Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas - With an Appendix Including a Sketch of the Geology of Marocco

Klappentext An 1878 account of Morocco and the Atlas mountains, compiled from the journals of Joseph Hooker and geologist John Ball. Zusammenfassung This 1878 account of Morocco and the Atlas mountains was compiled from the journals of Sir Joseph Hooker and the geologist John Ball. The scientific interests of both men take centre stage in an engaging narrative which describes an area little visited by Europeans! even in the late nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Voyage to Gibraltar; 2. Start for Tetuan; 3. Sail to Algeciras; 4. Arrival at Mogador; 5. Departure from Mogador; 6. Approach to the city of Marocco; 7. Choice of a route in the Atlas; 8. Vegetation of Ourika valley; 9. The Shelluh sheik bribed; 10. Departure from Hasni; 11. Return to Amsmiz; 12. Departure from Milhain; 13. Second stay at Mogador; 14. Resources of Marocco; Appendices A-L; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Ball, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Dalton Ball Hooker, George Maw
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2015
• EAN: 9781108077651
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07765-1
• No. of pages: 536
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences