THE 



Polar a'nb Tropical 



WOKLDS : 



A DESCRIPTION OF MAN AND NATURE 



IN THE 



Polar and Equatorial Regions of the Globe. 



TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. 



E.MBKACING ALSO AX ACCOLXT OF THE EXPEDITIONS OF ALL THE ARCTIC EXI'LOREItS, FROM THE 



DISCOVEliV OF ICELjVXD, OVER ONE THOUSAKD YEARS AGO, TO HALL'S LAST EXl"El>ITIO-\ 



IX THE XORTHEIJX M'ORLIJ, TOGETHER WITH THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES 



AND ADVENTURES OF A(;ASSIZ, LIVINGSTONE, WALLACE, AND OTHER 



DISTINGUISHED TRAVELERS IN THE TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 



V- 



BY DR. G.'PIARTWIG, 



Author of " The Sea and its Living Wonders," and " The Harmonies of Nature," 



EDITED, WITH ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS, BY 



DR. A. H. GUERNSEY. 



THE WHOLE SPLENDIDLY EMBELLISHED WITH NEARLY 



TWO HUNDRED BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. 



TRUE TO NATURE, FROM DESIGNS FURNISHED BY ARTISTS IN THE REGIONS 



TO WHICH THEY RELATE. 



WTTH AN ACCOUNT OF HALL's LAST EXPEDITION, A SUMMARY OF ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS. 



AND NEW MAPS OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 



SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION. 



PUBLISHED BV 



J. W. LYON, GUELPH, ONT. 

 1874. 



