Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands


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(4.3 stars; 3 reviews)

The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In a personally conducted tour through the eyes of teh author they travel over [these islands], seeing our brown-skinned cousins of the several colonies as they are at home. They learn about the resources of the various islands, and of their value to the United States. They visit the people on the farms and in the factories. They spend some time in the cities and villages, and they explore the wilds, observing the wonders of plant and animal creation. (from the Preface) (9 hr 17 min)

Chapitres

Preface 3:42 Lu par MaryAnn
General View of Australia 8:04 Lu par BettyB
In Sydney, the New York of Australia 11:57 Lu par BettyB
Sheep and Wool in Australia 13:29 Lu par BettyB
South Australia and the Great Central Desert -- Adelaide 8:49 Lu par BettyB
Gold Mining in Australia -- Ballarat -- Melbourne 7:14 Lu par BettyB
A Land of Strange Plants and Animals 13:13 Lu par BettyB
Queensland -- The Pearl Fisheries -- The Great Barrier Reef 11:46 Lu par BettyB
Among the Aborigines or Native Australians 8:11 Lu par BettyB
Western Australia and Tasmania 10:35 Lu par BettyB
New Zealand 8:45 Lu par BettyB
A Visit to a Meet-freezing Factory 4:52 Lu par JezRSH
Wellington -- The Hot Springs -- Among the Maoris 11:39 Lu par JezRSH
New Caledonia and other French Islands 5:33 Lu par JezRSH
New Guinea 11:20 Lu par JezRSH
Northeastern New Guinea and Adjacent British Isles 7:55 Lu par JezRSH
The Fijis and Other British Possessions of the Pacific 10:15 Lu par JezRSH
Samoa 10:11 Lu par JezRSH
Our Hawaiian Possessions -- Honolulu 10:08 Lu par BettyB
The Industries of the Hawaiian Islands 11:00 Lu par BettyB
A Visit to a Volcano 9:01 Lu par BettyB
The Island of Guam 7:40 Lu par Bill Boerst
General View of the Philippine Islands 13:16 Lu par Bill Boerst
Manila, the Capital of the Philippines 13:01 Lu par BettyB
Home Life and the Markets 12:24 Lu par BettyB
A Trip through the Country -- Rice, Sugar and Tobacco 14:39 Lu par BettyB
Through the Mountains of Luzon 9:38 Lu par BettyB
The Visayan Islands -- The Hemp Industry 11:30 Lu par BettyB
Mindanao and the Moros 8:10 Lu par BettyB
The Sulu Archipelago 8:24 Lu par BettyB
Borneo 13:48 Lu par Andrea Kotzer
The Dutch East Indies 11:23 Lu par BettyB
Batavia, the Dutch Capital 6:47 Lu par BettyB
The Natives of Java 10:49 Lu par BettyB
Some Industries of Java 10:33 Lu par BettyB
Sumatra 13:53 Lu par BettyB
Singapore 12:29 Lu par Availle
Ceylon 9:05 Lu par BettyB
Mauritius and Reunion 5:13 Lu par BettyB
Madagascar -- The East Coast 6:02 Lu par BettyB
The Hovas and the Central Plateau 10:54 Lu par BettyB
Among the Sakalavas 3:20 Lu par BettyB
Zanzibar and Other East African Islands 5:57 Lu par BettyB
West African Islands -- St. Helena 3:32 Lu par BettyB
The Cape Verde and Canary Archipelagoes 6:41 Lu par BettyB
The Madeiras and the Azores 6:58 Lu par BettyB
The Balearic Isles 4:51 Lu par Andrea Kotzer
Corsica and Elba 3:50 Lu par Andrea Kotzer
Sardinia and Sicily 7:20 Lu par Andrea Kotzer
Malta and the Grecian Isles 5:18 Lu par BettyB
Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus 5:26 Lu par BettyB
The West Indies -- General View 3:59 Lu par BettyB
The Lesser Antilles 11:24 Lu par BettyB
General View of Porto Rico -- A Walk through San Juan 9:18 Lu par BettyB
Across Porto Rico 11:34 Lu par BettyB
Haiti, the Island of the Two Black Republics 11:41 Lu par BettyB
Jamaica 7:41 Lu par BettyB
Cuba, the Pearl of the Antilles 7:33 Lu par BettyB
Havana 7:14 Lu par BettyB
On the Sugar and Tobacco Plantations 5:22 Lu par BettyB
The Bahamas and the Bermudas 6:50 Lu par BettyB
The Islands of Ice and Snow 8:40 Lu par BettyB
Islands around and about South America 6:13 Lu par BettyB

Critiques

Interesting


(3 stars)

Interesting book about the islands of the world. The writing style made me feel like I was traveling with the author. I’m not sure about all his facts as I noticed a few errors in his chapters on Australia. It did give a perspective on the thoughts and attitudes of Americans of the time towards less “civilised” countries. Although this was written to children, I wouldn’t give them this to listen to, unless they were old enough to discern the cultural influences at the time of writing.

great descriptions


(5 stars)

some of the language is a bit dated, but it's a really wonderful travel log