New Zealand Its Physical Geography Geology And Natural History With Special Reference To The Results Of Government Expeditions In The Provinces Of Auckland And Nelson Translated From The German Original By E Sauter With Additions By The Author Illustrated Etc

Author : Patrick Marshall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330338452
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Geography of New Zealand written by Patrick Marshall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Geography of New Zealand: Historical, Physical, Political, and Commercial Dr. H. R. Mill, in a paper on the scope of Geography has lately given the following definition: - "Geography is the science that deals with the forms of relief of the earth's surface and with the influence that these forms exercise on the action of all other phenomena." The origin and development of the forms of relief must first be considered, and the influence that they have exerted upon the distribution of the areas of land and water, thus embracing the branch often known as physical geography. Next follows a consideration of their effects upon the circulation of the atmosphere and upon the radiation of solar energy that reaches them. All of this is embraced in the consideration of climate. The distribution and nature of plants and animals is evidently dependent, in the main, upon the nature and distribution of these forms of relief and on the climate that they influence. Also, in conjunction with the distribution of mineral deposits, they determine the areas of human occupation and the nature of the industries that are maintained. Finally, the consideration of the industries leads naturally to an account of the political institutions by which the population is governed, and the commercial arrangements by which the products of the industries can be brought to a market. It was with the idea of describing New Zealand, according to the spirit of the new Geography, that this book was written. Professor Gregory, the editor of the series of State Geographies, has contributed the Introduction and a chapter on the Geysers. The views stated by him are not in all cases fully upheld in the body of the work. For this the author is wholly responsible. The sudden removal of Professor Gregory to Scotland entirely prevented the possibility of transmitting the proof sheets for his perusal. Thus some matter has crept into the physical portion of the book that certainly would not have received his approval. This is most prominent in regard to the influence of the erosion of ice on the land forms of New Zealand. Conclusions are given that are based on the authors own observations combined with those of American observers and of Professor Penck, in Germany. Professor Gregory kindly cabled permission to omit from his introduction all those portions that conflicted with the description in the later pages. Some advantage was taken of this generous permission, and the discrepancies have thus been lessened. 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.