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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Side 11
... 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 rains . Between the tropics , 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 rains . Between the tropics , the ...
Side 14
... Greater diversity and perfection of the organized beings- Distinction of the three epochs ; the insular , the maritime , and the continental - The formula of development the same for the entire globe and for the organized beings ...
... Greater diversity and perfection of the organized beings- Distinction of the three epochs ; the insular , the maritime , and the continental - The formula of development the same for the entire globe and for the organized beings ...
Side 28
... greater still upon the destinies of human socie- ties , both in the present and in the future ? It would be easy to multiply examples ; but I do not wish to anticipate the results that will be brought out by the more exact study of ...
... greater still upon the destinies of human socie- ties , both in the present and in the future ? It would be easy to multiply examples ; but I do not wish to anticipate the results that will be brought out by the more exact study of ...
Side 36
... greater extent . He points out substantially three analogies , three coincidences in the structure of the continents . The first is that the southern points of all the con- tinents are high and rocky , and seem to be the extremi- • ties ...
... greater extent . He points out substantially three analogies , three coincidences in the structure of the continents . The first is that the southern points of all the con- tinents are high and rocky , and seem to be the extremi- • ties ...
Side 44
... greater variety of phenomena . The most important of these geographical relations of configuration , that which Ritter was the first to bring prominently forward , and the whole value of which he has explained with rare felicity , is ...
... greater variety of phenomena . The most important of these geographical relations of configuration , that which Ritter was the first to bring prominently forward , and the whole value of which he has explained with rare felicity , is ...
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The Earth and Man. Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography, in Its ... Arnold Henry Guyot Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
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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.