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CONTENTS

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. ONE. DEPICTION AND MEASUREMENT 1
  5. TWO. DEFINITIONS AND DELINEATIONS 13
  6. THREE. NEW WORLDS AND FICTITIOUS ISLANDS 28
  7. FOUR. TRIANGLES AND TOPOGRAPHY 42
  8. FIVE. OVERHEAD IMAGING 58
  9. SIX. ELECTRONIC CHARTS AND PRECISE POSITIONING 70
  10. SEVEN. GLOBAL SHORELINES 86
  11. EIGHT. BASELINES AND OFFSHORE BORDERS 102
  12. NINE. CALIBRATING CATASTROPHE 116
  13. TEN. RISING SEAS, ERODINGSURGE 131
  14. ELEVEN. CLOSE-UPS AND COMPLEXITY 147
  15. TWELVE. EPILOGUE 163
  16. NOTES 167
  17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 193
  18. INDEX 215
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. ONE. DEPICTION AND MEASUREMENT 1
  5. TWO. DEFINITIONS AND DELINEATIONS 13
  6. THREE. NEW WORLDS AND FICTITIOUS ISLANDS 28
  7. FOUR. TRIANGLES AND TOPOGRAPHY 42
  8. FIVE. OVERHEAD IMAGING 58
  9. SIX. ELECTRONIC CHARTS AND PRECISE POSITIONING 70
  10. SEVEN. GLOBAL SHORELINES 86
  11. EIGHT. BASELINES AND OFFSHORE BORDERS 102
  12. NINE. CALIBRATING CATASTROPHE 116
  13. TEN. RISING SEAS, ERODINGSURGE 131
  14. ELEVEN. CLOSE-UPS AND COMPLEXITY 147
  15. TWELVE. EPILOGUE 163
  16. NOTES 167
  17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 193
  18. INDEX 215
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