A Sketch of Modern and Antient Geography ... Third Edition.

Publisher Marketing: Title: A Sketch of Modern and Antient Geography ... Third edition. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Butler, Samuel; Butler, Thomas Rector; 1851. xxvi. 402 p.; 8 . 10002.e.22. Contributor Bio:  Butler, Samuel Samuel Butler is a graduate (B. A.) in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, 1959. Former All-City Champion Pole Vaulter in San Francisco high schools Former Captain United States Air Force (reserve) Navigator Former President of the Toastmasters Club (Golden Gate Toastmasters) in San Francisco Former Chief Appraiser of a Large Financial Institution in California Former Vice President for Real Estate Acquisitions, United States Real Estate Corporation, Headquartered in the Bank of America Building in San Francisco Owner, Founder, Butler Realty Group, focusing on Commercial Real Estate, located in the Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco Successful Commercial Real Estate Broker (in Cushman and Wakefield, owned by Rockefeller) San Francisco Now retired, plays golf, chess, and bridge. Founder, former President of Atlantis Energy, S. A., a biofuel corporation.