The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography: In Its Relation to the History of MankindGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 334 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 77
Side 9
... globe . To this end , each particular is indicated by a different color . The color of the ocean forms a ground which clearly defines and brings out the characteristic forms of the continents . The bands of white lines which cross them ...
... globe . To this end , each particular is indicated by a different color . The color of the ocean forms a ground which clearly defines and brings out the characteristic forms of the continents . The bands of white lines which cross them ...
Side 11
... globe . The deeper the color , the greater is the quantity of rain - water indicated ; the deserts are left in white . North and south of the tropics , which are marked by dotted lines , are the regions of continuous , but not abundant ...
... globe . The deeper the color , the greater is the quantity of rain - water indicated ; the deserts are left in white . North and south of the tropics , which are marked by dotted lines , are the regions of continuous , but not abundant ...
Side 13
... globe - Impor- tance of the geographical forms of contour and relief , and of their relative situation - The Earth as the theatre of human societies — Different parts performed by the continents in history — Asia , Europe , America ...
... globe - Impor- tance of the geographical forms of contour and relief , and of their relative situation - The Earth as the theatre of human societies — Different parts performed by the continents in history — Asia , Europe , America ...
Side 14
... globe , considered as an individual ? — Origin of the Earth , according to the hypotheses of Laplace and Herschell — Gradual formation of the continents - Europe at the Silurian epoch - North America at the Carboniferous epoch ...
... globe , considered as an individual ? — Origin of the Earth , according to the hypotheses of Laplace and Herschell — Gradual formation of the continents - Europe at the Silurian epoch - North America at the Carboniferous epoch ...
Side 19
... globe - Impor- tance of the geographical forms of contour and relief , and of their relative situation - The Earth as the theatre of human societies - Different parts performed by the continents in history — Asia , Eu- rope , America ...
... globe - Impor- tance of the geographical forms of contour and relief , and of their relative situation - The Earth as the theatre of human societies - Different parts performed by the continents in history — Asia , Eu- rope , America ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The Earth and Man. Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography, in Its ... Arnold Henry Guyot Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography in Its ... Arnold Guyot Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1856 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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
Populære avsnitt
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.