While the coastline could be mapped by ships sailing around the continent, it took airplanes—and later, satellites—to chart Antarctica’s vast interior. That job continues today. And it is a job that can still require a mapmaker, or cartographer, to put on boots and head out into the wi...
Incognita (Latin for"unknown land") at the bottom of their maps.But it was not until the 1800s---after explorers had sighted and set foot on Antarctica---that mapmakers got down to the business of really mapping the continent,which is one-and-a-half times the size of the U.S..Whil...
Incognita (Latin for"unknown land") at the bottom of their maps.But it was not until the 1800s---after explorers had sighted and set foot on Antarctica---that mapmakers got down to the business of really mapping the continent,which is one-and-a-half times the size of the U.S.. Wh...
根据文章第一段最后两句“In the 1500s, mapmakers often included a fanciful continent they referred to as Terra Incognita (Latin for “unknown land”) at the bottom of their maps. But it was not until the 1800s --- after explorers had sighted and set foot on Antarctica --- that mapmaker...
Antarctica may no longer be Terra Incognita,but it still holds countless mysteries.Cartographers and the maps they make will continue to be essential in helping scientists unlock those secrets.74.From the passage,we can infer...
Incognita (Latin for"unknown land") at the bottom of their maps.But it was not until the 1800s---after explorers had sighted and set foot on Antarctica---that mapmakers got down to the business of really mapping the continent,which is one-and-a-half times the size of the U.S..Whil...
Cartographers andthe maps they make will continue to be essential inhelping scientists unlock those secrets.From the passage, we can infer that Antarctic was on the map in the 1500s whenA.mapmakers knew it was much larger than theB.Aristotle named the continent T erra IncognitaC.no one ...
In the 1500s, mapmakers often included a fan-ciful continent they referred to as Terra Incognita atthe bottom of their maps. But it was not until the1800s-after explorers had sighted and set foot onAntarctica-that mapmakers got down to the busi-ness of really mapping the continent. ...
In the 1500s, mapmakers often included a fanciful continent they referred to as Terra Incognita (Latin for "unknown land") at the bottom of their maps. But it was not until the 1800s —after explorers had sighted and set foot on Antarctica—— that mapmakers got down to the business ...
(Neotectonics of Antarctic) and IBCSO (International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean) Projects: As a result of the research different maps of the bottom topography by echosoundings, of the island relief by GPS observations, of topographic features of the moving glacier by the satellite ...