The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography: In Its Relation to the History of MankindGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 334 sider |
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... elevated parts and the table lands ; the brown , the systems of mountains , the borders of the table lands , and the slopes in general . It is easy thus to form by a single glance an idea of the general features of relief of the ...
... elevated parts and the table lands ; the brown , the systems of mountains , the borders of the table lands , and the slopes in general . It is easy thus to form by a single glance an idea of the general features of relief of the ...
Side 34
... elevated researches . For him who can embrace with a glance the great harmo- . nies of nature and of history , there is here the most admirable plan to study ; there are the past and future destinies of the nations to decipher , traced ...
... elevated researches . For him who can embrace with a glance the great harmo- . nies of nature and of history , there is here the most admirable plan to study ; there are the past and future destinies of the nations to decipher , traced ...
Side 72
... elevated ; while the colossal grandeurs of the Andes and the Himalaya bear the traces of an upheaval comparatively very recent . In America , from the coasts of Brazil to the high table lands of Bolivia , and from the Atlantic shores to ...
... elevated ; while the colossal grandeurs of the Andes and the Himalaya bear the traces of an upheaval comparatively very recent . In America , from the coasts of Brazil to the high table lands of Bolivia , and from the Atlantic shores to ...
Side 73
... differences , to be pointed out in this regard , between the continents ? Does not the form of the elevated table lands prevail in one part of the world , the form of the plains in another , the form of the mountains , 7.
... differences , to be pointed out in this regard , between the continents ? Does not the form of the elevated table lands prevail in one part of the world , the form of the plains in another , the form of the mountains , 7.
Side 74
... elevated , so numerous , so extensive , as Asia and Africa . Instead of one or two chains of mountains , like the Andes , Central Asia is traversed by four immense chains , supporting vast table lands of from 5,000 to 14,000 feet in ...
... elevated , so numerous , so extensive , as Asia and Africa . Instead of one or two chains of mountains , like the Andes , Central Asia is traversed by four immense chains , supporting vast table lands of from 5,000 to 14,000 feet in ...
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abundance Africa Alps already animal ARNOLD GUYOT Asia Minor Atlantic atmosphere Australia basin Cape Caucasus centre character civilization climate continental continents contrast countries currents depth desert direction earth east Eastern element elevated epoch equator equatorial Europe existence extreme fact Fahr feet forms gentlemen geographical geology give globe Gulf Gulf of Mexico heat height hemisphere Himalaya human important inches Indian Ocean inferior influence islands latitude less Mexico miles monsoon nations nature Nevertheless North north-east northern continents Old World organized Pacific Ocean peninsulas perfect Persia physical plains Plate plateaus polar present principal progress race rains relief rivers seas seems shores side slopes societies soil South America south-west southern species square miles superior surface table lands temperate regions temperature terrestrial masses three continents tinents tion trade wind tropical regions vapors variety vast vegetation waters Western Asia western coast whole zone
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Side 232 - As the plant is made for the animal, as the vegetable world is made for the animal world, America is made for the man of the Old World The man of the Old World sets out upon his way Leaving the highlands of Asia, he descends from station to station towards Europe. Each of his steps is marked by a new civilization superior to the preceding, by a greater power of development. Arrived at the Atlantic, he pauses on the shore of...
Side 254 - While all the types of animals and of plants go on decreasing in perfection, from the equatorial to the polar regions, in proportion to the temperatures, man presents to our view his purest, his most perfect type, at the very centre of the temperate continents, at the centre of AsiaEurope, in the regions of Iran, of Armenia, and of the Caucasus; and, departing from this geographical centre in the three grand directions of the lands, the types gradually lose the beauty of their forms, in proportion...
Side 268 - Since man is made to acquire the full possession and mastery of his facult.es by toil, and by the exercise of all his energies, no climate could so well minister to his progress in this work as the climate of the temperate continents. It is easy to understand this. An excessive heat enfeebles man ; it invites to repose and inaction. In the tropical regions the power of life...
Side 20 - If, preserving the etymological sense of the word geography, we should, with many authors, undertake to limit this study to a simple description of the surface of the globe and of the beings which are found there, we must at once renounce the idea of calling it by the name of science, in the lofty sense of this word. To describe, without rising to the causes, or descending to the consequences, is no more science, than merely and simply to relate a fact of which one has been a witness.