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100 1 _aReclus, Elisée,
_d1830-1905
245 1 4 _aThe Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. :
_bGreece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
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 2017-05-22
508 _aProduced by Josep Cols Canals, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Earth and its Inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe" by Élisée Reclus is a comprehensive geographical and ethnological account written in the late 19th century. This volume explores a detailed examination of Europe, encompassing various aspects such as its geographical importance, natural divisions, climates, and the diverse populations living within it. The work aims to provide a better understanding of the earth through the lens of its inhabitants and their connections to the land. At the start of this work, the author introduces the concept that despite the advancements in geographic knowledge, much of the earth remains unexplored and little understood by humanity. Reclus discusses the difficulties that explorers face in penetrating remote regions due to both natural barriers, such as the polar areas, and human obstacles, like war and isolationist cultures. This sets the stage for a broader discussion on the influence of geography on civilization, as he examines Europe's central role in history, its systematic exploration, and the necessity of understanding the interactions between the physical landscape and its human inhabitants to truly comprehend the complexities of both people and places. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEurope -- Description and travel
653 _aGeography
700 1 _aRavenstein, Ernest Georg,
_d1834-1913
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54760
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