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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... shore of the ocean . Thus America , which terminates in the rocky precipices of Cape Horn , the last represen- tatives of the already broken chain of the Andes ; thus Africa , at the Cape of Good Hope , with its high plateaus and its ...
... shore of the ocean . Thus America , which terminates in the rocky precipices of Cape Horn , the last represen- tatives of the already broken chain of the Andes ; thus Africa , at the Cape of Good Hope , with its high plateaus and its ...
Side 46
... shores is thus carried to the extent of 17,200 miles , an enormous proportion compared with its small size ; for it is 3,200 miles more than Africa , which is nevertheless three times greater . Europe enjoys one mile of coast for every ...
... shores is thus carried to the extent of 17,200 miles , an enormous proportion compared with its small size ; for it is 3,200 miles more than Africa , which is nevertheless three times greater . Europe enjoys one mile of coast for every ...
Side 47
... shores is much more extended in North than in South America . It is 24,000 miles in the former , or one mile of coast to 228 square miles of sur- face ; in the latter , it is 13,600 miles , or a mile of coast for 376 miles of surface ...
... shores is much more extended in North than in South America . It is 24,000 miles in the former , or one mile of coast to 228 square miles of sur- face ; in the latter , it is 13,600 miles , or a mile of coast for 376 miles of surface ...
Side 49
... shores of the great oceanic valley bearing the name of the Atlantic ; with Steffens , the enlargement of all the lands towards the north , and the characteristic grouping of the con- tinents in three double worlds . Ritter , finally ...
... shores of the great oceanic valley bearing the name of the Atlantic ; with Steffens , the enlargement of all the lands towards the north , and the characteristic grouping of the con- tinents in three double worlds . Ritter , finally ...
Side 50
... shores , of their more or less gradual contact with the waters of the seas and of the oceans . All these characteristic differences , their gradation , and , above all , the numerous analogies the forms and the grouping of the great ...
... shores , of their more or less gradual contact with the waters of the seas and of the oceans . All these characteristic differences , their gradation , and , above all , the numerous analogies the forms and the grouping of the great ...
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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.