《房龙地理》是一部可读性很强的经典地理学著作。在全书结尾,房龙借孩童的口问道:“不去旅行,学地理有什么用?”作为一本地理学入门读物,《房龙地理》不仅能引发读者对地理学的兴趣以及对地球的热爱,还能扩大视野,开拓心胸,激发读者对更辽阔的宇宙及未知世界的探寻。
《房龙地理(英文原版房龙亲绘插图)》是英文原版。
房龙,荷裔美国人,出色的通俗作家,伟大的文化普及者。他的作品早在二十世纪二三十年代就被引入中国,影响了整整一代人。他的地理学代表著作《房龙地理》用生动浅显的语言诠释了“人文地理”这一概念,是读者了解世界地理的入门级读物。
《房龙地理(英文原版房龙亲绘插图)》是英文原版。
《房龙地理(英文原版房龙亲绘插图)》是“大师经典文库”之一。
Chapter 1. And These Are the People Who Live in the World We Live in
Chapter 2. A Definition of the Word Geography
Chapter 3. Our Planet
Chapter 4. Maps
Chapter 5. The Seasons and How They Happen
Chapter 6. Concerning the Little Spots of Dry Land on This Planet
Chapter 7. Of the Discovery of Europe
Chapter 8. Greece
Chapter 9. Italy
Chapter 10. Spain
Chapter 11. France
Chapter 12. Belgium
Chapter 13. Luxemburg
Chapter 14: Switzerland
Chapter 15. Germany
Chapter 16. Austria
Chapter 17. Denmark
Chapter 18. Iceland
Chapter 19. The Scandinavian Peninsula
Chapter 20. The Netherlands
Chapter 21. Great Britain
Chapter 22. Russia
Chapter 23. Poland
Chapter 24. Czechoslovakia
Chapter 25. Yugoslavia
Chapter 26. Bulgaria
Chapter 27. Roumania
Chapter 28. Hungary
Chapter 29. Finland
Chapter 30. The Discovery of Asia
Chapter 31. What Asia Has Meant to the Rest of the World
Chapter 32. The Central Asiatic Highlands
Chapter 33. The Great Western Plateau of Asia
Chapter 34. Arabia
Chapter 35. India
Chapter 36. Burma, Siam, Anam and Malacca
Chapter 37. The Republic of China
Chapter 38. Korea, Mongolia and Manchuria
Chapter 39. The Japanese Empire
Chapter 40. The Philippines
Chapter 41. The Dutch East Indies
Chapter 42. Australia
Chapter 43. New Zealand
Chapter 44. The Islands of the Pacific
Chapter 45. Africa
Chapter 46. America
Chapter 47. A New World