A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: John Ramsay Mcculloch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282787370
Category : Science
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Pages : 624

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Excerpt from A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World A larger and more 1 'ble type has been adopted than that of the previous editions; but although the size 0 the work has been thereby, and by the large accretion of new matter, extended to three volumes, the price is not increased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: J. Ra. M'culloch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265244142
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Excerpt from A Dictionary: Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World; With the Statistical Information Brought Up to the Latest Returns The resources of porto-rico are wholly agri cultural: no manufactures exist, nor have any mines of gold or silver, or other mineral products, been hitherto explored. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: J. R. M'Culloch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483696037
Category : Science
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Excerpt from A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World, Vol. 1 of 4 Is this new and revised edition of Mr. M'cullooh's Dictionary, the changes have been marked which the world has undergone in the lapse of a quarter of a century. Short as is the time, these changes have been neither few nor unimportant. Whole kingdoms have disappeared from the political map of the globe; empires have refixed their bound aries, and nations have reformed their existence. In the course of less than a generation of men, an immense network of iron roads has come to encircle the civilised world; vast navies of commerce have been launched upon the ocean; and races the most distant have been brought together by the new agents of progress - steam and electricity. To register all these marvellous innovations, without altering the character of the Dictionary, has been the duty of the present editor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: John Ramsay M'Culloch
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022700864
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This comprehensive dictionary provides information on the geography, statistics, and history of various countries and natural objects around the world. It is an essential reference for anyone interested in exploring the world and learning about its many different facets. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: John Ramsay M'Culloch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266549017
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Pages : 572

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Excerpt from M'culloch's Universal Gazetteer, Vol. 1 of 2: A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World In the English edition, the sources are generally given whence the informa tion contained in the several articles is derived, and the same is done with respect to the articles which relate to the United States. This will be done in the American edition, exceptin in the articles on the United States, as these references will be valuable to t 080 who are dis caed to pursue their inquiries beyond the bounds of a gazetteer; but, as we 0 e to present a more com plete and correct account of this country than can be derived from the authori ties quoted by the author, many of which are very valuable, but some of which have ceased to be at present correct, we shall omit a mention of the sources of our information, which would exceedingly encumber the work. In the con struction of this part of the work, fifty volumes, and as many state or other local maps, containing the latest and most authentic information, have been con sulted, besides a written corres cadence from intelligent men in all parts of the country. The late very valuab e United States census and statistics have con tributed very much to enrich this work. To encumber the work by attaching to each article the sources whence the information has been derived, would, it is believed, he unprofitable, as they are numerous. N o fact has been stated but upon what is considered the best authority. Our aim has been to present to the citizens of the United States a work, in regard to their country, on which entire reliance can be laced. A faultless work, involving so many particular facts, it would be difiicu t, and perhaps impossible, to produce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: John Ramsay McCulloch
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020744815
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An extensive and detailed reference work on the geography, statistics, and history of various countries and natural features around the world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Author: John Ramsay Mcculloch
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376543124
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: John Ramsay M'Culloch
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230192512
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... cultivated, or available for cultivation. But from private and general information. I am inclined to calculate that considerably less than half the superficial contents of j continental G reece and the Morea is susceptible of cultivation, and that not one-sixth of this in Koumelia, and les than a fourth in the Morea, are now brought into cultivation; the preference being given to such as are susceptible of irrigation from the proximity of springs or streams. Notwithstanding the continual plunder and illegal appropriation of the national lands, at least two-thirds of the cultivated, and four-fifths of the uncultivated, soil belong to the state. The dational lands were, previously to the revolution, the property of the Turkish inhabitants, to whom the government has succeeded; and though, as now stated, large portions of them have been embezzled in the interim, they still stand toward private property in the proportion 1 bave mentioned. The rent levied on the national land is nominally 10 to 15 per cent, of the gross produce, but by the connivance and venality of public functionaries this rent is no doubt reduced in many instances to an almost nominal amount--a circumstance tending tti deprive private landowners of remunerating rents, unless they themselves are the Immediate cultivators of their property, or that from position, or some other adventitious circumstance, it forms an exception to the surrounding lands. Money rent, with some trifling exceptions is unknown in Greece, the system acted on tteing that worst oi all systems, the Metayer, the landlord receiving as rent a certain proportion--usually a third--of the net produce, or for good lands one-half. The landowner has frequently to furnish, besides the land, the seed, and...

Author: J. R. M'Culloch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265914229
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Excerpt from M'culloch's Universal Gazetteer, Vol. 2 of 2: A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World We have already stated enough to show that a variable land tax is, in all cases, most injurious to a country. It is understood to have been adopted by the authorities in India and England, in the expectation of enabling the government to participate in the advantages resulting from the improve ment of the old lands, and from the bringing of new or waste land into cultivation. But it is clear, as well from the ex perience of Madras itself as of all other countries in which it has been tried, that a continually varying land-tax is an insuperable barrier to all improvement; and that it is, in fact, a powerful cause, not of advancement, but of poverty and barbarism. But the power of periodically revising the assessment might be retained without perpetually tamper ing with the occupiers. The only effect of this 13 to pain lyze industry, to make those who are not-poor counterfeit poverty, and to hinder any outlay of capital on the land. To obviate these disastrous consequences, the proper plan would be to assess the occupiers at a reasonable rate, and to make the assessment invariable for a period of at least 40 or 50 years. An. Arrangement of this kind would give the ryots that security of which they are now wholly destitute; and would, we are hold to say, do ten times more to improve the Presidency than all the other measures it is possible to adopt, save that of making the assessment perpetual. This plan is, in fact, beginning to be tried in some parts of India and it has, we are assured, been attended with the best results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.