Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
National Geographic Vol. 1 Review
National
geographic vol. 1
Favorite quote issue: 1 page: 60 paragraph 1 The
survey of the coast By Herbert G. Orden.
“To know these things only approximately will not
suffice, for precision is practiced now in the art of war, as well as in the
arts of peace.”
In reading this early text by The National
Geographic Society I was first struck by the few images and dry nature of the
words which made the reading hard. The vocabulary was different form modern day
and more poetic and refined but still readable. The volume is much easier to
get through if one clicks the “Read this Book Aloud” function in the upper
right hand corner.
The articles describing surveying of land and
waterways are of little interest given that they describe the quality of maps
drawn but informative in how the explain the usefulness of an understanding of geography
and navigation. Explained is the idea that safe navigation will make trade much
more profitable and defense much more practical.
The jewel in the this collection of works was the article
on the present and future of Africa which yields an understanding of slavery as
it was practiced in 1888 and the barbarism there seen. If further describes the
slaver practiced outside the United States of America, and this topic being
missing from my education fascinated me.
I can recommend skimming this work rather than
reading and picking out what is best and interesting.
Books read 1
Total Pages Read 335
Read it yourself at: https://archive.org/stream/nationalgeograph11889nati#page/n0/mode/2up
Saturday, April 28, 2012
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