; Zoology
Berlin, future tense
'Berlin, future tense', Harpers
Tags: 1990-; 1990s; 1991; 1991-3-1; Berlin (Germany); Description and travel; Forecasting; History; Lukacs, John; Other
Our frail planet in cold, clear view
'Our frail planet in cold, clear view', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-5-1; Antarctica; Barry Holstun Lopez; Description and travel; Earth Sciences; Geography; Lopez, Barry; Research; Scientific expeditions; South Pole
Informed by indifference
'Informed by indifference', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1988; 1988-5-1; Antarctica; Description and travel; Earth Sciences; Geography; Lopez, Barry; Victoria Land (Antarctica)
Endless summer of love. Goa
'Endless summer of love. Goa', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1987; 1987-5-1; Black, David; Description and travel; Foreign; Hippies; India; Other; Social life and customs; social movements; Travel; Velha Goa; Velha Goa (India); Visitors
Shreds of evidence
'Shreds of evidence', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1981; 1981-11-1; Analysis; Angels and Miracles; Description and travel; Don Janney; Eric Jumper; Forteana; Holy Shroud; Inc; John Jackson; Los Alamos (N.M.); Murphy, Cullen; Ray Rogers; Robert Bucklin; Shroud of Turin Research Project; Walter C. McCrone
Poor birds of paradise
'Poor birds of paradise', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1971-; 1976; 1976-2-1; Biology; Description and travel; Haiti; Hougan, Jim; Jim Hougan; Ornithology; Social conditions; Zoology
Innocence in the Galapagos
'Innocence in the Galapagos', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1975; 1975-5-1; Animals; Annie Dillard; Biology; Description and travel; Dillard, Annie; Evolution; Evolution (Biology); Galapagos Islands; Nature study
An archaeology of the space age
'An archaeology of the space age', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1974; 1974-5-1; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Canaveral; Cape (Fla.); Description and travel; Engineering; Exploration; Haden-Guest, Anthony; Outer space; United States; United StatesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
When the sun dies
'When the sun dies', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1973; 1973-11-1; Andrew Weil; Chalbi Desert; Chalbi Desert (Kenya); Corona; Cosmology; Description and travel; Folklore; Gabbra (African people); Kenya; Oaxaca (Mexico); Observations; Physics; Solar eclipses; Sun; Weil, Andrew
Alaska
'Alaska', Harpers
Tags: 1959-; 1970; 1970-5-1; 1970s; Alaska; Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline; Chemistry; Description and travel; Eskimos; Lapham, Lewis H.; Politics and government
Canada�s new turn in architecture
'Canada�s new turn in architecture', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1967; 1967-5-1; Architecture; Buildings; Canada; College buildings; Description and travel; Engineering; etc.; Exhibitions; Expo �67 (Montréal; Kaufmann, Edgar; Montréal (Québec); Ont.); Ontario; Québec); Scarborough College (Toronto; structures; Toronto; Toronto (Ont.)
Two in the bush
'Two in the bush', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1966; 1966-10-1; Biology; Description and travel; Draco; Durrell, Gerald Malcolm; Gerald Malcolm Durrell; Leatherback turtle; Malaysia; Marine biology; Naturalists; new zealand; Wrybill plover
The lost world of Cape Canaveral, 1911
'The lost world of Cape Canaveral, 1911', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1963; 1963-11-1; Canaveral; Cape; Cape (Fla.); civil engineering; Description and travel; Engineering; Florida; Lighthouses; Wright, John Kirtland
Arctic trail
'Arctic trail', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1963; 1963-6-1; Alaska; Arctic regions; Caribou hunting; Description and travel; Dogsledding; Earth Sciences; Geography; Pruitt, William O. (William Obadiah); William O. (William Obadiah) Pruitt
Beachcombing in the Virgin Islands
'Beachcombing in the Virgin Islands', Harpers
Tags: 1960; 1960-12-1; 1960s; Beachcombing; Biology; Brooks, Paul; Description and travel; Marine biology; Virgin Islands National Park (V.I.); Virgin Islands of the United States
The safari industry
'The safari industry', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1955; 1955-10-1; Big game hunting; Biology; Description and travel; Gorilla; Kenya; Meeker, Oden; Nairobi National Park (Kenya); Safaris; Tourism; Wild animal collecting; Zoology
To the Mountains of the Moon
'To the Mountains of the Moon', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1953; 1953-9-1; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Africa; Americans; Automobile travel; Description and travel; East; Engineering; Larrabee, Eric; Ruwenzori Mountains (Uganda and Zaire); Rwanda; Social conditions; Travel
How to prevent floods
'How to prevent floods', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1952; 1952-7-1; civil engineering; Description and travel; Engineering; Flood control; Flood dams and reservoirs; Law and legislation; Muskingum River Watershed; Muskingum River Watershed (Ohio); Ohio; Templeton, Lee
North to find iron
'North to find iron', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1952; 1952-1-1; Description and travel; Earth Sciences; Geological mapping; Geology; Iron mines and mining; Martin, John Bartlow; Québec; Ungava Peninsula; Ungava Peninsula (Québec)
North to find iron
'North to find iron', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1951; 1951-12-1; Bush pilots; Description and travel; Design and construction; Engineering; Geological mapping; Iron mines and mining; Martin, John Bartlow; Mining and Explosives; Production; Québec; Railroads; Ungava Peninsula; Ungava Peninsula (Québec)
How it looked to the authors and illustrators of Harper�s
'How it looked to the authors and illustrators of Harper�s', Harpers
Tags: 1950; 1950-10-1; 1950s; Authorship; Description and travel; Engineering; Harper�s; History; Kouwenhoven, John Atlee; Magazine illustration; Mechanical Engineering; Railroad travel; United States
Geographical survey in the Sierras
'Geographical survey in the Sierras', Harpers
Tags: 1950; 1950-10-1; 1950s; Description and travel; Earth Sciences; Geography; Kouwenhoven, John Atlee; Lake; Nevada; Rideing, William H. (William Henry); Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada (Califand Nev.); Surveying; Tahoe
The trail of the rooster
'The trail of the rooster', Harpers
Tags: 1940; 1940-1-1; 1940s; Bacon, Leonard; Biology; Description and travel; Hawaii; History; Leonard Bacon; Migrations; Ornithology; Polynesians; Zoology