| Description |
288 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, some coloured ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Introduction -- I.North America: a land of mighty mountains and varied climates -- 2.Newfoundland: the oldest British Dominiond -- 3.Land of the far north -- 4.The sea-grit provinces of eastern Canada-- 5.The great forests --6.TA mighty waterway: the St. Laurence and the Great Lakes -- 7.The engineers and miners of Ontario -- 8.The wheatlands of Canada -- 9.Fiords and farms of British Columbia -- 10.Across the great dominion -- 11.The farms and forests of the Pacific seaboard -- 12. The eastern United States -- 13.The basin of the Mississippi -- 14.The dry plains and plateaus of the western United States -- 15.Mexico and Central America -- 16. The West Indies -- 17.South America: mountains and climate -- 18.The Guianas -- 19.Brazil: the wonderland of South America -- 20.Grass lands, mountains, and forests: the Argentine, Paraguay, and Uruguay -- 21.The Falkland Islands -- 22.The States of the south-west Andes -- 23. The North Andean states: Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela -- Part II: 1.The shape of the Earth -- 2.The rotation of the Earth -- 3. The revolution of the Earth -- 4.How the Earth's surface is heated -- 5.Maps and the stories they tell -- Index |
| Notes |
Maps on front and back end-papers |
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Includes index |
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"Published July 1931. Reprinted October 1931, Revised and reprinted November 1932, reprinted January 1935, October 1936, March 1938, March 1941, August 1942, July 1943, December 1944" -- verso of t.p |
| Subject |
Geography -- Juvenile literature
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| SUBJECT |
North America -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature
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South America -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature
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Latin America -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature
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| Genre/Form |
Australian school textbook collection.
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