Lanterna Rally

Author: Evert A. Duyckinck

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-10

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 9781333900984

Excerpt from History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 4: Collected and Arranged From the Best Authorities The extent of the American continent and the islands connected with it is as follows: North America, square miles; South America, Islands, Greenland, and the islands connected with it lying north of Hudson's Straits, may be esti mated at total, square miles. The American continent, therefore, with its dependent islands is fully four times as large as Europe, considerably larger than Africa, and about one fourth less than Asia, if we include with the latter Australasia and Polynesia. It constitutes about three-tenths of the dry land on the surface of the globe. A considerable portion is condemned to per petual sterility by the rigor of the climate. If we draw a line from the head of Cook's Inlet, in latitude on the west side, to the straits of Bellisle on the east, so as to pass through Fort Churchill, on Hudson's Bay, we shall cut off a space 'rather exceed ding one million and a half square miles, which may be considered as incapable of cultivation. At the south extremity of America, a small tract, extending 200 miles north of the straits of Magellan, though far within the limits of the temperate zone, is nearly in the same condition. These and the summits of the 'andes are the only parts of the American continent which are rendered incapable of cultivation by the severity of the climate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.