History of the Indian Archipelago, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing an Account of the Manners, Arts, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of Its Inhabitants (Classic Reprint)
History of the Indian Archipelago, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing an Account of the Manners, Arts, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of Its Inhabitants (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from History of the Indian Archipelago, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing an Account of the Manners, Arts, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of Its Inhabitants Palawan, Negros, Samar, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, and Zebu. Of the relative importance, value, and populousness of the different islands, the size is by no means a just test, as a slight knowledge of those enumerated will soon teach us. The principal ad vantage of the great islands arises from their capa city of affording large alluvial tracts, and ...
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Excerpt from History of the Indian Archipelago, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing an Account of the Manners, Arts, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of Its Inhabitants Palawan, Negros, Samar, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, and Zebu. Of the relative importance, value, and populousness of the different islands, the size is by no means a just test, as a slight knowledge of those enumerated will soon teach us. The principal ad vantage of the great islands arises from their capa city of affording large alluvial tracts, and consider able rivers, both of them from the facilities afforded by them for raising a supply of food, the principal circumstances which have contributed to promote population and civilization. We discover, that the great tribes which have influenced the destinies of the inferior ones, have all had their origin In the larger islands, and the most considerable in the most fertile. Many valuable islands of small size are excluded from the above enumeration, which will in the sequel demand a particular account. Besides such, the inspection of the map will disco ver a vast number of minute isles and islets, of which it may truly be said that they are innumer able. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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