The Earth and Its Inhabitants. the European Section of the Universal Geography by E. Reclus. Edited by E. G. Ravenstein. Illustrated by ... Engravings

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Earth and its Inhabitants. The European section of the Universal Geography by E. Reclus. Edited by E. G. Ravenstein. Illustrated by ... engravings and maps. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Reclus, Elisee; Ravenstein, Ernst Georg.; 1878-94 19 vol.; 8 . 10005.ff. Contributor Bio:  Reclus, Elisee Fils d'un pasteur qui eut dix-sept enfants (parmi lesquels l'ecrivain Elie, le geographe Onesime et le medecin Paul Reclus), Elisee Reclus (1830-1905) est une figure originale de la science francaise du XIXe siecle: il integre l'etude de la societe a la geographie. Auteur d'une uvre abondante, cet ami de Bakounine et de Kropotkine ecrit a la fois une "Nouvelle Geographie universelle" en dix-neuf tomes (1876-1894) et "L'Evolution, la Revolution et l'Ideal anarchique" (1897). Geographe reconnu de son vivant, ce grand voyageur est aussi un farouche militant libertaire - engagement dont il paiera le prix: exil sous le Second Empire et bagne apres la Commune.