房龍地理‧太平洋的故事（英文版原版）

VAN LOONS GEOGRAPHY
FOREWORD
JUST A MOMENT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WHILE I TELL
YOU HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
1　AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WORLD
WE LIVE IN
2　A DEFINITION OF THE WORD GEOGRAPHY AND HOW I SHALL
APPLY IT IN THE PRESENT VOLUME
3　OUR PLANET: ITS HABITS, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS
4　MAPS. A VERY BRIEF CHAPTER UPON A VERY BIG AND
FASCINATING SUBJECT. TOGETHER WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS
ON THE WAY PEOPLE SLOWLY LEARNED HOW TO FIND THEIR
WAY ON THIS PLANET OF OURS
5　THE SEASONS AND HOW THEY HAPPEN
6　CONCERNING THE LITTLE SPOTS OF DRY LAND ON THIS
PLANET AND WHY SOME OF THEM ARE CALLED
CONTINENTS WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT
7　OF THE DISCOVERY OF EUROPE AND THE SORT OF PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD
8　GREECE, THE ROCKY PROMONTORY OF THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN WHICH ACTED AS THE CONNECTING
LINK　BETWEEN　THE　OLD　ASIA　AND　THE　NEW　EUROPE
9　ITALY, THE　COUNTRY　WHICH　DUE　TO　ITS　GEOGRAPHICAL
SITUATION　COULD　PLAY　THE　ROLE　OF A　SEA-POWER
OR　A　LAND-POWER, AS　THE　OCCASION　DEMANDED
10 SPAIN, WHERE　AFRICA　AND　EUROPE　CLASHED
11 FRANCE, THE　COUNTRY　THAT　HAS　EVERYTHING　IT WANTS
12 BELGIUM, A　COUNTRY　CREATED　BY　SCRAPS　OF　PAPER　AND
RICH　IN　EVERYTHING　EXCEPT INTERNAL　HARMONY
13 LUXEMBURG, THE　HISTORICAL CURIOSITY
14 SWITZERLAND, THE　COUNTRY　OF　HIGH　MOUNTAINS,
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS　AND　A　UNIFIED　PEOPLE
WHO　SPEAK　FOUR　DIFFERENT　LANGUAGES
15 GERMANY, THE　NATION　THAT WAS　FOUNDED　TOO　LATE
16 AUSTRIA, THE COUNTRY THAT NOBODY APPRECIATED
UNTIL IT　NO　LONGER　EXISTED
17 DENMARK, AN　OBJECT　LESSON　IN　CERTAIN　ADVANTAGES
OF SMALL COUNTRIES　OVER　LARGE　ONES
18 ICELAND, AN　INTERESTING　POLITICAL LABORATORY
IN　THE　ARCTIC　OCEAN
19 THE　SCANDINAVIAN　PENINSULA,　THE TERRITORY　OCCUPIED
BY　THE　KINGDOMS　OF SWEDEN　AND　NORWAY
20 THE　NETHERLANDS, THE　SWAMP　ON　THE　BANKS　OF THE
NORTH　SEA　THAT　BECAME　AN　EMPIRE
21 GREAT　BRITAIN, AN　ISLAND　OFF THE　DUTCH　COAST
WHICH　IS　RESPONSIBLE　FOR THE　HAPPINESS　OF
FULLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE HUMAN RACE
22 RUSSIA,　THE　COUNTRY　WHICH　WAS　PREVENTED　BY
ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FROM EVER FINDING
OUT WHETHER　IT WAS　PART　OF　EUROPE　OR　OF　ASIA
23 POLAND, THE COUNTRY THAT HAD ALWAYS SUFFERED
FROM　BEING　A　CORRIDOR　AND　THEREFORE　NOW　HAS
A　CORRIDOR　OF ITS　OWN
24 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, A　PRODUCT OF THE　TREATY　OF
VERSAILLES
25 YUGOSLAVIA, ANOTHER　PRODUCT OF THE　TREATY　OF
VERSAILLES
26 BULGARIA, THE　SOUNDEST OF ALL BALKAN　COUNTRIES,
WHOSE　BUTTERFLY-COLLECTING　KING　BET　ON　THE　WRONG
HORSE　DURING THE　GREAT WAR　AND　SUFFERED　THE
CONSEQUENCES
27 ROMANIA, A　COUNTRY　WHICH　HAS　OIL AND　A　ROYAL
FAMILY
28 HUNGARY, OR　WHAT　REMAINS　OF IT
29 FINLAND, ANOTHER　EXAMPLE　OF　WHAT　HARD　WORK
AND　INTELLIGENCE　CAN　ACHIEVE　AMID　HOSTILE
NATURAL SURROUNDINGS
30 THE　DISCOVERY　OF ASIA
31 WHAT ASIA　HAS　MEANT TO　THE　REST OF THE　WORLD
32 THE　CENTRAL ASIATIC　HIGHLANDS
33 THE　GREAT WESTERN　PLATEAU　OF　ASIA
34 ARABIA -OR　WHEN　IS　A　PART　OF　ASIA　NOT A　PART　OF　ASIA
35 INDIA, WHERE NATURE AND MAN ARE ENGAGED
IN MASS-PRODUCTION
36 BURMA, SIAM, ANAM AND MALACCA,　WHICH OCCUPY
THE OTHER GREAT SOUTHERN PENINSULA OF ASIA
37 THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE GREAT PENINSULA OF EASTERN，ASIA
38 KOREA, MONGOLIA
39 THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
40 THE PHILIPPINES,　AN OLD ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF MEXICO
41 THE DUTCH EAST INDIES, THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG
42 AUSTRALIA, THE STEP-CHILD OF NATURE
43 NEW ZEALAND
44 THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC WHERE PEOPLE NEITHER
TOILED NOR SPUN BUT LIVED JUST THE SAME
45 AFRICA, THE CONTINENT OF CONTRADICTIONS AND
CONTRASTS
46 AMERICA, THE MOST FORTUNATE OF ALL
47 A NEW WORLD
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
1　THE　PANAMA　CANAL
2　SILENT ON A BENCH IN DARIEN
3　THE PREHISTORIC PACIFIC
4　MORE GUESSWORK
5　THE EARLIEST HISTORY OF POLYNESIA
6　THE SECOND DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC
7　THE　QUEST OF THE　GREAT UNKNOWN　CONTINENT OF THE SOUTH
8　ABEL TASMAN PUTS NEW HOLLAND ON THE MAP
9　JACOB　ROGGEVEEN
10 CAPTAIN JAMES　COOK, R.N.