A New System of Geography: Ancient and Modern : for the Use of Schools : Accompanied with an Atlas Adapted to the WorkRichardson and Lord, 1826 - 342 pàgines |
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Africa Alleghany Alleghany mountains Arabia Asia Atlantic Atlantic ocean Baltic Black sea border Boston boundary bounded branch Britain Buenos Ayres called canal Cape capital Carolina Caspian sea celebrated centre Chief Towns climate coast commerce connected Connecticut Connecticut river contains cotton Cumberland Danube Delaware desert divided Divisions earth east eastern England Europe exports extensive feet fertile flows France Germany Gulf of Mexico gulf of Venice harbour Hindoostan Hudson Indians inhabitants interior islands isthmus isthmus of Darien kingdom lake Erie lake Ontario land largest latitude Lawrence manufactures Mediterranean miles long miles S. W. Mississippi mountains mouth navigable northeast northern northwest Ohio Orleans Pacific ocean peninsula Philadelphia population Potomac principal rivers principal towns Productions provinces Religion rises river empties Russia separates settlements side Situation slaves soil South America southeast southern southwest Spain straits Tartary Tennessee Turkey United Virginia western York zone
Passatges populars
Pàgina ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pàgina 19 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds.
Pàgina 235 - Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him in the season when salt and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the tree, join in a funeral dirge the import of which is, 'The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend.
Pàgina 122 - The whole state, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are every, where apertures in this limestone, through which the waters of the rivers sink into the earth. The large rivers of Kentucky, for this reason, are more diminished during the dry season, than those of any part of the United States, and the small streams entirely disappear.
Pàgina 28 - Provinces, countries, departments, cities, towns, parishes, hundreds, &c. are still smaller subdivisions of countries. Governments. There are but three simple forms of government, monarchy, aristocracy and democracy. 1. A simple monarchy, is a government in which the sovereign power is exercised by one man. If the power of the monarch is limited by law it is called a limited monarchy ; if not, it is an absolute monarchy. In...
Pàgina 21 - Twins, the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Goat, the Waterer, and the Fishes. Fig. 183. The 12 signs of the zodiac, together with the sun, and the earth revolving around him, are represented at fig.
Pàgina 22 - The TORRID zone lies between the tropics ; the TEMPERATE zones between the tropics and the polar circles ; and the FRIGID zones between the polar circles and the poles. A MERIDIAN is...
Pàgina 32 - India islands lie between North and South America. Lakes. There are more large lakes in N. America than in any other part of the world. The seven largest are Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. The last five are very near each other, and form a regular chain, by means of short rivers or straits, which run from one to the other. Rivers. The principal rivers of North America are Mackenzie's, Nelson's, the St.
Pàgina 41 - It is in n district of the same name, and on the south side of the island of Montreal, in the St Lawrence, at the head of ship navigation. It is 180 miles above Quebec, 200 below lake Ontario, 243 from Albany, and 300 from Boston; lat. 45° 30
Pàgina 260 - Carolinians are almost purely English. Next to the English are the Germans, who are very numerous in the Middle States, particularly in Pennsylvania. Next to the Germans are the Dutch, who are most numerous in New York. The French constitute nearly half the population of Louisiana. The Irish and Scotch are found in the Middle States, in the back parts of Virginia, and in all the principal cities of the Union. Very little is known about the Indians west of the Mississippi. The four principal tribes...