Polynesia: or an historical account of the principal Islands in the South-Sea, including New Zealand: With a Map and VignetteOliver & Boyd, 1842 |
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Side 7
... natural and exotic ; and setting forth the vast capability of improvement in agri- culture , fishing , manufactures , and , indeed , in every other field of human industry . A reference is also made to an act just passed " for ...
... natural and exotic ; and setting forth the vast capability of improvement in agri- culture , fishing , manufactures , and , indeed , in every other field of human industry . A reference is also made to an act just passed " for ...
Side 8
... natural history , due notice is taken of the various hypotheses which have been enter- tained in relation to the structure of the several classes of islands spread over the Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are ...
... natural history , due notice is taken of the various hypotheses which have been enter- tained in relation to the structure of the several classes of islands spread over the Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are ...
Side 9
With a Map and Vignette Mich Russell. In the other branches of natural science there is still a great deficiency of information , owing as well to the peculiar races of plants and animals which occupy Poly- nesia , as to the fact that ...
With a Map and Vignette Mich Russell. In the other branches of natural science there is still a great deficiency of information , owing as well to the peculiar races of plants and animals which occupy Poly- nesia , as to the fact that ...
Side 10
... Nature - The Import of the Term Polynesia - The various Clusters of Islands specified - Melanesia , a Name which has ... Natural History of Coral Reefs - The Extent to which the saxigenous Polypes contribute in their Formation -Opinion ...
... Nature - The Import of the Term Polynesia - The various Clusters of Islands specified - Melanesia , a Name which has ... Natural History of Coral Reefs - The Extent to which the saxigenous Polypes contribute in their Formation -Opinion ...
Side 17
... Nature — The Import of the Term Polynesia — The various Clusters of Islands specified - Melanesia , a Name which has ... Natural History of Coral Reefs - The Extent to which the saxigenous Polypes contribute in their Formation -Opinion ...
... Nature — The Import of the Term Polynesia — The various Clusters of Islands specified - Melanesia , a Name which has ... Natural History of Coral Reefs - The Extent to which the saxigenous Polypes contribute in their Formation -Opinion ...
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