Search Results: kitchi gami wanderings round lake superior by johann georg kohl

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

BiblioLife, 2009-03-19. Hardcover. Used:Good.

BiblioLife, 2009-03-19. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. First. Fair. Johann Georg Kohl was a German travel writer, historian and geographer Kohl's main scientific work, "Der Verkehr und die Ansiedlungen der Menschen in ihrer Abhangigkeit von der Gestalt der Erdoberflache" ("Transportation and settlement of people and their dependence on surface terrain") (1841, 1850) is regarded as the founding document of modern transport and urban geography Using Moscow as an example, he formulated a mathematical theory for the development of spherical cities and how eventually these cities would develop skyscrapers and underground shopping centers From 1854 to 1858, he traveled in the United States and prepared some valuable maps for the US government, and at the request of the United States Coast Survey prepared two reports: "History of the Discovery of the U S Coast" and the "History and Investigation of the Gulf Stream" (Bremen, 1868) Kohl's book "Reisen in Canada und durch die Staaten von New York und Pennsylvanien" ("Travels in… Read More

London: Chapman And Hall, 1860., 1860. 8vo. pp. xii, 428. several text illus. contemporary polished calf, gilt back. First Edition of the English Translation (originally published in German, Bremen: 1859) of this important account of the manners and customs of the Ojibway Indians of the Lake Superior region, written by a distinguished German traveller in America. Kohl was particularly fascinated by Indian legends and traditions, which he here faithfully collected and recorded. Field commends the work as "one of the most exhaustive and valuable treatises on Indian life ever written". Field 842. Graff 2354. Howes K-247. Lande 1894. Sabin 38215. TPL 3573.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.