Dr. Jirí Felix

VORWORTWir haben dieses Buch auf Veranlassung des Kosmos-Verlages für Naturfreunde geschrieben, die gerne wissen möchten, wie die Pflanzen und Tiere heißen, die ihnen auf Spaziergängen, auf Reisen oder auch zu Hause begegnen. Wer nicht über gründliche biologische Kenntnisse verfügt, dem...

INTRODUCTIONThe time is long past when pioneer wagons rumbled across the North American prairies. Today, there is a network of highways. In Alaska, dog sleds are no longer a means of transportation in a land where tracked vehicles abound. Today, various means of transport are available to take us...

INTRODUCTIONAsia is the largest continent. Its name comes from the Assyrian word 'asu', which means 'region of the East'. Together with Europe, it forms a huge natural land mass; Europe is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains. Asia also includes many islands: there are three groups of islands...