A System of Universal Geography, for Common Schools: In which Europe is Divided According to the Late Act of the Congress at Vienna ...Simeon Butler, 1817 - 216 σελίδες |
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... broad . Q. What are the POLAR CIRCLES ? A. They are two small circles parallel with the Equator : one ( the Arctic Circle , ) drawn 23 ° 28 ′ from the north pole ; and the other , the Antarctic Circle , drawn at the same distance from ...
... broad . Q. What are the POLAR CIRCLES ? A. They are two small circles parallel with the Equator : one ( the Arctic Circle , ) drawn 23 ° 28 ′ from the north pole ; and the other , the Antarctic Circle , drawn at the same distance from ...
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... broad tract of land running out into the Sea , and terminating in a point called a Cape . Hindoston , Corea , Alas- ka and California , are large promontories . Q. What is a MOUNTAIN ? A. It is a tract of land elevated to a great height ...
... broad tract of land running out into the Sea , and terminating in a point called a Cape . Hindoston , Corea , Alas- ka and California , are large promontories . Q. What is a MOUNTAIN ? A. It is a tract of land elevated to a great height ...
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... broad . The Baltic , in the N. of Europe , is , from its mouth in a winding direction to its head , about 1350 miles long and 150 broad . OF EUROPE . Q. What is the situation of Europe ? A. It lies in the N. W. part of the Eastern ...
... broad . The Baltic , in the N. of Europe , is , from its mouth in a winding direction to its head , about 1350 miles long and 150 broad . OF EUROPE . Q. What is the situation of Europe ? A. It lies in the N. W. part of the Eastern ...
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... broad . Q. What mountains are there ? A. The Norwegian range , separates Norway from Sweden , and winds about 1100 miles . Q. What are the productions ? A. The country is too cold for grain . The pastures are excellent . Cattle and ...
... broad . Q. What mountains are there ? A. The Norwegian range , separates Norway from Sweden , and winds about 1100 miles . Q. What are the productions ? A. The country is too cold for grain . The pastures are excellent . Cattle and ...
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... broad ; contain- ing about 190,000 square miles . Q. How is it bounded ? A. On the W.by the Cattegat and Norway ; on the N. by the Northern Ocean ; on the E.by Russia and the Gulf of Bothnia ; and on the S. by the Baltic . A few years ...
... broad ; contain- ing about 190,000 square miles . Q. How is it bounded ? A. On the W.by the Cattegat and Norway ; on the N. by the Northern Ocean ; on the E.by Russia and the Gulf of Bothnia ; and on the S. by the Baltic . A few years ...
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Σελίδα 34 - Sea, on the S. by the English Channel, and on the W. by the Atlantic, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.
Σελίδα 181 - Chesapeak, in length about one hundred and forty miles, and nearly of the same breadth, bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the east by the Atlantic ocean, and by the river Potowmack on the south. This country was first planted with Roman Catholics by lord Baltimore, to whom Charles II.
Σελίδα 182 - Virginians. They are sociable and hospitable, attached strongly to pleasure and dissipation and highly jealous of personal independence. The holders of slaves have the same character in all countries.159 In contrast to this book was The Elements of Geography Made Easy, published in Philadelphia in 1825 by an anonymous author. It treated chiefly of physical geography and laid special emphasis on the land and water divisions. It was not only beautifully illustrated, but had the novel advantage...