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In "The Evolving Landscape" Martin J. Pasqualetti brings together for the first time the collected writings of one of 20th-century America's master geographers, Homer Aschmann. Combining encyclopaedic knowledge with unquenchable curiosity, Aschmann radiates an obvious affection for being out of doors as he guides us across landscapes to discern the interplay of climate, history, topography, soils and vegetation. In settings as diverse as Los Angeles, Baja California, Arizona, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia and the Canary Islands, Aschmann demonstrates the contribution a geographer can make in explaining environmental change.