Discoverers and Explorers

by Edward R. Shaw

DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS

BY

EDWARD R. SHAW

Dean of the School of Pedagogy
New York University

NEW YORK :: CINCINNATI :: CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

Copyright 1900
By EDWARD R. SHAW.

PREFACE.

The practice of beginning the study of geography with the locality in which the pupil lives, in order that his first ideas of geographical conceptions may be gained from observation directed upon the real conditions existing about him, has been steadily gaining adherence during the past few years as a rational method of entering upon the study of geography.