Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography: Illustrated by Twenty Maps and Numerous EngravingsJ.H. Colton, 1857 - 98 pages |
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... St. Lawrence . MACKEN ZIE ? ST . LAW'RENCE ? MISSISSIPPI ? OHIO ' ? MISSOU'RI ? ARKAN'SAS ? RED ? RIO GRAN'DE ( e ) ? COLORADO ( kol - o - rah'do ) ? COLUM'BIA ? LESSON 34 . QUESTIONS ON THE MAP . CANADA , 28 NORTH AMERICA .
... St. Lawrence . MACKEN ZIE ? ST . LAW'RENCE ? MISSISSIPPI ? OHIO ' ? MISSOU'RI ? ARKAN'SAS ? RED ? RIO GRAN'DE ( e ) ? COLORADO ( kol - o - rah'do ) ? COLUM'BIA ? LESSON 34 . QUESTIONS ON THE MAP . CANADA , 28 NORTH AMERICA .
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... OHIO Ohio Ohio R ENTUCKY Cumberland ALLE A MARYN Cape Cod AN HOOE ISLAND LongIsland NEWYORK HARBOR aware Bay Potomac Quesapeake Bay GINIA & R . TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA Cape Hatteras OURI Tames ARKANSAS Sabine SSTSSIPH Sve R ALABAMA ...
... OHIO Ohio Ohio R ENTUCKY Cumberland ALLE A MARYN Cape Cod AN HOOE ISLAND LongIsland NEWYORK HARBOR aware Bay Potomac Quesapeake Bay GINIA & R . TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA Cape Hatteras OURI Tames ARKANSAS Sabine SSTSSIPH Sve R ALABAMA ...
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... Ohio River 38 VIRGI ΝΙΑ 81 79 38 40 42 44 46 BAYS . - What bay in the east part of Maine ? P - y . Into what bay does the Penobscot River empty ? P - t . Into what bay does the Kennebec River empty ? K - c . What other bay on the coast ...
... Ohio River 38 VIRGI ΝΙΑ 81 79 38 40 42 44 46 BAYS . - What bay in the east part of Maine ? P - y . Into what bay does the Penobscot River empty ? P - t . Into what bay does the Kennebec River empty ? K - c . What other bay on the coast ...
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... Ohio River ? A - y , M - a . chusetts N - t . M - ' s V - d . What island south of Rhode Island ? B - k . LESSON 41 . MIDDLE STATES . Name the four Middle States . NEW YORK , NEW JER'SEY , PENNSYLVA'NIA , DELAWARE . Which of the Middle ...
... Ohio River ? A - y , M - a . chusetts N - t . M - ' s V - d . What island south of Rhode Island ? B - k . LESSON 41 . MIDDLE STATES . Name the four Middle States . NEW YORK , NEW JER'SEY , PENNSYLVA'NIA , DELAWARE . Which of the Middle ...
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... OHIO Cincinnati. LESSON 45 . PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE . Pennsylvania : noted for what ? What famous building is situated in Philadelphia ? The old State - house , in which Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of ...
... OHIO Cincinnati. LESSON 45 . PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE . Pennsylvania : noted for what ? What famous building is situated in Philadelphia ? The old State - house , in which Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of ...
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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.