A geography of the British Empire

William Louis Bunting

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rr^7~F"ri l^^!'ivi%^ 1cTeK, ,.., -A&&-&1 H r - - 'e1 A GEOGRAPHY OF THE EMPIREBRITISH CAMBRIDGE I'NIVERSITY PRESS ILontion: ll.TTKK ILAM'., I.C. MANAGERCLAY, I'RIXCI sino, STREET Brrlin: A. ASHKR AND CO. K. A i;k A GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE By W. L. M.A.BUNTING, Head of the Naval OsborneDepartment, College,Geography Royal and H. L. M.A.COLLEN, Assistant Master at the Naval OsborneRoyal College, : Cambridge at the Press University 1 19 3 (Tamtmligc; rKINTKI) HY JOHN CLAY, M.A. 1 A i Tin. irxivKKsiTY PREFACE 'HHHIS book is intended for the use of classes in and lowerhigher Preparatory, classes in Public Schools. the covered is the authorsThough limited,ground have followed the lines laid down in the the Headmasters'mainly Syllabus adopted by Conference of 1910. The makes no at fullness or scientific but is toearly part pretence exactitude, be as the minimum of introduction to an work of this kindregarded elementary ; the course it is that the teacher will themoreover, throughout expected supplement outlines laid down illustrations of his own selection.by The treatment in detail of the different of the British is consistentparts Empire and is tothroughout, designed lay emphasis upon important geographical principles and act as a to the of outside the of this book.

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• Great Britain

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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By
W. L. M.A.BUNTING,
Head of the Naval OsborneDepartment, College,Geography Royal
and
H. L. M.A.COLLEN,
Assistant Master at the Naval OsborneRoyal College,
:
Cambridge
at the Press
University
1 19 3(Tamtmligc;
rKINTKI) HY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
1
A i Tin. irxivKKsiTYPREFACE
'HHHIS book is intended for the use of classes in and lowerhigher Preparatory,
classes in Public Schools. the covered is the authorsThough limited,ground
have followed the lines laid down in the the Headmasters'mainly Syllabus adopted by
Conference of 1910.
The makes no at fullness or scientific but is toearly part pretence exactitude,
be as the minimum of introduction to an work of this kindregarded elementary ;
the course it is that the teacher will themoreover, throughout expected supplement
outlines laid down illustrations of his own selection.by
The treatment in detail of the different of the British is consistentparts Empire
and is tothroughout, designed lay emphasis upon important geographical principles
and act as a to the of outside the of this book. Theguide study regions scope
chief interest in the of the of lies in an examinationstudy geography any country
of the relation of its inhabitants to and an has beengeographical factors, attempt
made to show how these factors work to certain definite effects.together produce
On the that an Atlas is and that the should doassumption indispensable, pupil
as much individual work as references to the Atlas andpossible, questions demanding
Atlas-work are used with freedom. Blank are inserted where it is thatimportantspaces
the should record the conclusions he reaches as a result of such Atlas-work :pupil
thus he will have at he usehis command self-made data of kinds whichmany may
as standards of in further work.comparison geographical
The referred to are such as will be found in school Atlas.maps any good
The authors wish to make to the Commissionergrateful acknowledgments High
of the Commonwealth of Australia for statistics and that ofsupplying criticising part
the text which deals with for the Dominion ofand to the GeneralAustralia, Agent
Canada for the latest census Thanks are also due to Mr G. A. R.returns.providing
MrCallender and H. G. for their kindness in otherHughes-Games reviewing portions
of the book. the authors of Winchesterhave to thank the Rev. W.Finally Barton,J.
for to use the on of which he is theCollege, permission diagram p. 29, designer.
W. L. B.
H. L. C.
June, 1913CONTENTS
PAGE
. iIntroduction .........
24
56
80India
Austr.i 102...........
and Il6
. 121>uth Afri . . . . . . . .
liriti . . . . . . . 139
\frican I'M . . . . . . . \\\
143
i the Routes to India and I'ar I^isltheilu-Caju-, 150
156
Index . . . . . . . . . . 159