Scottish geographical magazine (1885) (14780932474)
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Title: Scottish geographical magazine
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Scottish Geographical Society Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto
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ates Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. GENERAL. CABLE MAP OF THE WORLD.—Issued by the War Office. The cables are colouredaccording to the nationality. In countries where Telegraphs are rare theimportant land lines are shown. 1909. Price Is. Geographical Section, General Staff, London. DIAGRAM ATLAS.—Philips Diagram Hand Atlas. Designed by B. B.Dick-inson, M.A., and A. W. Andrews, M.A. Containing 30 coloured hand maps.1909. Price 3s. net. George Philip and Son, Ltd., London. These maps by Messrs. Dickinson and Andrews are already familiar to teachers. They are outline maps, showing orographical features effectively by contour lines and colouring. OUTLINE MAPS.—Philips Comparative Outline Maps. Size 9^ x 7; inches. Aseries of 30 maps. Sold separately, price l^d. each. George Philip and Son, Ltd., London.These majjs are uncoloured and adapted for the usual test questions andexercises in map drawing. ;H£ SKEENLAWD sea - ITS SUMMER CLIMATE & ICE DI£ BY R. C. MOSSMAN. F.R.S.E.
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THE SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE: A GEOGRAPHICALCOMPARISON.! By Professor Albrecht Penck of Berlin University. Nothing could surpass my curiosity when I landed for the first time inNorth America, a new world, separated from the old one by a greatocean. As a geologist, I knew that similar rocks formed the land andthat similar surface features would occur ; but as a geographer, I knewtoo that the vegetation of North America differs from that of Europeand that there are only a few species common to both sides of the water.What will be the impression of the landscape—will it be European or adifferent type 1 But when I put foot on the land near Quebec I becameaware that the general features of the landscape and the surroundings ofman Avere nearly the same there as in Europe, and only a closerinspection convinced me that I was amid a new flora. Indeed, I hadthe feeling of being, not in a latitude south of Vienna, from whence Ihad just come, but rather of being
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