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BBC atlas of the natural world : Western Hemisphere and Antarctica / BBC Video.

Material type: TextTextSeries: BBC atlas of the natural worldPublication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.Description: 6 videodiscs (approximately 1055 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1419840185
Other title:
  • Atlas of the natural world
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH101
Contents:
Land of the Eagle. disc 1 (197 min.). Episodes 1-4: The Great encounter -- Confronting the wilderness -- Conquering the swamps -- Across the Seas of Grass -- disc. 2 (197 min.). Episodes 5-8: Into the shining mountains -- Living on the edge -- The first and last frontier -- Searching for paradise -- Spirits of the Jaguar [disc 3] / a BBC co-production in association with BBC Worldwide Americas & WNET (196 min.). Episodes: The forging of a new world -- Forests of the Maya -- Hunters of the Caribbean Sea -- The fifth world of the Aztecs -- Wild South America [discs 4-5] / a BBC TV production in association with Animal Planet. disc 1 (196 min.). Episodes 1-4. Lost worlds -- Mighty Amazon -- The Great Plains -- The Andes -- disc 2 (98 min.). Amazon jungle -- Penguin shores -- Life in the freezer. [disc 6]. Episodes: The bountiful sea -- The ice retreats -- The race to breed -- The door closes -- The big freeze -- Footsteps in the snow.
Production credits:
  • Land of the Eagle: producers, Ned Kelly, Steve Nicholls, Paul Reddish ; Spirits of the Jaguar: producers, Mark Jacobs, Paul Reddish ; director, Mark Jacobs ; Wild South America: producers, Huw Cordey, Tim Scoones, Ian Gray ; music, Nick Hooper.
Spirits of the Jaguar: narrator, Alan Ereira ; Wild South America: narrator, Fergal Keane.Summary: Land of the eagle is the story of how North America was discovered is told through the eyes of the Native Americans and the European newcomers. A magnificent ensemble of paintings, photographs, wildlife films, and Native Americans voicing the words of their ancestors. In Spirits of the jaguar amid volcanoes, jungles, deserts, and reefs, we enter the legendarykingdoms of the Mayas and Aztecs where each creature, from
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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"Four landmark BBC series presenting the definitive portrait of the land, wildlife and peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Antarctica"--Container cover.

Land of the Eagle. disc 1 (197 min.). Episodes 1-4: The Great encounter --
Confronting the wilderness --
Conquering the swamps --
Across the Seas of Grass --
disc. 2 (197 min.). Episodes 5-8: Into the shining mountains --
Living on the edge --
The first and last frontier --
Searching for paradise --
Spirits of the Jaguar [disc 3] / a BBC co-production in association with BBC Worldwide Americas & WNET (196 min.). Episodes: The forging of a new world --
Forests of the Maya --
Hunters of the Caribbean Sea --
The fifth world of the Aztecs --
Wild South America [discs 4-5] / a BBC TV production in association with Animal Planet. disc 1 (196 min.). Episodes 1-4. Lost worlds --
Mighty Amazon --
The Great Plains --
The Andes --
disc 2 (98 min.). Amazon jungle --
Penguin shores --
Life in the freezer. [disc 6]. Episodes: The bountiful sea --
The ice retreats --
The race to breed --
The door closes --
The big freeze --
Footsteps in the snow.

Land of the Eagle: producers, Ned Kelly, Steve Nicholls, Paul Reddish ; Spirits of the Jaguar: producers, Mark Jacobs, Paul Reddish ; director, Mark Jacobs ; Wild South America: producers, Huw Cordey, Tim Scoones, Ian Gray ; music, Nick Hooper.

Spirits of the Jaguar: narrator, Alan Ereira ; Wild South America: narrator, Fergal Keane.


Land of the eagle is the story of how North America was discovered is told through the eyes of the Native Americans and the European newcomers. A magnificent ensemble of paintings, photographs, wildlife films, and Native Americans voicing the words of their ancestors. In Spirits of the jaguar amid volcanoes, jungles, deserts, and reefs, we enter the legendarykingdoms of the Mayas and Aztecs where each creature, from