Conrad Malte-Brun
Published: 2016-09-17
Total Pages: 688
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Excerpt from Universal Geography, or a Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe, Vol. 2: Accompanied With Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables; Containing the Description of Asia, With the Exception of India Southern To the south, the Indian sea separates Asia from Africa; hmns' so that the Maldivian islands belong to Asia; the Isle of France, Bourbon, and Mahe to Africa, though, in the idiom of commerce and navigation, these last islands are sometimes spoken of as if they belonged to the East Indies. The island of Socotra, which incontestibly belongs to Africa, is, however, in a great many works, described as in Asia.* Bimen Circumscribed within the boundaries now pointed out. 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."