Australia: A Study of Warm Environments and their Effect on British Settlement by Griffith Taylor

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to foredges. No dust jacket. Interior and binding are still very good.

An analysis of Australia’s discovery, geology, soils, and climate with a detailed study of 20 distinct regions and a heavy emphasis on how vegetation and rainfall patterns define their potential.

This edition, part of the Methuen's Advanced Geographies series, features several new maps and a table giving climatic figures for 20 towns has been added. It has 5 pages of plates and contains over 140 text illustrations and maps. Continued focus on environmental determinism, providing detailed regional analyses of Australia’s geography and its influence on settlement patterns.