A Camera on the Banks.A Camera on the Banks M. Brook Taylor Brook Taylor ('teɪlə(r)[1])(August 18, 1685 – November 30, 1731) was an English mathematician. His is the name that is attached to Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series. Goose Lane 330--500 Beaverbrook court, Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 5X4 0864924410 $19.95 www.gooselane.com Written by history professor M. Brook Taylor, A Camera on the Banks: Frederick William Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg Frederick William, known as the Great Elector, 1620–88, elector of Brandenburg (1640–88), son and successor of George William. Wallace and the Fisherman of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography presents the rare black-and-white photographs of Nova Scotia's fishing schooners, as taken by photojournalist Frederick William Wallace between 1911 and 1916, during the close of the age of unassisted sail. Taylor chronicles the true story of fishery, the individuals who dedicated themselves to it, and the photojournalist who exquisitely captures it just as it was on the cusp of a radical transformation. A Camera on the Banks is recommended as a smoothly narrated, superbly preserved fragment of Nova Scotia nautical nau·ti·cal adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water. [From Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from history captured through the medium of photography.. |
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