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Title: The Tropical World

Author: G. Hartwig

Release date: February 26, 2020 [eBook #61520]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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THE TROPICAL WORLD.

LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET

PRIMITIVE FOREST.

THE TROPICAL WORLD:

ASPECTS OF MAN AND NATURE
IN
THE EQUATORIAL REGIONS OF THE GLOBE.

BY
DR. G. HARTWIG,
AUTHOR OF ‘THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS,’ ‘THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD,’
‘THE HARMONIES OF NATURE,’ AND ‘THE POLAR WORLD.’

WITH EIGHT CHROMOXYLOGRAPHIC PLATES AND NUMEROUS WOODCUTS.

NEW EDITION.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1873.