A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. 2 of 6 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. 2 of 6 The historical portion of this book began with continents, continued with continental islands, and ended with islets - for the large units had a more continuous and important history, and the lesser units were often without history, or without any other history than that of their big neighbour. The geographical portions of this book will proceed in a reverse order, the wayside flower will be examined before the garden and the garden before the forest, and a description of complex continents and continental islands will be preceded by a description of the simplest islands of the Pacific. No description will be attempted except that which bears upon history directly or indirectly. The simplest Pacific islands fall into two classes, coral and volcanic. Coral islands are usually seas surrounded by land, which is again surrounded by sea, and are called atolls, and the atoll is the flat top of an invisible mountain. 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.