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Stanford's Compendium of Geography and travel Australasia(Volume II) Malaysia and the Pacific archipelagoes

Stanford's Compendium of Geography and travel Australasia(Volume II) Malaysia and the Pacific archipelagoes

H. H. Guillemard, F.

Paperback

General AsiaGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9389265355
ISBN13: 9789389265354
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 28 2019
Pages: 620
Weight: 1.71
Height: 1.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into the sea-lanes of empire and the island chains that shaped the modern map. In this second geographical compendium volume of Stanford's celebrated survey, F. H. H. Guillemard charts Malaysia and the Pacific archipelagoes with the eye of a traveller and the discipline of a geographer. This is travel by paper. Part travel geography reference guide, part narrative synthesis, the book brings together malaysia regional geography and the wider sweep of the 19th century Pacific islands: coasts and currents, trade routes and harbours, settlements and hinterlands, the practical realities of distance and climate. Guillemard writes from the Victorian era Malaya and Pacific world he knew, making the volume equally compelling as a historical geography study aid and as colonial era travel literature for readers who want context, not just romance. It sits confidently within a world geography reference collection, useful for browsing and rewarding for sustained reading, with a richness that makes it a natural travel literature collectors edition. As a document of australasia exploration history, it reflects how late-19th-century Britain organised knowledge about place: meticulous, comparative, and marked by the assumptions of its time. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this classic expedition account anthology is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for curious readers, historians, and lovers of enduring travel writing.

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