PDF Books in Geography 6v2t19
James Augustus St. John 5g3x59
The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3) written by James Augustus St. John contains biographies of the below explorers. Joseph Pitton de TournefortDr. Thomas ShawFrederic HasselquistLady Wortley MontagueRichard PocockeJohn BellJohn LedyardGeorge ForsterJames BruceJonas HanwayAntonio de Ulloa.. 2r5y4g
George St. Clair 203nf
This book contains a description of some of the most important modern discoveries bearing upon the Bible, the selection being made to meet the wants of those who have no time to follow the course of exploration, and no taste for technical details. The preparation of such a volume has often been urged upon me by those who have listened to my lecture..
E. W. Seabrook Hull m6841
Nuclear energy is playing a vital role in the life of every man, woman, and child in the United States today. In the years ahead it will affect increasingly all the peoples of the earth. It is essential that all Americans gain an understanding of this vital force if they are to discharge thoughtfully their responsibilities as citizens and if they a..
Carl Lumholtz 6m2j21
In the year 1880 I undertook an expedition to Australia, partly at the expense of the University of Christiania, with the object of making collections for the zoological and zootomical museums of the University, and of instituting researches into the customs and anthropology of the little-known native tribes which inhabit that continent.At the comm..
A. A. Milne y2m40
The Japanese prints with which we are most familiar in this country are those known as nishikiye, literally “brocade picture.” Generally speaking, they are portraits of actors and famous beauties or landscapes and nature studies. There are, however, other woodcuts known as surimono, “things printed,” whose subjects are characters known in history a..
Lucy Thompson 38y1g
As there has been so much said and written about the American Indians, with my tribe, the Klamath Indians, included, by the white people, which is guessed at and not facts, I deem it necessary to first tell you who I am, for which please do not criticise me as egotistical.I am a pure full blooded Klamath river woman. In our tongue we call this grea..
James Augustus St. John 5g3x59
MUNGO PARK: This enterprising and distinguished traveller was born on the 10th of September, 1771, at Fowlshiels, a farm occupied by his father on the banks of the Yarrow, near Selkirk. In common with the greater number of the sons of Scottish yeomen, Mungo Park, notwithstanding that the number of his brothers and sisters amounted to no less than t..
L. Newton Hayes 4k5q4u
The subject of this little book is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years. Even in these days of the Republic it still fills an important place in Chinese life.The dragon is one of the most common ornamental designs in China and..