Excerpt from Geography by Discovery: A Practical Geography The principal object of this small volume is to place in the hands of pupils some original sources of world geography, and thereby to interest, to instruct, and to train. The extracts have been chosen from English texts, some of which are already in school libraries. The suggested method of study is not mere theory, but has been put to the test by the author with children in elementary schools from Standard IV. To Standard VII. The results obtained appear to justify the present publication. Some of the exercises at the end of the book are sufficiently difficult for pupils in the upper forms of secondary schools. The extracts in Chapter II. Are taken from The Travels of Marco Polo (everyman's Library, Messrs. J. M. Dent and Sons), in Chapters III. And V. From the Discovery of America, and in Chapter IV. From The Earliest Voyages Round the World (cam bridge Travel Books, Cambridge University Press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.