Download or read book Tropics Bound written by James Seay Dean and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the popular imagination, English colonisation in the Americas began with the founding of Jamestown in Virginia in 1607 (which recently celebrated its 400th anniversary). But the focus of English voyages to the far side of the Atlantic for 100 years before that had been much further south, in defiance of Pope Alexander VI's decree that South America would be divided between Spain and Portugal. Tropics Bound examines not only the oft-forgotten history of this period of English exploration between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but also looks at the voyages themselves, through the eyes of the sailors who faced that daunting journey. It is a story of adventure, hardship and courage. Written by an historian with a practical knowledge of seamanship, this is an important contribution to our understanding of the early period of (failed) English attempts at colonisation.
Download or read book On a Surf bound Coast Or Cable laying in the African Tropics written by Archer Philip Crouch and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A portion of a diary kept during a cable-laying expedition down the west coast of Africa, starting from ... Bathurst on the river Gambia ... and terminating at the Portuguese town of St Paul de Loanda." -- [p.vii].
Download or read book American Tropics written by Allan Punzalan Isaac and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World Market in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Wine and Tropical Beverages written by Katharine C. Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea Dogs written by James Seay Dean and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘James Seay Dean is the noted authority on these voyages ... he provides a sympathetic treatment of life aboard ship in some of the most challenging circumstances these redoubtable sailors faced “beyond the line”.’ – Professor Barry Gough, maritime historian ‘A fascinating and informative account of the development of Tudor and Stuart sailing ships. Its examination of their architecture, sailing, and tactics, especially as it is set within the international political context, makes a most interesting story.’ – Bryan Barrett, Commander RN, ret. From jacktar to captain, what was life like aboard an Elizabethan ship? How did the men survive tropical heat, storms, bad water, rotten food, disease, poor navigation, shifting cargoes and enemy fire? Would a sailor return alive? Sea Dogs follows in the footsteps of the average sailor, drawing from the accounts of sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century ocean voyages to convey the realities of everyday life aboard the galleons sailing between England and the West Indies and beyond. Celebrating the extraordinary drive and courage of those early sailors who left the familiarity of their English estuaries for the dangers of the Cabo Verde and the Caribbean, the Rivers Amazonas and Orinoco, and the Strait of Magellan, and their remarkable achievements, Sea Dogs is essential reading for anyone with an interest in English maritime heritage.
Download or read book The Tropical Agriculturist written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agricultural Expansion and Pioneer Settlements in the Humid Tropics written by Walther Manshard and published by United Nations University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UN publication sales no. E.88.III.A.4
Download or read book Algebraic and Combinatorial Aspects of Tropical Geometry written by Erwan Brugalle and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of the CIEM workshop on Tropical Geometry, held December 12-16, 2011, at the International Centre for Mathematical Meetings (CIEM), Castro Urdiales, Spain. Tropical geometry is a new and rapidly developing field of mat
Download or read book Biochemical Aspects of Human Malnutrition in the Tropics written by Olumbe Bassir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Circuit Complexity written by Stasys Jukna and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an enticing introduction to tropical circuits and their use as a rigorous mathematical model for dynamic programming (DP), which is one of the most fundamental algorithmic paradigms for solving combinatorial, discrete optimization problems. In DP, an optimization problem is broken up into smaller subproblems that are solved recursively. Many classical DP algorithms are pure in that they only use the basic (min,+) or (max,+) operations in their recursion equations. In tropical circuits, these operations are used as gates. Thanks to the rigorous combinatorial nature of tropical circuits, elements from the Boolean and arithmetic circuit complexity can be used to obtain lower bounds for tropical circuits, which play a crucial role in understanding the limitations and capabilities of these computational models. This book aims to offer a toolbox for proving lower bounds on the size of tropical circuits. In this work, the reader will find lower-bound ideas and methods that have emerged in the last few years, with detailed proofs. Largely self-contained, this book is meant to be approachable by graduate students in mathematics and computer science with a special interest in circuit complexity.
Download or read book Tropical Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harvesting Operations in the Tropics written by John Sessions and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-01-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together information on harvest methods, system productivity, and methods for conducting safe, efficient, and environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of harvest operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies. Numerical examples are provided to provide clarity for interpreting graphs, procedures, and formulas.
Download or read book Geographical Review written by Isaiah Bowman and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lessons in Physical Geography written by Charles Redway Dryer and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Mariculture written by Sena S. De Silva and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1998-08-19 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Mariculture takes an in-depth look at developmental activities in a growing industry striving towards sustainability and environmental integrity. All of the contributors to this book have considerable experience and expertise in the field of tropical mariculture, and this is the first book to bring expert contributions together. The topics covered are wide and varied, ranging from general issues such as the impact of mariculture on coastal ecosystems to genetic improvement of cultured marine species, as well as the specifics of breeding selected marine species of current importance, such as groupers and sea bass. Significant coverage is also given to the problems of larval rearing in inland aquaculture as well as the demands of water- and land-based resources in a tropical environment. This book will be essential for everyone working in and researching tropical mariculture. Looks at developmental activities in tropical mariculture All of the contributors are experts in the field Covers specific breeding problems and larval rearing Studies the environmental impact of inland aquacultural activities Provides detailed examples of cultivated species in the tropics Compiles mariculture strategies and discusses example species First book to give an overview of tropical mariculture
Download or read book Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands written by Tatenda Dalu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands: From Ecology to Conservation Management is a practical guide and important tool for practitioners and educators interested in the ecology, conservation and management of wetlands in tropical/subtropical regions. The book is written in such a way that, in addition to scientists and managers, it is accessible to non-specialist readers. Organized into three themed sections and twenty-three chapters, this volume covers a variety of topics, exposing the reader to a full range of scientific, conservation and management issues. Each chapter has been written by specialists in the topic being presented. The book recognizes that wetland conservation, science and management are interlinked disciplines, and so it attempts to combine several perspectives to highlight the interdependence between the various professions that deal with issues in these environments. Within each chapter extensive cross-referencing is included, so as to help the reader link related aspects of the issues being discussed. Contributed to by global experts in the field of tropical wetlands Includes case studies and worked examples, enabling the reader to recreate the work already done Focuses on tropical systems not available in any other book
Download or read book Physiological ecology of plants of the wet tropics written by Ernesto Medina and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the results of a Symposium on the physiological ecology of plants of the lowland wet tropics held in Mexico in June 1983 organized by the Instituto de Biologla of the National University of M"exico (U. N . A. M. ), and sponsored by UNAM, CONACYT, NSF and UNESCO (CIET). A workshop portion of the Symposium was held at the tropical research station at Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz. This Symposium originated in response to the increasing interest in the physiological ecology of tropical plants, because of the potential. of this field to provide a basic understanding of functioning of tropical plant communities. The study of physiological ecology of tropical plants has been delayed in some cases by the lack of conceptual framework, but also by the absence of appropriate instrumentation and techniques with which to conduct precise measurements under high temperature, high humidity field conditions. Hypotheses and concepts of the physiological ecology of tropical plants have been based mainly on observational data and the analysis of growth forms and leaf anatomf. The early work of A. F. W. Schimper and o. Stocker in Asia, and the extensive surveys made by H. Walter on the osmotic potentials of plants in the tropics and subtropics, constituted, until relatively recently, the only available information on the water and carbon relations of tropical plants.
