Charles Lyell

Travels in North America

With Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A vivid description of North American geology written in the form of a travel diary, first published in 1845.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781108020206
• ISBN-10: 1108020208
• Artikelnr.: 30363140

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Voyage
2. Distant and near view of the Falls of Niagara
3. Tour from the Niagara to the Northern Frontier of Pennsylvania
4. Excursion to New Jersey
5. Wooded ridges of the Alleghany Mountains
6. Fall of snow and sleigh-driving at Boston
7. Pine barrens of Virginia and North Carolina
8. Tour to Charleston, South Carolina
9. Return to Charleston
10. Wilmington, N.C.
11. Philadelphia
12. New York City
13. Meeting of Association of American Geologists at Boston.