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State of the Climate in 2009
This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date:
June 2010
Creator:
Andt, D. S.; Baringer, M. O.; Johnson, M. R.; Alexander, L. V.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L. et al.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development
This report discusses some vital services that natural ecosystems contribute to human health and development.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Nelleman, Christian & Corcoran, Emily
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State of the Climate in 2008
This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date:
August 2009
Creator:
Peterson, T. C.; Baringer, M. O.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L.; Levy, J. M.; Richter-Menge, J. et al.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
UNEP Year Book 2009: New Science in Our Changing Environment
This publication provides an overview of global and regional environmental issues policy decisions during 2009.
Date:
2009
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
UNEP Year Book 2008: An Overview of Our Changing Environment
This publication is an overview of global and regional environmental issues and policy decisions actions during 2008.
Date:
2008
Creator:
United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 1, 2007
Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to climate change and the International Polar Year.
Date:
2007
Creator:
Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
N. America
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries are shaded in different colors (with all of Central America labeled "Guatemala"). Cities and towns are marked based on population (the key is at the bottom of the map). Bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief based on hachures) as well as Russian and British possessions and the locations of some Native American tribes. An illustration of an Indian near a lake is in the lower left corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Woodward, E. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
America.
This map shows most of the Western Hemisphere, including North and Central America, South America, and the surrounding oceans and islands. Countries are outlined using various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
America.
This map shows most of the Western Hemisphere, including North and Central America, South America, and the surrounding oceans and islands. Countries are outlined using various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:42,240,000].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amérique Sepentrionale.
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country or region is outlined in color and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:41,184,000].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amerique Septentrionale
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries are outlined and shaded in various colors. Some major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Around the outside of the maps, there are various colored illustrations showing people, landscape, and animals. At the bottom of the page, there are two blocks of text; the the right, statistics regarding population, and to the right, "Explication du dessin."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Laguillermie; Bonheur, Raimond & Levasseur, V.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amérique Septentrionale en 1540
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country or region is outlined in color and labeled. Major cities and bodies of water are marked. There are several notations on areas throughout the map and there is text beneath the map with information regarding explorations and discoveries with a color key. Scale [ca. 1:33,333,333].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Houzé, A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of North America: Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's New Intermediate Geography.
This map shows North and Central America and some of the surrounding areas. Countries and regions are shaded in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights as well as depth by form lines). Scale [ca. 1:34,957,000]. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. The back of the map contains a page of text titled "Questions on the Map of the Eastern Hemisphere" (not included) at the top of the page and then text on the bottom half titled "The Western Hemisphere" (to the left) and "The Eastern Hemisphere" (to the right). The text in the bottom half of the page appears to be numberd facts and information regarding different regions of the world with accompanying questions in the footer.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America
This map shows North and Central America with regions outlined in color. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown pictorially). Texas is labeled as "Austin's Colony" and included as a part of Mexico. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America.
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Different countries and regions are outlined and shaded in various colors. Some cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:33,792,000].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hall, Sidney
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country is outlined in color and each U.S. state is delineated and labeled. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There is an inset on the left side of the map showing the "Continuation of Alaska Peninsula."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Johnston, Keith, 1844-1879
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America
This sheet includes a map of North America on one side and maps of the Dominion of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia on the other. The first map shows North and Central America in various colors. Mexico and all of Central America are shaded in single colors but have Mexican states and Central American countries labeled. In the upper portion of North America, U.S. states (and territories) and Canadian provinces are shaded in various different colors and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights). On the reverse, two separate maps shows New Brunswick & Nova Scotia and the Dominion of Canada respectively. In each different provinces or regions are shaded in various colors. Cities, roads, bodies of water, and other features are marked and labeled on the maps. There are page numbers at the bottom of the sheet: 15 below the Dominion of Canada, 16 and 17 below North America, and 18 below New Brunswick & Nova Scotia. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America.
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country is outlined in color and cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked and labeled (with relief shown by hachures). At the bottom of the map, there is an elevation chart of North American lakes and mountains as well as a key to the "Classification of Places" (in the lower left corner) which notes various populations.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arbuckles' illustrated atlas of fifty principal nations of the world.
Atlas shows illustrations of nations throughout the world with brief descriptions.
Date:
1889
Creator:
Arbuckle Bros.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photo Relief Map of North America
This photo relief map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Blue outlining marks countries, roads, and bodies of water. States, territories, and provinces throughout the continent are marked in dotted lines and labeled. Geographic features are marked with relief shown by spot heights and shading. A note in the lower left corner says, "Heights are given in Feet above Sea Level."
Date:
1885
Creator:
Brion, Henry F. & McClure, Edmond
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zoo-geographical map of North America.
Map shows the United States, Mexico, British North America, Central America, and the West Indies. U.S. cities and states are shown. "Danish America" is printed over Greenland and exploration of upper Baffin Bay is detailed. Includes legend to climatic regions and annual isothermals. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
[1875..1895]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of North America showing its political divisions and recent discoveries in the polar regions
From: Mitchell's general atlas. Map shows major cities of the North American continent and the Russian America, Danish America, British America, and Central American boundaries dividing it during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000].
Date:
1860
Creator:
Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carte Physique et Politique de l’Amérique Septentrionale
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are outlined in color based on the controlling nations explained by a key in the lower left corner. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are noted (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Dussieux, L. (Louis), 1815-1894
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[3 Travel Maps]
Three travel maps which are meant to accompany a text about expeditions in the area. The first map shows the north pole and northernmost parts of North America and Greenland; some exploration routes and geographic features are noted. The second map shows exploration and discoveries in the Arctic Sea area with regions and some geographic features noted. The third map is a nautical chart of the Port of Lievely with depths marked in fathoms and some relief of surrounding land marked.
Date:
1855
Creator:
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Object Type:
Map
System:
The UNT Digital Library