The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1

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Author

Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905

Title

The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

Credits

Produced by Josep Cols Canals, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Geography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54760

Release Date

May 22, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS. EUROPE.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. *
5. 5.EUROPE. — I.— G EOGRAPHICAL I MPORTANCE. — II.— E XTENT AND B OUNDARIES. — III.— N ATURAL D IVISIONS AND M OUNTAINS. — IV.— T HE M ARITIME R EGIONS. — V.— C LIMATE. — VI.— I NHABITANTS.
6. 6.THE MEDITERRANEAN. — I.— H YDROLOGY. — II.— A NIMAL L IFE. F ISHERIES AND S ALT P ANS. — III.— C OMMERCE AND N AVIGATION.
7. 7.GREECE. — I.— G ENERAL A SPECTS. — II.— C ONTINENTAL G REECE. — III.— T HE M OREA, OR P ELOPONNESUS. — IV.— T HE I SLANDS OF THE Æ GEAN S EA. — V.— T HE I ONIAN I SLES. — VI.— T HE P RESENT AND THE F UTURE OF G REECE. — VII.— G OVERNMENT AND P OLITICAL D IVISIONS.
8. 8.TURKEY IN EUROPE. * — I.— G ENERAL A SPECTS. — II.— C RETE AND THE I SLANDS OF THE A RCHIPELAGO. — III.— T URKEY OF THE G REEKS (T HRACIA, M ACEDONIA, AND T HESSALY ). — IV.— A LBANIA AND E PIRUS. — V.— T HE I LLYRIAN A LPS, B OSNIA, AND H ERZEGOVINA. — VI.— B ULGARIA. — VII.— P RESENT P OSITION AND P ROSPECTS OF T URKEY. — VIII.— G OVERNMENT AND A DMINISTRATION. — T REATIES OF S AN S TEFANO AND B ERLIN.
9. 9.RUMANIA. *
10. 10.SERVIA AND MONTENEGRO. * — S ERVIA. — M ONTENEGRO.
11. 11.ITALY. * — I.— G ENERAL A SPECTS. — II.— T HE B ASIN OF THE P O. P IEMONT, * L OMBARDY, V ENETIA, AND E MILIA. — III.— L IGURIA AND THE R IVIERA OF G ENOA. * — IV.— T USCANY. — V.— T HE R OMAN A PENNINES, THE V ALLEY OF THE T IBER, THE M ARCHES, AND THE A BRUZZOS. — VI.— S OUTHERN I TALY, N APLES. — VII.— S ICILY. — T HE Æ OLIAN OR L IPARIC I SLANDS. — T HE Æ GADIAN I SLANDS. — P ANTELLARIA. — M ALTA AND G OZZO. — VIII.— S ARDINIA. — IX.— T HE P RESENT AND F UTURE OF I TALY. — X.— G OVERNMENT AND A DMINISTRATION.
12. 12.CORSICA. *
13. 13.SPAIN. * — I.— G ENERAL A SPECTS. — II.— T HE C ASTILES, L EON, AND E STREMADURA. * — III.— A NDALUSIA. * — IV.— T HE M EDITERRANEAN S LOPE OF THE G REAT P LATEAU. M URCIA AND V ALENCIA. * — V.— T HE B ALEARIC I SLANDS. — VI.— T HE V ALLEY OF THE E BRO. A RAGON AND C ATALONIA . — VII.— B ASQUE P ROVINCES, N AVARRA, AND L OGROÑO. * — VIII.— S ANTANDER, THE A STURIAS, AND G ALICIA. — IX.— T HE P RESENT AND F UTURE OF S PAIN. — X.— G OVERNMENT AND A DMINISTRATION. — A REA AND P OPULATION OF S PAIN AND ITS C OLONIES.
14. 14.PORTUGAL. * — I.— G ENERAL A SPECTS. — II.— N ORTHERN P ORTUGAL. T HE V ALLEYS OF THE M INHO, D OURO, AND M ONDEGO. — III.— T HE V ALLEY OF THE T EJO ( T AGUS ). — IV.— S OUTHERN P ORTUGAL. A LEMTEJO AND A LGARVE. — V.— T HE P RESENT AND F UTURE OF P ORTUGAL. — VI.— G OVERNMENT AND A DMINISTRATION.
15. 15.NOTES.
16. 16.INDEX.
17. 17.Untitled

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