1939 Brouwer - LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS - Volcanoes - EAST INDIES - Colour Maps - 7

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...rare books at fair prices...!Search by TopicAfricaAmerica - NorthAmerica -SouthArabia - Middle EastArctic - AntarcticAsia - CentralAsia - China & JapanAsia - SoutheastAustralia & PacificBibliographiesEuropeGlobesGraphic ArtsLiteratureMaps & PrintsMountaineeringNatural HistoryRussiaSciencesSigned & InscribedSir Richard F. BurtonTitle: Exploration in the Lesser Sunda Islands.Author: H.A. Brouwer.Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1939.Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!!Notes & Condition: This is an illuminating paper by Professor Bouwer who took with him a group of students to study the most interesting islands in the East Indies, the archipelago located at the intersection of two great zones of crustal weakness of the earth. Some of the islands studied included the Wetar, Lirang, Alor, and Lomblen and also the volcanic islands of Adonara, Solor, and the eastern part of Flores. In the eastern part the mountain-building processes are still active, while the portion to the west of Makassar Strait has long been more or less stable, except where it borders upon the Indian Ocean.Among subjects discussed include morphological features of the islands, geological composition and structure, the rate and direction of movement of the earth's crust, geographic distribution read more