THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS.EUROPE.
BY ÉLISÉE RECLUS.
EDITED BY E. G. RAVENSTEIN, F.R.G.S., F.S.S., ETC.
VOL. I.
GREECE, TURKEYIN EUROPE, RUMANIA, SERVIA, MONTENEGRO,ITALY, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.
ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND MAPS.
NEW YORK:D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.1883.
CONTENTS.
- Introductory Remarks . . . 1
- EUROPE.
- I. Geographical Importance . . . 5
- II. Extent and Boundaries . . . 6
- III. Natural Divisions and Mountains . . . 9
- IV. The Maritime Regions . . . 13
- V. Climate . . . 16
- VI. Inhabitants . . . 18
- THE MEDITERRANEAN.
- I. Hydrology . . . 23
- II. Animal Life, Fisheries, and Salt-pans . . . 28
- III. Commerce and Navigation . . . 31
- GREECE.
- I. General Aspects . . . 36
- II. Continental Greece . . . 45
- III. The Morea, or Peloponnesus . . . 56
- IV. The Islands of the Ægean Sea . . . 69
- V. The Ionian Isles . . . 75
- VI. The Present and Future of Greece . . . ...
