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Geography Generalized; Or, An Introduction To The Study Of Geography On The Principles Of Classification And Comparison - Softcover

Robert Joseph Sullivan

 
9780461939835: Geography Generalized; Or, An Introduction To The Study Of Geography On The Principles Of Classification And Comparison

Synopsis

Geography Generalized; Or, An Introduction To The Study Of Geography On The Principles Of Classification And Comparisonis a nineteenth?century schoolroom geography manual that offers a panoramic, atlas?like survey of the world organized by vast regions (Asia, Africa, America, Oceania) and concluding with sacred, ancient, and geological sections. It emphasizes a British imperial perspective, listing principal towns, rivers, mountains, seas, and major cities, along with population estimates, climate generalizations, and notes on colonial possessions and governance. The volume blends political geography with physical geography and natural history, and includes detailed regional sketches (India and Hindostan; Greater Asia; Africa; the Americas; Oceania) as well as sections on sacred geography, general climate and production, geology, and language and pedagogy. It presents a dedicated pedagogical framework for teaching geography through classification and comparison, with diagrams, simple demonstrations, and exam?style questions. Overall, the work treats geography as an integrated discipline linking earth science, maps, education, and imperial knowledge for classroom use and self?guided study.

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