The Universal Geography: The Earth and Its Inhabitants - Vol. VI Chapter II [The Caucasus], by Élisée Reclus
Nouvelle géographie universelle : la terre et les hommes.
Vol. 6 | Chapter 2: La Caucasie - pp.59-303
Author: Élisée Reclus
Year: 1881
Place of Publication: Paris
Published by: Hachette
Number of pages [Vol 6]: 920 (Chapter II: 244)
Language: French
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The Universal Geography: The Earth and Its Inhabitants
Vol. 6 | Chapter 2: Caucasia - pp.33-160
Author: Élisée Reclus
Edited by Augustus Henry Keane (1833–1912)
Year: 1876-94
Place of Publication: London
Published by: J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited
Number of pages [Vol 6]: 504 (Chapter II:127)
Language: English
Chapter II in PDF can be downloaded by clicking here (12.4 MB)
Jacques Élisée Reclus (1830 – 1905) was a French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes ("Universal Geography"), over a period of nearly 20 years (1875–1894). In 1892 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work.
VOLUME IV: ASIATIC RUSSIA
CHAPTER II. - CAUCASIA (THE CAUCASUS)
I. The Ponto-Caspian Mountain System
II. Western Caucasus, Kuban Basin, Abkhazians, Circassians, Cossacks of the Black Sea
III. Central Caucasus: Kuma and Terek Basins.
IV. Eastern Caucasus; Dagestan
V. The Ingur, Rion and Chourukh Basins. Mingrelia, Imeretia, Svania, Lazistan
VI. The Kura Basin - Georgia, Transcaucasian Tatary
VII. Russian Armenia. - Ararat, Ałagoz, Plateau of Lake Gok-Chaï and Araxis Basin
VIII. General Condition and Administration of the Caucasus