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100 1 _aAbbott, John Loraine
245 1 4 _aThe wonders of the world
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-01-04
508 _aBrian Coe, KD Weeks, Thiers Halliwell, who created the book cover, which is placed in the public domain and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.)
520 _a"The Wonders of the World: A Complete Museum, Descriptive and Pictorial" by John Loraine Abbott is an illustrated descriptive work written in the mid-19th century. The book aims to showcase a variety of natural, scientific, and artistic phenomena from around the globe, presenting this compilation in a way that is both educational and entertaining for families and general readers alike. At the start of the text, the author reflects on the ancient Seven Wonders of the World and contrasts them with the multitude of awe-inspiring marvels of nature and human achievement known to contemporary society. The preface expresses Abbott's mission to offer a richly informative volume that sidesteps myths and exaggerated tales while focusing on authenticated accounts from reputable sources. Following this, the book introduces various natural wonders, beginning with explorations of majestic mountains like the Andes, providing both detailed descriptions and historical context, which sets the stage for the ensuing explorations of other remarkable phenomena throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHartford: Case, Tiffany & Co, 1856
653 _aCuriosities and wonders
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/wondersofworld00abbo/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75040
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