Abstract
THERE is much valuable geographical matter in this book, much that is overlooked in the orthodox volumes on commercial geography, but it is too incomplete to merit its sub-title of a maritime geography. Routes are fairly well treated, and so are canals, but the chapters on cargoes and ports are far from complete. That is a pity, for the author knows his subject and writes in a fresh and interesting style. A book of twice the length would have proved readable even to those who find that commercial geography is generally dull. Every chapter is full of interest and well illustrated. The book treats the geography of trade from an angle that is too often overlooked. It should find a place in all school libraries, where its popularity would be assured.
Seaways and Sea Trade: being a Maritime Geography of Routes, Ports, Rivers, Canals and Cargoes.
A. C.
Hardy
By. Pp. xi + 240 + 14 plates. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1927.) 15s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 122, 537 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122537b0
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