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... Middle position of the Earth- Figure of the Earth - Ptolemaic system - Copernicus— Conception of Geography . PAGE 1 THE EARTH AS THE DWELLING - PLACE OF MAN , 8 General remarks . GEOGRAPHY AS A SCIENCE , 10 The Earth and Man - Geography ...
... Middle position of the Earth- Figure of the Earth - Ptolemaic system - Copernicus— Conception of Geography . PAGE 1 THE EARTH AS THE DWELLING - PLACE OF MAN , 8 General remarks . GEOGRAPHY AS A SCIENCE , 10 The Earth and Man - Geography ...
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... Geography and geology . LOWLANDS , Limits of lowland- The polar flat regions America , Africa , and Australia , the continents of lowlands . 111 116 THE MIDDLE EUROPEAN LOWLANDS , General description . PAGE 122 CONTENTS . xi.
... Geography and geology . LOWLANDS , Limits of lowland- The polar flat regions America , Africa , and Australia , the continents of lowlands . 111 116 THE MIDDLE EUROPEAN LOWLANDS , General description . PAGE 122 CONTENTS . xi.
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... MIDDLE COURSE OF RIVERS , General descriptive remarks . LOWER COURSE OF RIVERS , General descriptive remarks - River's mouth - Naviga- tion of rivers - Sinuosity of rivers : its influence on civilisation - Sources - Double streams ...
... MIDDLE COURSE OF RIVERS , General descriptive remarks . LOWER COURSE OF RIVERS , General descriptive remarks - River's mouth - Naviga- tion of rivers - Sinuosity of rivers : its influence on civilisation - Sources - Double streams ...
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... middle position of the Earth's orbit is not with- out its consequences . The distance of the Earth from the Sun is , in round numbers , 92,000,000 of miles , nearly three times as far as that of Mercury , the planet nearest * To these ...
... middle position of the Earth's orbit is not with- out its consequences . The distance of the Earth from the Sun is , in round numbers , 92,000,000 of miles , nearly three times as far as that of Mercury , the planet nearest * To these ...
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... middle of our nineteenth century ! It is no longer Euro- pean culture that demands this , but the welfare of all countries claims of scholars this knowledge far more im- peratively than a hundred years ago . Still , it must be confessed ...
... middle of our nineteenth century ! It is no longer Euro- pean culture that demands this , but the welfare of all countries claims of scholars this knowledge far more im- peratively than a hundred years ago . Still , it must be confessed ...
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