GEOGRAPHY, OR A Description OF ALL THE PARTS OF THE WORLD, ON A NEW PLAN, ACCORDING TO THE GREAT NATURAL DIVISIONS OF THE GLOBE; ACCOMPANIED WITH ANALYTICAL, SYNOPTICAL, AND ELEMENTARY TABLES. BY M. MALTE-BRUN. IMPROVED BY THE ADDITION OF THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION, DERIVED FROM VOL. VI. CONTAINING THE THEORY, OR MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY JOHN LAVAL. 1832. 1-16-30 THE influence of France may be compared to that which ancient Greece possessed over the civilized world; the French language has become the language of courts and ambassadors; the literature of the same people has been admired by the enlightened of every nation: since the revolution, French philosophers have contributed, perhaps more than those of any other country, to extend the limits of science, and French armies crowned with laurels, have dictated their laws to Europe. Those who consider philosophically certain questions by which geography may be changed into a new science, must examine the causes on which the characters that distinguish a people from neighbouring nations, depend. It cannot be attributed to climate, for the extreme degrees of cold or heat, that modify * Publishers' Notice.-The present volume commences, as will be seen, with the description of France, and completes the Universal Geography of Malte-Brun. Owing to an oversight, the volume commences with page 427, instead of page 1. The signatures, of course, appear to mark Vol. V. when they should mark Vol. VI. The Contents for the two volumes are given at the end of this one. |