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This new Handbook unites cartographic theory and praxis with the
principles of cartographic design and their application. It offers
a critical appraisal of the current state of the art, science, and
technology of map-making in a convenient and well-illustrated guide
that will appeal to an international and multi-disciplinary
audience. No single-volume work in the field is comparable in terms
of its accessibility, currency, and scope. The Routledge Handbook
of Mapping and Cartography draws on the wealth of new scholarship
and practice in this emerging field, from the latest conceptual
developments in mapping and advances in map-making technology to
reflections on the role of maps in society. It brings together 43
engaging chapters on a diverse range of topics, including the
history of cartography, map use and user issues, cartographic
design, remote sensing, volunteered geographic information (VGI),
and map art. The title's expert contributions are drawn from an
international base of influential academics and leading
practitioners, with a view to informing theoretical development and
best practice. This new volume will provide the reader with an
exceptionally wide-ranging introduction to mapping and cartography
and aim to inspire further engagement within this dynamic and
exciting field. The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography
offers a unique reference point that will be of great interest and
practical use to all map-makers and students of geographic
information science, geography, cultural studies, and a range of
related disciplines.
February 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of
Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground
forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch.
Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest
measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die
in vain.
This new Handbook unites cartographic theory and praxis with the
principles of cartographic design and their application. It offers
a critical appraisal of the current state of the art, science, and
technology of map-making in a convenient and well-illustrated guide
that will appeal to an international and multi-disciplinary
audience. No single-volume work in the field is comparable in terms
of its accessibility, currency, and scope. The Routledge Handbook
of Mapping and Cartography draws on the wealth of new scholarship
and practice in this emerging field, from the latest conceptual
developments in mapping and advances in map-making technology to
reflections on the role of maps in society. It brings together 43
engaging chapters on a diverse range of topics, including the
history of cartography, map use and user issues, cartographic
design, remote sensing, volunteered geographic information (VGI),
and map art. The title's expert contributions are drawn from an
international base of influential academics and leading
practitioners, with a view to informing theoretical development and
best practice. This new volume will provide the reader with an
exceptionally wide-ranging introduction to mapping and cartography
and aim to inspire further engagement within this dynamic and
exciting field. The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography
offers a unique reference point that will be of great interest and
practical use to all map-makers and students of geographic
information science, geography, cultural studies, and a range of
related disciplines.
Filled with high-seas intrigue and sharp tensions, this nautical
novel takes an intense voyage into the heart of Napoleonic-era
Africa. The year is 1819 and Captain Adam Bolitho has been sent on
an urgent but risky mission to make a fast passage from Plymouth to
Freetown, West Africa, with secret orders for the senior officer
stationed there. Due to the slave trade being declared illegal,
ships in every harbor are waiting to be scrapped and officers have
been cut loose without hope of future commands, thus Adam soon
finds himself the object of envy and jealousy. In Africa he
discovers unexpected allies and faces an enemy far more powerful
and ruthless than any he has known before.
Readers of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will love this
sensational swashbuckling naval adventure from multi-million copy
seller Alexander Kent. 'One of our foremost writers of naval
fiction' - Sunday Times 'Shipwreck, survival...a spirited battle, a
splendid yarn' - The Times 'A fantastic book - did not want to put
it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Well written, nautically and
historically excellent' -- ***** Reader review 'A fast moving,
captivating, page turner - not recommended if you want to go to
sleep right away' -- ***** Reader review 'A rollicking maritime
yarn' -- ***** Reader review
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1789: NEW SOUTH WALES. Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant
colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's
ships employed in policing the new southern trade routes. Her
captain is Richard Bolitho, who hopes to be ordered home to
England. Instead he is despatched on a mission to the islands of
the Great South Sea, where he must face hazards of fickle winds,
pirates and native islanders. But he is menaced by deeper fears:
the men of the Bounty have mutinied in these same waters and from
distant Europe comes news of a revolution in France... Bolitho's
adventures continue in With All Despatch.
Three novels in one! Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho joins the
British Royal Navy as a young midshipman. Follow his adventures as
he undergoes a severe initiation into the dangerous world of the
great sailing warships! 1. Richard Bolitho: Midshipman 1772: a
young Richard Bolitho joins the 74-gun Gorgon. Naive and untested,
Bolitho must learn the ways of the navy quickly if he is to
survive. 2. Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger 1773: Bolitho
returns home to Cornwall for Christmas, but smuggling, ship
wrecking and witchcraft tear apart his once-peaceful community. 3.
Band of Brothers 1774: Bolitho stands on the brink of manhood and
takes his examination to begin his true career as a King's Officer.
But soon he must test his mettle against vicious smugglers!
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In 1817 every harbor and estuary in Antigua is filled with ghostly
ships, superfluous in the aftermath of war. In this uneasy peace,
Adam Bolitho is offered the 74-gun Athena, a notoriously "unlucky"
ship, and as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune he
once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.
It is February 1818, and Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe
personal harbour. But with so much of Britain's fleet redundant, he
knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward, a new 38-gun
frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to
the French frigate Nautilus. Under the burning sun of North Africa,
Bolitho is keenly aware of the envy and ambition among his
officers, the troubled, restless spirits of his midshipmen, and the
old enemy's proximity. It is only when Nautilus becomes a
sacrificial offering on the altar of empire that every man
discovers the brotherhood of the sea is more powerful than the
bitter memories of an ocean of blood and decades of war.
February 1813: As American privateers pick off British and Canadian
ships in the wake of the War of 1812, Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho
returns to Halifax to defend Crown property. In the cold waters off
Nova Scotia, he fights fruitless skirmishes with men of the
frontier, all the while longing for peace.
In this 16th volume of the adventure series of Richard Bolitho in
the British Navy, Bolitho is called upon in 1803 to anticipate the
strategies of the French fleet, leading to one last, potentially
fatal rendezvous with the French Admiral, Jobert, who once
commanded the "Argonaute."
Spring 1802, and the Peace Treaty of Amiens, signed only a few
weeks earlier, is already showing signs of collapse. Britain and
France wrangle over the return of colonial possessions won and lost
during their long, bloody war and in the little 64-gun Achates,
Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho sails for America and the Caribbean.
Plymouth, July 1801: Richard Bolitho's small squadron, still
repairing the scars of battle earned in heavy action at Copenhagen,
has been months away from the sea. After eight years of war with
France, Britain must make a gesture that will show strength and
determination--and one which will dramatically weaken the French
cause. Rear-Admiral Bolitho must follow his flag's tradition of
victory, even though--for the first time in his life--he is torn
between the demands of public duty and personal need.
Vice Admiral Richard Bolitho of the British Navy sets sail for the
Caribbean in 1804 to participate in a daring dawn raid on the
Spanish Main. Beneath the mortars of La Guaira lies the ultimate
prize: Her Catholic Majesty's largest treasure ship, bound for
Spain. The 17th volume in the series featuring Bolitho.
The year is 1798. Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent to the
Mediterranean where Napoleon's naval forces are massing, preparing
to annex Egypt. When Bolitho places his squadron between the Nile
and the entire French fleet, the fate of his men and the freedom of
his nation hang on the decisions he must make in the awful heat of
battle.
Aboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained
crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior,
Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose
petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.
The year is 1778, the ship is the 18-gun HMS Sparrow, England's
finest sloop of war, and the Captain is Richard Bolitho, sailing
his command into the fury of battle. The American Revolution has
turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and
marauding French warships, and it is up to young Bolitho to fight
the colonial rebels, to stave off the treachery of a beautiful
woman, and to overcome the dangerous incompetence of a senior
officer before it is too late.
Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India
and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace--but in colonial waters
the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle
for supremacy still goes on.
As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy
prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and
French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of
Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil,
junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make
momentous decisions in the heat of battle--decisions that could
affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of
nations.
This fourteenth Bolitho novel has the epic scenes of action, the
powerful characterization and the authentic period detail that have
made Alexander Kent a bestseller wherever sea stories are read.
After eight years of war between Britain and France there is at
last a rumour of peace. But the old enemies are well aware that any
settlement will be only a breathing space in which to recover from
their terrible losses. To obtain the best terms the French muster a
show of strength from Biscay to the Channel ports. At the British
Admiralty there are some who see a daring opportunity to even the
score at any negotiation table - and who better to undertake it
than the young Rear Admiral Bolitho! In June 1801 Bolitho's small
squadron is still repairing the scars of battle earned at
Copenhagen - and as he receives his orders from London Bolitho is,
for the first time in his life, torn between the demands of duty
and his real desire to marry. When the squadron sails it is joined
by an additional ship, a frigate with many memories from the past.
But where Bolitho's flag leads so his captains must follow, if
necessary to the brink of disaster - for theirs is a tradition of
victory.
June 1815 On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious
hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will
present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's
Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of
discharge. The life of a frigate captain is always lonely, but for
Adam, mourning the death of his uncle Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho,
that solitude acquires a deeper poignancy. He is, more than ever,
alone, at the dawning of a new age for the Royal Navy, where the
only constants are the sea and those enemies, often masked in the
guise of friendship, who conspire to destroy him.
Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed
with this incredible naval adventure from multi-million copy seller
Alexander Kent. With its authentic depiction of life at sea in
battle, and its tightly crafted plot and characters, you'll fall
for it hook, line and sinker! 'One of our foremost writers of naval
fiction' -- Sunday Times 'His dashing character Richard Bolitho is
one of the best things to happen to the sea yarn since Hornblower'
-- Daily Express 'The storytelling has an easy mastery, how well
Kent knows the psychology of naval men' -- Sunday Telegraph
'Thrilling and a delight to read' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping
and accurate' -- ***** Reader review 'A truly brilliant bit of
work' -- ***** Reader review 'Kept me enthralled' -- ***** Reader
review 'Hard to put them down when you start' -- ***** Reader
review
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1798: Richard Bolitho prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean. There
are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of
artillery - and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy and to
discover the intentions of his growing force. Bolitho is well aware
that there are others within his ships who are no less dangerous
than the enemy - and during the weeks and months in which the
squadron faces the hazards of the weather and French broadsides
alike, Bolitho knows that far more than his own future is at stake.
A fleet, even a nation, could depend on his decisions and, when he
places his squadron between the Nile and the power of France, he
must accept the price of the challenge. Bolitho's adventures
continue in The Inshore Squadron
This naval page-turner from the pen of the master storyteller of
the sea, multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, is full of
action, political intrigue and personal tragedy and is perfect for
fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. Dive in and get
straight to the heart of the action! 'One of our foremost writers
of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 'Shipwreck, survival ... a
spirited battle ... a splendid yarn'' -- The Times 'Really good
book, needed to keep turning the pages' -- ***** Reader review
'This series is the daddy!' -- ***** Reader review 'A jolly good
read' -- ***** Reader review 'Great novel, great writing, always
guaranteed to keep me interested' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent
read, you're there with Boltho!' -- ***** Reader review 'Exciting
throughout. Brilliant!' -- ***** Reader review
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1803: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master
of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace
of Amiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth. What lies
ahead is the grim reality of war at close quarters - where Bolitho
will be called upon to anticipate the overall intention of the
French fleet. But the battle has also become a personal vendetta
between himself and the French admiral who formerly sailed the
Argonaute. Bolitho and his men are driven to a final rendezvous
where no quarter is asked or given.
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