From North Pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands

Translation of: Vom Nordpol zum aequator, published: 1890. Title vignette. Bibliography: p. xxix-xxxi. Introductory essay by the editor.--The bird-bergs of Lapland.--The tundra and its animal life.--The Asiatic steppes and their fauna.--The forests and sport of Siberia.--The steppes of inner Africa....

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Main Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884., Thomson, John Arthur, Sir, 1861-1933., Thomson, Margaret R.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: London, Glasgow, Dublin : Blackie & son, ltd. 1896
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Summary:Translation of: Vom Nordpol zum aequator, published: 1890. Title vignette. Bibliography: p. xxix-xxxi. Introductory essay by the editor.--The bird-bergs of Lapland.--The tundra and its animal life.--The Asiatic steppes and their fauna.--The forests and sport of Siberia.--The steppes of inner Africa.--The primeval forests of Central Africa.--Migrations of mammals.--Love and courtship among birds.--Apes and monkeys.--Desert journeys.--Nubia and the Nile rapids.--A journey in Siberia.--The heathen Ostiaks.--Nomad herdsmen and herds of the steppes.--Family and social life among the Kirghiz.--Colonists and exiles in Siberia.--An ornithologist on the Danube. Mode of access: Internet.