The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar
by Peter Tyson
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0380975777
- ISBN 13
- 9780380975778
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About This Item
Since the age of dinosaurs, Madagascar has thrived in isolation off the east coast of Africa. In this real-life "lost world," hundreds of animal and plant species, most famously the lemurs, have evolved here and only here, while other creatures extinct elsewhere for tens of millions of years now vie with modern man for survival. It's a land of striking geography, from soaring mountains to vast canyon lands, from tropical rain forests to spiny desert. And its people are a conundrum unto themselves, their origins obscure, their language complex and distinct, and their beliefs fascinating. In The Eighth Continent, Peter Tyson will guide you into this, the planet's most exotic frontier, so you can see for yourself why it's been called "the naturalist's promised land."
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- Bookseller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ7993013
- Title
- The Eighth Continent
- Author
- Peter Tyson
- Format/Binding
- Previous owner inscription
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0380975777
- ISBN 13
- 9780380975778
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 30, 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science/Nature Writing;