The North Americans of antiquity : their origin, migrations, and type of civilization considered / by John T. Short.

  • Short, John T. (John Thomas), 1850-1883.
Date:
1880
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Credit: The North Americans of antiquity : their origin, migrations, and type of civilization considered / by John T. Short. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page of the Dolphin and Challenger Expeditions—The Atlantic Floor- Challenger and Dolphin Ridges—“Challenger Plateau” probably once Dry Land—Identity of European and South American Fauna—Eleva- tion and Depression of Coast Level—Of Greenland, the United States, and South America—The Gulf Stream — Equatorial Current —The Trade-Winds — Accidental Discovery of Brazil — America Probably Reached by Ancient Navigators—The Caras—Atolls of the Pacific Ocean—A Pacific Continent-Contiguity of the Continents at the North — Aleutian Islands—The Kuro-Suvo—Behring’s Straits—Inviting Ap- pearance of the American Shore—Remoteness of the Migration Prof. Grote’s View—Prof. Asa Gray’s Observations—Conditions Favorable to a Migration—Mr. John H. Becker’s Observations, . . . -498 CHAPTER XII. Conclusion, . 515 . 523 APPENDIX, . INDEX, . . 533