Project Gutenberg 2025-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 454 Abbott, John Loraine The wonders of the world : $b a complete museum, descriptive and pictorial, of the wonderful phenomena and results of nature, science and art $aHartford :$bCase, Tiffany & Co, $c1856. Brian Coe, KD Weeks, Thiers Halliwell, who created the book cover, which is placed in the public domain and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.) "The Wonders of the World: A Complete Museum, Descriptive and Pictorial" by John Loraine Abbott is an illustrated descriptive work written in the mid-19th century. The book aims to showcase a variety of natural, scientific, and artistic phenomena from around the globe, presenting this compilation in a way that is both educational and entertaining for families and general readers alike. At the start of the text, the author reflects on the ancient Seven Wonders of the World and contrasts them with the multitude of awe-inspiring marvels of nature and human achievement known to contemporary society. The preface expresses Abbott's mission to offer a richly informative volume that sidesteps myths and exaggerated tales while focusing on authenticated accounts from reputable sources. Following this, the book introduces various natural wonders, beginning with explorations of majestic mountains like the Andes, providing both detailed descriptions and historical context, which sets the stage for the ensuing explorations of other remarkable phenomena throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/wondersofworld00abbo/mode/2up 20210825045545abbott 1856 US Reading ease score: 59.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Curiosities and wonders AG Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: Art Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 2341719 2025-06-29T13:47:11.200741 text/html 2304795 2025-01-04T19:48:46 text/html 8523837 2025-06-29T13:47:35.156658 application/epub+zip 8552303 2025-06-29T13:47:15.854727 application/epub+zip 984008 2025-06-29T13:47:13.464730 application/epub+zip 9184679 2025-06-29T13:47:51.540559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8951546 2025-06-29T13:47:32.508669 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2176650 2025-06-29T13:47:07.956730 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 2156518 2025-01-04T19:48:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15352 2025-06-29T13:47:51.728543 application/rdf+xml 10259 2025-06-29T13:47:13.676710 image/jpeg 1372 2025-06-29T13:47:13.572719 image/jpeg 8465317 2025-06-29T13:47:11.660744 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog