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Title Statement | Subterranea: journey into the depths of the Earth's most extraordinary underground spaces / Chris Fitch with Matthew Young. |
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Author | Fitch, Chris, 1988- |
Additional Contributors | Young, Matthew |
Publication | ©2020Portland, Oregon: Timber Press,2021. |
Extent of Item | xiii, 225 pages |
ISBN | 9781643261096 1643261096 |
Other Number | 4118373 |
General Notes | Originally published as: Subterranea : discovering the Earth's extraordinary hidden depths. London : Wildfire, 2020. |
Contents | Introduction -- Part I: Creation. Waitomo Caves, New Zealand ; Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico ; Postojna Cave, Slovenia ; Veryovkina Cave, Georgia ; Kazumura Cave, USA ; Cueva de Villa Luz, Mexico ; Deer Cave, Malaysia ; Pando, USA ; Dark Star Cave, Uzbekistan ; Palaeoburrows, Brazil -- Part II: Ancient history. Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, France ; Derinkuyu, Turkey ; Mausoleum of the first Qin emperor, China ; Herculaneum, Italy ; Labyrinthos Caves, Greece ; Tenochtitlan, Mexico ; Basilica Cistern, Turkey ; Elephanta Caves, India ; Qumran Caves, Israel ; Cueva de los Tayos, Ecuador -- Part III: Modern history. London Underground, United Kingdom ; Tunnel 57, Germany ; Burlington, United Kingdom ; Coober Pedy, Australia ; Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam ; Camp Century, Greenland ; Great Man-Made River, Libya ; Sonnenberg, Switzerland ; Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenistan ; G-Cans, Japan -- Part IV: Today. Large Hadron Collider, Switzerland/France ; Otay Mesa, USA/Mexico ; Guatemala City Sinkholes, Guatemala ; Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway ; Helsinki Underground City, Finland ; Kolwezi Mines, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Jerusalem Cemeteries, Israel ; Concordia Research Station, Antarctica ; Los Angeles Tunnels, USA ; Hellisheidi, Iceland. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (page 220-221) and index. |
Summary | Subterranea is where the world's remaining mysteries are yet to be found. For millennia, across nations and cultures, it has been a hotbed of fantastical stories. It's where humans have kept their most sacred treasures and their darkest secrets. It's where we have found evidence of our past and may, at some point, find an escape route for our uncertain future. But what would we find there today? From the underground cities of Cappadocia to smuggling tunnels on the US-Mexico border, caves full of tiny blind dragons and a seed vault located 1300km inside the Arctic circle, Subterranea demonstrates that the world below our feet is every bit as vivid and evocative as the world we see around us. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Underground architecture |
Civilization, Subterranean | |
Caves | |
Underground areas |