Topography

2nd revised edition, illustrations from b&w photographs, maps (one double-page), bibliography & index, 256 pp, black boards in d/w, closed top edge of pages spotted, otherwise in very good condition, David & Charles (Newton Abbot, Devon) 1981

21.5 x 13.1 cm, 540g, ISBN 0 71538 133 4

See the description (below) from the dustwrapper flap, which includes the statement “the Falklands lie on the brink of a new and exciting period of change”.  The Argentines invaded the following year!  In his chapter on “The Future and Development” the author concludes that the Argentines would not want to take over the islands – “Generally their view is one of amazement and compassion for the Islanders’ situation”.

While the possibility of oil and gas deposits are mentioned briefly, the author believes the islands’ future probably rests on deep-sea fishing . . . .