标题：房龙地理·太平洋的故事
图书信息
出版社: 中国城市出版社; 第1版 (2009年1月1日)
外文书名: VAN LOON'S GEOGRAPHY THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
丛书名: 房龙经典·英文原版
平装: 436页
正文语种: 英语
开本: 16
ISBN: 9787507420647
条形码: 9787507420647
尺寸: 23.6 x 16.8 x 2.8 cm
重量: 599 g
作者简介
作者：(美国)亨德里克·威廉·房龙 (Hendrik Willem Van Loon) 
房龙（Hendrik Willem Van Loon，1882-1944），荷裔美国著名通俗历史学家。善于用轻巧俏皮的文字，撰写历史、文化、文明、科学等方面的通俗历史著作。向人类的无知与偏执挑战，将知识与真理普及为人所共知的常识。一生中出版了三十余种书籍，单枪匹马地将人类各方面的历史几乎全都复述一遍。其中《宽容》、《人类的故事》、《房龙地理》（即《人类的家园》）等畅销著作，影响了几代人。 郁达夫曾说，房龙的笔有一种魔力，干燥无味的科学常识经他那么一写，无论大人小孩，读他书的人都觉得娓娓忘倦了。
内容简介
《房龙地理·太平洋的故事(英文版原版)》中，作者以新的视野讲述了发现太平洋的历史过程：从巴拿马地峡到静静的达连山，从波利尼西亚人对太平洋最早发现到麦哲伦等人的航海之旅，从新大陆探险的狂热到由此引发的造成数万欧洲人破产的大骗局，从复活节岛上的奇迹到《鲁滨逊漂流记》主人公原型的真实生活……。太平洋是世界上最浩瀚、辽阔的大洋，它给予人类的不仅是湛蓝的、深不可测的景观或者具有摧毁性威力的风暴，而且还有无数宝藏和资源。房龙以其深厚的学养和语言功底，将几百年来航海家们的伟大功绩娓娓道来，告诉我们太平洋的一个又一个奥秘是怎样被发现的，不但充满了绮丽的异国情调，而且蕴涵着丰富的人生哲理。
目录
VAN LOON'S GEOGRAPHY
FOREWORD
JUST A MOMENT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WHILE I TELL
YOU HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
1 AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WORLD
WE LIVE IN
2 A DEFINITION OF THE WORD GEOGRAPHY AND HOW I SHALL
APPLY IT IN THE PRESENT VOLUME
3 OUR PLANET: ITS HABITS, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS
4 MAPS. A VERY BRIEF CHAPTER UPON A VERY BIG AND
FASCINATING SUBJECT. TOGETHER WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS
ON THE WAY PEOPLE SLOWLY LEARNED HOW TO FIND THEIR
WAY ON THIS PLANET OF OURS
5 THE SEASONS AND HOW THEY HAPPEN
6 CONCERNING THE LITTLE SPOTS OF DRY LAND ON THIS
PLANET AND WHY SOME OF THEM ARE CALLED
CONTINENTS WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT
7 OF THE DISCOVERY OF EUROPE AND THE SORT OF PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD
8 GREECE, THE ROCKY PROMONTORY OF THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN WHICH ACTED AS THE CONNECTING
LINK BETWEEN THE OLD ASIA AND THE NEW EUROPE
9 ITALY, THE COUNTRY WHICH DUE TO ITS GEOGRAPHICAL
SITUATION COULD PLAY THE ROLE OF A SEA-POWER
OR A LAND-POWER, AS THE OCCASION DEMANDED
10 SPAIN, WHERE AFRICA AND EUROPE CLASHED
11 FRANCE, THE COUNTRY THAT HAS EVERYTHING IT WANTS
12 BELGIUM, A COUNTRY CREATED BY SCRAPS OF PAPER AND
RICH IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT INTERNAL HARMONY
13 LUXEMBURG, THE HISTORICAL CURIOSITY
14 SWITZERLAND, THE COUNTRY OF HIGH MOUNTAINS,
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AND A UNIFIED PEOPLE
WHO SPEAK FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
15 GERMANY, THE NATION THAT WAS FOUNDED TOO LATE
16 AUSTRIA, THE COUNTRY THAT NOBODY APPRECIATED
UNTIL IT NO LONGER EXISTED
17 DENMARK, AN OBJECT LESSON IN CERTAIN ADVANTAGES
OF SMALL COUNTRIES OVER LARGE ONES
18 ICELAND, AN INTERESTING POLITICAL LABORATORY
IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
19 THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA,　THE TERRITORY OCCUPIED
BY THE KINGDOMS OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY
20 THE NETHERLANDS, THE SWAMP ON THE BANKS OF THE
NORTH SEA THAT BECAME AN EMPIRE
21 GREAT BRITAIN, AN ISLAND OFF THE DUTCH COAST
WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF
FULLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE HUMAN RACE
22 RUSSIA,　THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS PREVENTED BY
ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FROM EVER FINDING
OUT WHETHER IT WAS PART OF EUROPE OR OF ASIA
23 POLAND, THE COUNTRY THAT HAD ALWAYS SUFFERED
FROM BEING A CORRIDOR AND THEREFORE NOW HAS
A CORRIDOR OF ITS OWN
24 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, A PRODUCT OF THE TREATY OF
VERSAILLES
25 YUGOSLAVIA, ANOTHER PRODUCT OF THE TREATY OF
VERSAILLES
26 BULGARIA, THE SOUNDEST OF ALL BALKAN COUNTRIES,
WHOSE BUTTERFLY-COLLECTING KING BET ON THE WRONG
HORSE DURING THE GREAT WAR AND SUFFERED THE
CONSEQUENCES
27 ROMANIA, A COUNTRY WHICH HAS OIL AND A ROYAL
FAMILY
28 HUNGARY, OR WHAT REMAINS OF IT
29 FINLAND, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT HARD WORK
AND INTELLIGENCE CAN ACHIEVE AMID HOSTILE
NATURAL SURROUNDINGS
30 THE DISCOVERY OF ASIA
31 WHAT ASIA HAS MEANT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
32 THE CENTRAL ASIATIC HIGHLANDS
33 THE GREAT WESTERN PLATEAU OF ASIA
34 ARABIA -OR WHEN IS A PART OF ASIA NOT A PART OF ASIA
35 INDIA, WHERE NATURE AND MAN ARE ENGAGED
IN MASS-PRODUCTION
36 BURMA, SIAM, ANAM AND MALACCA, WHICH OCCUPY
THE OTHER GREAT SOUTHERN PENINSULA OF ASIA
37 THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE GREAT PENINSULA OF EASTERN，ASIA
38 KOREA, MONGOLIA
39 THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
40 THE PHILIPPINES, AN OLD ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF MEXICO
41 THE DUTCH EAST INDIES, THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG
42 AUSTRALIA, THE STEP-CHILD OF NATURE
43 NEW ZEALAND
44 THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC WHERE PEOPLE NEITHER
TOILED NOR SPUN BUT LIVED JUST THE SAME
45 AFRICA, THE CONTINENT OF CONTRADICTIONS AND
CONTRASTS
46 AMERICA, THE MOST FORTUNATE OF ALL
47 A NEW WORLD
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
1 THE PANAMA CANAL
2 SILENT ON A BENCH IN DARIEN
3 THE PREHISTORIC PACIFIC
4 MORE GUESSWORK
5 THE EARLIEST HISTORY OF POLYNESIA
6 THE SECOND DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC
7 THE QUEST OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN CONTINENT OF THE SOUTH
8 ABEL TASMAN PUTS NEW HOLLAND ON THE MAP
9 JACOB ROGGEVEEN
10 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N.