Mapper of Mountains

Mapper of Mountains
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Publisher : University of Alberta
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9780888647641
ISBN-13 : 0888647646
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mapper of Mountains by : I.S. MacLaren

Download or read book Mapper of Mountains written by I.S. MacLaren and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapper of Mountains follows the career of Dominion Land Surveyor Morrison Parsons Bridgland, who provided the first detailed maps of many regions of the Canadian Rockies. Between 1902 and 1930, this unheralded alpinist perfected phototopographical techniques to compile a series of mountaintop photographs during summers of field work, and spent his winters collating them to provide the Canadian government, tourists, and mountain climbers with accurate topographical maps. Bridgland was a great climber and co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada. Mapper of Mountains also tells the story of the Rocky Mountain Repeat Photography Project, which studies the changes sustained in the Rockies, repeating the field work accomplished by Bridgland almost a century ago.


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