An Elementary Class-Book O General Geography (Classic Reprint)

The aim of the present volume, as of all elementary classbooks of geography, is to give a brief account of theE arthas the dwelling-place of mankind. The descriptions throughout proceed from the general to the particular. Chapter I. describes the general principles on which geography depends. Chapters II and III give the outlines of physical geography, or the natural conditions of theE arthas a whole. The remaining chapters are devoted to more detailed descriptions of the continents. The position and natural features of each continent are first described in simple narrative form, the mountains, plains, and rivers are not enumerated in separate lists, but named as they actually occur, thus impressing the relation of mountain ranges to rivers, and of rivers to plains. The races of mankind inhabiting the several continents are referred to, and the main lines of their migrations are laid down on the basis of configuration and climate. The natural region which each modern country occupies is next more fully described in its relation to the continent. I ts configuration, climate, and natural products of commercial value are indicated. The salient points of the nations history are cited to explain how the struggles and migrations of races have gradually produced the existing people and determined the actual boundaries.
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