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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... situated on these lines , having the same mean annual tempera- ture , set in a clear light the difference of climate between the opposite coasts of the continents , while referring it to the true causes . Every letter has been omitted ...
... situated on these lines , having the same mean annual tempera- ture , set in a clear light the difference of climate between the opposite coasts of the continents , while referring it to the true causes . Every letter has been omitted ...
Side 10
... situated outside of the zone , followed by the profile , as the Carpathian and Mont - Blanc , in Europe , Plate II . profile 5 ; or volcanic peaks , isolated , not affecting the general relief , as the Erdschich , in Asia Minor , Plate ...
... situated outside of the zone , followed by the profile , as the Carpathian and Mont - Blanc , in Europe , Plate II . profile 5 ; or volcanic peaks , isolated , not affecting the general relief , as the Erdschich , in Asia Minor , Plate ...
Side 39
... situated south of the Himalaya , compared with that of the vast plains which flank the north of the central mass of the continent , seems to indicate that a great portion of these southern regions has been carried away by this great ...
... situated south of the Himalaya , compared with that of the vast plains which flank the north of the central mass of the continent , seems to indicate that a great portion of these southern regions has been carried away by this great ...
Side 52
... situated sixty miles further south . A few thousand feet of height , which are nothing to the mass of the globe , change entirely the aspect and the character of a country . The excellent vineyards bordering the banks of the Swiss lakes ...
... situated sixty miles further south . A few thousand feet of height , which are nothing to the mass of the globe , change entirely the aspect and the character of a country . The excellent vineyards bordering the banks of the Swiss lakes ...
Side 53
... situated in a region of small extent , this element is even far the most important to know . Although the forms of relief are infinitely varied , it seems to me that we may refer them to two great classes , admitting of numerous ...
... situated in a region of small extent , this element is even far the most important to know . Although the forms of relief are infinitely varied , it seems to me that we may refer them to two great classes , admitting of numerous ...
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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.