Birdseye Views Of Far Lands
by James T. Nichols
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About this eBook
- Author
- Nichols, James T. (James Thomas), 1865-
- Title
- Birdseye Views of Far Lands
- Credits
- Produced by Peter Vachuska, Chuck Greif, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Voyages and travels
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 28340
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28340
- Release Date
- March 16, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BIRDSEYE VIEWS OF FAR LANDS — by
- 2.JAMES T. NICHOLS — Author of "Lands of Sacred Story," "The World Around," etc. — Published by JAMES T. NICHOLS University Place Station DES MOINES, IOWA — Copyrighted 1922 — JAMES T. NICHOLS
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 6.CHAPTER I — The Land of Opposites—China
- 7.CHAPTER II — The Pearl of the Orient—Philippines
- 8.CHAPTER III — The Country America Opened to Civilization—Japan
- 9.CHAPTER IV — The Transformation of a Nation—Korea
- 10.CHAPTER V — A Great Unknown Land—Manchuria
- 11.CHAPTER VI — The Land of Sorrow—Siberia
- 12.CHAPTER VII — The Home of Bolshevism—Russia
- 13.CHAPTER VIII — The Nation That Conquers the Sea—Holland
- 14.CHAPTER IX — The Nation That the World Honors—Belgium
- 15.CHAPTER X — A Glimpse of America's Friend—France
- 16.CHAPTER XI — Some Impressions of the Great Peace Conference
- 17.CHAPTER XII — The Nightmare of Europe—Alsace-Lorraine
- 18.CHAPTER XIII — The Home of the Passion Play—Oberammergau
- 19.CHAPTER XIV — The Country Where the War Started—Servia
- 20.CHAPTER XV — A World-Famous Land—Palestine
- 21.CHAPTER XVI — A World-Famous City—Jerusalem
- 22.CHAPTER XVII — A World-Famous River—The Jordan
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII — The Playground of Moses—Egypt
- 24.CHAPTER XIX — A Country With a Thousand Rivers—Venezuela
- 25.CHAPTER XX — A Land of Great Industries—Brazil
- 26.CHAPTER XXI — Uruguay and Paraguay
- 27.CHAPTER XXII — The Wonderful Argentine Republic
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII — Yankeedom of South America—Chile
- 29.CHAPTER XXIV — The Switzerland of South America—Bolivia
- 30.CHAPTER XXV — The Land of Mystery—Peru
- 31.CHAPTER XXVI — The World's Great Crossroad—Panama Canal
- 32.CHAPTER XXVII — The Seven Wonders of the World
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