Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography: Illustrated by Twenty Maps and Numerous EngravingsJ.H. Colton, 1857 - 98 pages |
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... ARCTIC OCZAN EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC OCEAN AF P CEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN AUSTRALIA SOUTHERN GEAN LESSON 2 . MAPS . What is the best way to represent the earth ? By a globe , with the place and shape of the land and water marked on ...
... ARCTIC OCZAN EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC OCEAN AF P CEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN AUSTRALIA SOUTHERN GEAN LESSON 2 . MAPS . What is the best way to represent the earth ? By a globe , with the place and shape of the land and water marked on ...
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... ARCTIC CIRCLE TROPIC OF CANCER EQUATOR TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ANTARCTIC SOUTH POLE SLYV NORTH POLE What names are given to those points in the earth's surface where the axis terminates ? 1 The North Pole and South Pole . Which is the North ...
... ARCTIC CIRCLE TROPIC OF CANCER EQUATOR TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ANTARCTIC SOUTH POLE SLYV NORTH POLE What names are given to those points in the earth's surface where the axis terminates ? 1 The North Pole and South Pole . Which is the North ...
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... Arctic Circle ; about the South Pole the Antarctic Circle . What are the MERIDIAN CIRCLES ? They are great circles , which ex- tend north and south round the globe . What is a MERIDIAN or MERIDIAN LINE ? It is that part of a meridian ...
... Arctic Circle ; about the South Pole the Antarctic Circle . What are the MERIDIAN CIRCLES ? They are great circles , which ex- tend north and south round the globe . What is a MERIDIAN or MERIDIAN LINE ? It is that part of a meridian ...
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... ARCTIC C NORTH NORTH TEMPERATE ONE AMERICA TROPIC OF TORRID ZONE EQUATOR AMERICA NORTH FRIGID ZONE ARCTIC CIRCLE UROPE ZON NORTH TEMPERATE 7 R ASIA TROP OF CANCER TORRID ZON EQUATOR ROC OF CAPRICORN AUSTRAHA TEMPERATE ZONE SOUTH ...
... ARCTIC C NORTH NORTH TEMPERATE ONE AMERICA TROPIC OF TORRID ZONE EQUATOR AMERICA NORTH FRIGID ZONE ARCTIC CIRCLE UROPE ZON NORTH TEMPERATE 7 R ASIA TROP OF CANCER TORRID ZON EQUATOR ROC OF CAPRICORN AUSTRAHA TEMPERATE ZONE SOUTH ...
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... how Mountains and Valleys are represented upon maps ; and the picture above , how they ap- pear in nature . MOUNTAIN AL CHAIN Single Mountains or Peaks ARCTIC OCEAN WESTERN ATLANT PACIFIC 00EAN CONTINENT ARCTIO OFAN ONTINENT. DEFINITIONS ...
... how Mountains and Valleys are represented upon maps ; and the picture above , how they ap- pear in nature . MOUNTAIN AL CHAIN Single Mountains or Peaks ARCTIC OCEAN WESTERN ATLANT PACIFIC 00EAN CONTINENT ARCTIO OFAN ONTINENT. DEFINITIONS ...
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A'sia Africa Agriculture Arc'tic Ocean Arctic Ocean Arkansas Asia Atlantic Ocean Australia body of water border boundary British Possessions California called Canada Canada West Cape Verde capital Caspian Sea Central America chief CITIES AND TOWNS.-What climate coast cotton country south DIVISIONS.-What earth Eastern Continent empties Equator Europe export extends farthest Florida Frigid Zone Grana'da grand divisions Greenland group of islands GUINEA Gulf of Mexico Hindoostan Indian Indian-corn inhabitants island south islands belonging islands east ISLANDS.-What Isthmus It'aly Lake Huron Lake Ontario land largest Lawrence LESSON LONGITUDE WEST manufactures Mediterranean MERIDIAN Mississippi Missouri mouth Name Newfoundland North America North Frigid northern northwest noted Nova Scotia Ohio Pacific Ocean peninsula population portion principal productions river flows RIVERS.-What Rus'sia SAINT situated South Temperate southeast southern extremity STRAITS.-What table-lands territory town tributary TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN United Vermont WEST FROM GREENWICH Western Hemisphere WHITNEY York
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Page 11 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 28 - States, then, are bounded on the north by the British possessions, east by the Atlantic Ocean, south by the Gulf of Mexico and the States of Mexico, and west by the Pacific Ocean.
Page 6 - Paper be considered as North ; the Bottom, South ; the Right hand, East ; and the Left hand, West...
Page 64 - Jtogota, capital of the States, is a large city with a university. It is 9,000 feet above sea-level. VENEZUELA. BOUNDARIES. — West by Colombia ; north by the Caribbean Sea ; east by British Guiana ; south by Brazil. AREA, 403,000 square miles ; POPULATION, over 2 millions.
Page 13 - A portion of land entirely surrounded by water. What is a Peninsula? A portion of land almost surrounded by water. What is a Lake ? What is an Isthmus?
Page 10 - ... the North Frigid Zone, between the North Pole, and the Arctic Circle; the North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer...
Page 24 - Atlantean theory, in which the western shores of Europe and Africa, and the eastern shores of North and South America are outlined, and between them, in dotted lines, is Atlantis, the only part of that vast continent now being visible being the Azore Islands, at the northern extremity.
Page 10 - Zones are divisions of the earth's surface, formed by the Tropics and Polar Circles. There are Jive zones, viz : — one Torrid, two Temperate, and two Frigid.
Page 13 - What is an Isthmus ? A neck joining two larger portions of land What is a Strait? A passage connecting two larger bodies of water. What is a Cape ? A point of land extending into the water. What is a Mountain ? A vast elevation of land.
Page 10 - When it is summer in one, it is winter in the other, &c. In these parts, nature shews more variety in the produce of the earth, and in animals, than elsewhere Wine is peculiar to these countries ; for the vine cannot be cultivated, either in intensely hot, or severely cold climates.