Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 12:44:18 +0100 From: "Stefan P. Wolf" <wolf@medinfo.uni-kiel.de> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1046$foo@default> Subject: National Geographics Magazine
Hi Peter!
> From: "Peter Quinnear" <Peter_Quinnear@rnli.org.uk>
> Subject: National Geographiic
>
> A while ago, National Geographic magazine had an article on the
> tepui of Venezuela. Can anyone tell me the year/month of that
> edition please?
You are talking about the May 1989 issue with the article
"Venezuela's Islands in Time" on pages 526-561 by Uwe George.
He wrote a fantastic book on the subject but unfortunately it's
available in German only (see my catalogue). The photos are the
best I've seen in this field yet, though.
There is more on Tepuis/Venezuela/CP-countries in NGM:
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Publication: NGM
Pages: 655-690
Title: Jungle Journey to the World's Highest Waterfall
Contributor(s): Robertson, Ruth Author-Photographer
Subject(s): Angel Falls, Venezuela
Auy\341n-Tepu\355, Venezuela
Camaracoto Indians
Carrao, R\355o, Venezuela
Gran Sabana (region), Venezuela
Lowrey, Perry
Uruy', Venezuela
Venezuela
Waterfalls
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Publication: NGM
Pages: 585-605
Title: Through Brazil to the Summit of Mount Roraima
Contributor(s): Tate, G.H.H. Author
Subject(s): Arecuna Indians
Brazil
Mountain climbing
Roraima, Mount, Brazil-Venezuela-British Guiana
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Publication: NGM
Pages: 227-244
Title: Kaieteur and Roraima: The Great Falls and the Great
Mountain of the Guianas
Contributor(s): Crampton, Henry Edward Author
Subject(s): Arecuna Indians
British Guiana
Kaieteur Falls, British Guiana
Roraima, Mount, Brazil-Venezuela-British Guiana
Waterfalls
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National Geographics books:
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Publication: Book
Pages: 1-200
Title: Beyond the Horizon: Adventures in Faraway Lands
Subject(s): Australia
China, People's Republic of
Iceland
[...]
!!! Tepuis
Contents:
88-121
Melham, Tom: Author "Venezuela: Lost World of
the Tepuis"
122-155
Dickman, Jay: Photographer "Venezuela: Lost
World of the Tepuis"
[...]
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Publication: Book
Pages: 1-272
Title: National Geographic's Last Wild Places
Subject(s): Africa
Alaska
[...]
Borneo (island), Indonesia
[...]
Canaima National Park, Venezuela
[...]
Malaysia
[...]
Okefenokee Swamp, Florida-Georgia
[...]
Tepuis
[...]
Venezuela
[...]
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(books also available in German, Japanese, Spanish...)
Best regards, Stefan.
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