{"product_id":"an-atlas-of-maritime-florida-roger-c-smith-et-al-paperback","title":"An Atlas of Maritime Florida: Roger C. Smith...[Et Al] - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger C. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames J. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSean M. Kelley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Finally, a spending issue Democrats and Republicans can agree upon: \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e is a great buy!\"--Lawton Chiles, Governor of the State of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\"The new \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully chronicles Florida's emergence as a megastate. It is an invaluable resource for educators and business people who need the latest facts and figures about Florida's population, environment, economy, and political makeup. But, like the state itself, this book is not all business. . . . Turn to any page and you're bound to learn something new.\"--Jim Smith, Secretary of the State of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\"An invaluable reference volume. It is rich in information that should fill the needs of anyone looking for material on the state.\"--\u003ci\u003eFlorida Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e, revised for the first time in ten years, is seasoned with the people of Florida, flavored with the patterns of their activities, and served in a full-color, oversized volume. A handsome book for reference or reading, \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e offers a complete overview of Florida life and history in visual form. \u003cbr\u003eThe all new \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e gives you\u003cbr\u003e*FACTS\u003cbr\u003eThe first Christmas in the present-day United States was celebrated in Tallahassee in 1539 by Hernando de Soto and his men.\u003cbr\u003eMore money is spent per capita for lotto tickets in Florida counties with high per capita income than in counties with low per capita income (excluding border counties).\u003cbr\u003eJacksonville's St. Johns River City Band is one of only two professional brass bands in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e*FIGURES\u003cbr\u003e38.7 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Yankeetown, Florida, on September 5, 1950.\u003cbr\u003e100% of all limes produced in the United States are grown in Florida.\u003cbr\u003eIn constant dollars, five times as much money is spent per student (K-12) today than in the 1950s, but teachers' salaries (also in constant dollars) were lower in 1990 than in 1969.\u003cbr\u003e*FESTIVALS\u003cbr\u003eAttend the international kite-flying festival in Sarasota in January, the swamp buggy races in Naples in February, the rattlesnake festival in San Antonio (near Tampa) in October, the Blue Angels Air Show in Pensacola in November.\u003cbr\u003e*PHOTOGRAPHS\u003cbr\u003eThe new \u003ci\u003eAtlas\u003c\/i\u003e contains more than 100 color photographs and 71 black and white photographs.\u003cbr\u003e*THE FEELING OF THE STATE\u003cbr\u003e8% of all vascular plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, bird, and\u003cbr\u003emammal species found in Florida exist nowhere else in the world.\u003cbr\u003eFlorida has the second-longest coastline of any state. (Alaska's is longer.)\u003cbr\u003eUntil the mid-1920s, Tampa was the world's leading producer of cigars.\u003cbr\u003eRollins College in Winter Park has a male and a female water skiing team.\u003cbr\u003eThe Metro-Dade Art in Public Places program has attracted such renowned contemporary artists to the state as Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Karel Appel, Romare Bearden, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alexander Calder.\u003cbr\u003eContents, including special or new features\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eNatural Environment\u003cbr\u003eMaps, color photographs, and descriptions of ecosystems and landforms; wildlife habitat types mapped from Landsat imagery; new section on weather and climate\u003cbr\u003eHistory and Culture\u003cbr\u003eCigar manufacturing, sponge fishing, first map showing expansion of agriculture in south Florida; compendium of art museums, public art, dance, music, theater, film, folk art, religion, and language; new sections on Indians, exploration, and missions\u003cbr\u003ePopulation\u003cbr\u003e1990 census data analyzed and displayed; details of growth in southeast Florida; place of origin of immigrants and in-migrants\u003cbr\u003eEconomics\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of regional malls; growth of high-tech industry; foreign ownership of land; updated cost-of-living figures by county\u003cbr\u003eRecreation and Tourism\u003cbr\u003eMajor commercial and public attractions listed by region; economics of tourism; lists of men's and women's college sports and all professional sport teams and their locations, baseball spring training sites\u003cbr\u003eInfrastructure and Planning\u003cbr\u003eRoads and commuter information; energy; waste management; comprehensive planning and land acquisition programs\u003cbr\u003eOrigin of Place Names\u003cbr\u003eIn some Seminole tongues, Miami means great water, Pensacola means the place where the bearded people lived, Alachua means sinkhole; Chassahowitzka means place of the hanging pumpkins\u003cbr\u003eStatistics\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eEdward A. Fernald, State Geographer of Florida, is associate vice president for academic affairs, director of the Institute of Science and Public Affairs, and professor of geography at the Florida State University. Elizabeth Purdum is a research associate at the ISPA and adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at FSU.\u003cbr\u003eJames R. Anderson, Jr., is director of the Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center and an instructor of geography at FSU. Peter A. 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