Are islanders insular? A personal view

Geographical Review

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-190

  Olwig, Kenneth R ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Egocentricity; Greece; Insularity; Ithaca; Nantucket; Nevis; Portolan cartography; Saint John (U.S. Virgin Islands); Staten Island

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COGNITION; FIELDWORK; NAVIGATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITHACA [NEW YORK]; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MASSACHUSETTS; NANTUCKET; NEVIS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATEN ISLAND [NEW YORK]; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

EID: 35448983146     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2007.tb00397.x     Document Type: Article

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