Table of Contents

 

Introduction ................................................................................... v

Acknowledgments ........................................................................... ix

Munz’s Exercitatio academica, Text and Translation .............................1

Emendations to the Latin Text ......................................................... 35

Notes ............................................................................................ 35

Global Bibliography on Floating Islands .............................................. 69

Thematic Indices to the Bibliography ................................................ 355

Post-Classical Works cited by Munz .................................................. 355

Works of Western Classical Literature That Mention Floating Islands .... 355

Formation of Floating Islands ........................................................... 355

Buoyancy of Floating Islands ............................................................ 356

Gases Generated by Floating Islands ................................................. 356

Floating Islands in Reservoirs ........................................................... 356

Floating Islands in Rivers ................................................................. 357

Control and Management of Floating Islands ...................................... 358

Vegetation of Floating Islands .......................................................... 358

Agriculture on Natural Floating Islands .............................................. 360

Movements of Floating Islands ......................................................... 360

Intermittent or Periodic Floating Islands: Derwentwater ...................... 360

Intermittent or Periodic Floating Islands: Others ................................ 360

Birds on Natural Floating Islands, and Floating Nests .......................... 361

Non-Avian Fauna of Floating Islands ................................................. 361

Natural Floating Islands Used for Human Habitation ............................ 361

Fish and Floating Islands ................................................................. 362

Floating Islands and the Dispersal of Animals .................................... 362

Floating Islands Seen at Sea (Other than Ice Islands ) ....................... 362

Ice Islands .................................................................................... 363

Floating Islands and the Formation of Coal ....................................... 363

Artificial Floating Islands for Agriculture ............................................ 363

Artificial Floating Islands for Human Habitation .................................. 364

Artificial Floating Islands for Wildlife Habitat ...................................... 364

Artificial Floating Islands for Airports, and Engineering Considerations.. 365

Artificial Floating Islands for Improvement of Water Quality ................ 365

The “ Mud Islands ” of Lake Victoria , Australia ................................. 365

Floating Pumice, Lava, Rocks, and Coral ........................................... 366

Holy Floating Islands ..................................................................... 366

Literary, Mythical, and Mythologized Floating Islands ......................... 366

Legal Aspects of Floating Islands .................................................... 367

Geographical Index to the Bibliography ........................................... 369

Appendices

1: Gazetteer of Floating Islands Not Described in Print ...................... 391

2: Bibliography of Early Accounts of New Volcanic Islands .................. 395

Illustrations .................................................................................. 405

 

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