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The Tropical World Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.

Hartwig, G. (Georg) · Public domain text

221,498 words · about 15 h 31 min to read

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Author
G. Hartwig (1813–1880)
Language
English
Subjects
Natural history › Tropics, Tropics
Length
221,498 words · about 15 h 31 min
Sections
86 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (86)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Preface under 1 min
  3. I. THE DIVERSITY OF CLIMATES WITHIN THE TROPICS under 1 min
  4. II. THE LLANOS under 1 min
  5. III. THE PUNA, OR THE HIGH TABLE-LANDS OF PERU AND BOLIVIA under 1 min
  6. IV. THE PERUVIAN SAND-COAST under 1 min
  7. V. THE AMAZONS, THE GIANT RIVER OF THE TORRID ZONE under 1 min
  8. VI. THE PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF TROPICAL AMERICA under 1 min
  9. VII. THE WILD INDIANS OF TROPICAL AMERICA under 1 min
  10. VIII. THE MEXICAN PLATEAUS, AND THE SLOPES OF SIKKIM under 1 min
  11. IX. THE KALAHARI AND THE BUSHMEN under 1 min
  12. X. THE SAHARA under 1 min
  13. XI. THE BEDOUINS OF ARABIA under 1 min
  14. XII. GIANT TREES AND CHARACTERISTIC FORMS OF TROPICAL VEGETATION under 1 min
  15. XIII. PALMS AND FERNS under 1 min
  16. XIV. THE CHIEF ESCULENT PLANTS OF THE TORRID ZONE under 1 min
  17. XV. SUGAR, COFFEE, CACAO, COCA under 1 min
  18. XVI. TROPICAL PLANTS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES under 1 min
  19. XVII. TROPICAL SPICES under 1 min
  20. XVIII. TROPICAL INSECTS, SPIDERS, AND SCORPIONS under 1 min
  21. XIX. INSECT PLAGUES AND INSECT SERVICES under 1 min
  22. XX. THE MALAYAN RACE under 1 min
  23. XXI. THE TROPICAL OCEAN under 1 min
  24. XXII. THE PAPUANS AND POLYNESIANS under 1 min
  25. XXIII. SNAKES under 1 min
  26. XXIV. LIZARDS, FROGS, AND TOADS under 1 min
  27. XXV. TORTOISES AND TURTLES under 1 min
  28. XXVI. CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS under 1 min
  29. XXVII. TROPICAL BIRD LIFE under 1 min
  30. XXVIII. TROPICAL BIRDS OF PREY under 1 min
  31. XXIX. THE OSTRICH AND THE CASSOWARY under 1 min
  32. XXX. PARROTS under 1 min
  33. XXXI. TROPICAL RUMINANTS AND EQUIDÆ under 1 min
  34. XXXII. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS under 1 min
  35. XXXIII. THE RHINOCEROS under 1 min
  36. XXXIV. THE ELEPHANT under 1 min
  37. XXXV. TROPICAL FELIDÆ under 1 min
  38. XXXVI. THE AUSTRALIAN RACE under 1 min
  39. XXXVII. THE SLOTH under 1 min
  40. XXXVIII. ANT-EATERS under 1 min
  41. XXXIX. TROPICAL BATS under 1 min
  42. XL. APES AND MONKEYS under 1 min
  43. XLI. THE AFRICAN NEGROES about 2 min
  44. I. THE DIVERSITY OF CLIMATES WITHIN THE TROPICS about 15 min
  45. II. THE LLANOS about 14 min
  46. III. THE PUNA, OR THE HIGH TABLE-LANDS OF PERU AND BOLIVIA about 15 min
  47. IV. THE PERUVIAN SAND-COAST about 9 min
  48. V. THE AMAZONS, THE GIANT RIVER OF THE TORRID ZONE about 28 min
  49. VI. THE PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF TROPICAL AMERICA about 14 min
  50. VII. THE WILD INDIANS OF TROPICAL AMERICA about 28 min
  51. VIII. THE MEXICAN PLATEAUS, AND THE SLOPES OF SIKKIM about 9 min
  52. IX. THE KALAHARI AND THE BUSHMEN about 12 min
  53. X. THE SAHARA about 18 min
  54. XI. THE BEDOUINS OF ARABIA about 26 min
  55. XII. GIANT TREES AND CHARACTERISTIC FORMS OF TROPICAL VEGETATION about 35 min
  56. XIII. PALMS AND FERNS about 25 min
  57. XIV. THE CHIEF ESCULENT PLANTS OF THE TORRID ZONE about 17 min
  58. XV. SUGAR, COFFEE, CACAO, COCA about 21 min
  59. XVI. TROPICAL PLANTS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES about 13 min
  60. XVII. TROPICAL SPICES about 11 min
  61. XVIII. TROPICAL INSECTS, SPIDERS, AND SCORPIONS about 22 min
  62. XIX. INSECT PLAGUES AND INSECT SERVICES about 50 min
  63. XX. THE MALAYAN RACE about 20 min
  64. XXI. THE TROPICAL OCEAN about 12 min
  65. XXII. THE PAPUANS AND POLYNESIANS about 24 min
  66. XXIII. SNAKES about 27 min
  67. XXIV. LIZARDS, FROGS AND TOADS about 16 min
  68. XXV. TORTOISES AND TURTLES about 17 min
  69. XXVI. CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS about 16 min
  70. XXVII. TROPICAL BIRD LIFE about 45 min
  71. XXVIII. TROPICAL BIRDS OF PREY about 13 min
  72. XXIX. THE OSTRICH AND THE CASSOWARY about 12 min
  73. XXX. PARROTS about 11 min
  74. XXXI. TROPICAL RUMINANTS AND EQUIDÆ about 27 min
  75. XXXII. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS about 9 min
  76. XXXIII. THE RHINOCEROS about 13 min
  77. XXXIV. THE ELEPHANT about 25 min
  78. XXXV. TROPICAL FELIDÆ about 33 min
  79. XXXVI. THE AUSTRALIAN RACE about 18 min
  80. XXXVII. THE SLOTH about 7 min
  81. XXXVIII. ANT-EATERS about 9 min
  82. XXXIX. TROPICAL BATS about 7 min
  83. XL. APES AND MONKEYS about 35 min
  84. XLI. THE AFRICAN NEGROES about 1 h 46 min
  85. I. CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 15s. PART II. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 21s. PART III. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 24s about 12 min
  86. VI. The Later Legislation of the Pentateuch. 8vo. 24s about 23 min

The opening of I. THE DIVERSITY OF CLIMATES WITHIN THE TROPICS

Causes by which it is produced--Abundance and Distribution of Rain within the Tropics--The Trade Winds--The Belt of Calms--Tropical Rains--The Monsoons--Tornados--Cyclones--Typhoons--Storms in the Pacific--Devastations caused by Hurricanes on Pitcairn Island and Rarotonga.

On surveying the various regions of the torrid zone, we find that Nature has made many wonderful provisions to mitigate the heat of the vertical sun, to endow the equatorial lands with an amazing variety of climate, and to extend the benefit of the warmth generated within the tropics to countries situated far beyond their bounds.

Thus, while the greater part of the northern temperate zone is occupied by land, the floods of ocean roll over by far the greater portion of the equatorial regions--for both torrid America and Africa appear as mere islands in a vast expanse of sea.

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