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Excerpt from Universal Geography, Vol. 1: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe; Accompanied With Analytical, Sypnotical, and Elemetary Tables The following is the arrangement Of the present work: It Will begin with the general theory of geography, consisting of Its Mathematical, Physi cal, and Political principles - From astronomy we shall borrow the requi site information, respecting the figure, size, and motions Of our planet; from geometry, the views which are most necessary for understanding the art of representing, in small plans, the exact form of the lands and the seas; we shall explain the method Of determining the actual distances Of places, and comparing with one another the measures employed in different countries. Proceeding next to the physical picture of the globe, we shall take a view of the leading features Of nature; the mountains which diversify the surface of the land, the seas which bound its outline, and the rivers and the valleys by which it is intersected. We shall seek our way downward, through caverns and through mines. We shall direct over the brink of the volcanic crater an eye of interest and curiosity; and thus do our utmost to explore the structure of the globe. After inquiring into the motions of the atmo sphere, and the laws of temperature, we shall distribute into their native regions the animals, the plants, and all the beings that are nourished in the exhaustless bosom of the earth. We shall conclude the picture by consider ing man in his natural and in his political condition. We shall classify the races of our species according to the varieties which are marked in their bodily appearance and character - according to the languages which they speak - according to the creeds by which their minds are consoled, or degraded and enslaved - and according to the laws which mark the progress of civilization, or the profound darkness of utter barbarism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.