A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World and Its Five Great Divisions: America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceanica : with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. ... Illustrated by an Atlas of Twenty-eight Maps, Drawn and Engraved to Accompany the WorkThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1851 - 336 pages |
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... Union . The Maps of Foreign Countries also have received such corrections as recent changes have rendered necessary . The addition of a new Map in the Atlas , comprising Mexico , Guatimala , and the West Indies , will still further ...
... Union . The Maps of Foreign Countries also have received such corrections as recent changes have rendered necessary . The addition of a new Map in the Atlas , comprising Mexico , Guatimala , and the West Indies , will still further ...
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... Union . 8. The manufactures are already extensive , and are rapidly increas ing : they yield in value , annually , near 400 millions of dollars ; and with the products of the agriculture , the forests , the mines , and the fisheries ...
... Union . 8. The manufactures are already extensive , and are rapidly increas ing : they yield in value , annually , near 400 millions of dollars ; and with the products of the agriculture , the forests , the mines , and the fisheries ...
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... Union , religious instruction and observances are as faithfully dispensed and performed as in any other country in the world . 19. The great body of the people are attached to the various sects Lelonging to the Protestant faith : of ...
... Union , religious instruction and observances are as faithfully dispensed and performed as in any other country in the world . 19. The great body of the people are attached to the various sects Lelonging to the Protestant faith : of ...
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... Union as independent States . The Governor and other officers are appointed by the President , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . Each Territory is represented in Congress by a delegate , who may debate , but cannot vote ...
... Union as independent States . The Governor and other officers are appointed by the President , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate . Each Territory is represented in Congress by a delegate , who may debate , but cannot vote ...
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... Union . Many of the most distinguished men in the United States have been educated at Harvard and Yale Colleges . 10. The people of New England were , at an early period , noted for their republican principles , and were the first to ...
... Union . Many of the most distinguished men in the United States have been educated at Harvard and Yale Colleges . 10. The people of New England were , at an early period , noted for their republican principles , and were the first to ...
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Page 257 - 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 101 - Constitution in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate consists of two members from each State, chosen by the State Legislatures for six years.
Page 101 - Provided, That the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the Interior, the Postmaster-General, and the AttorneyGeneral, shall hold their offices respectively for and during the term of the President by whom they may have been appointed and for one month thereafter, subject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 103 - States (1) George Washington. (2) John Adams. (3) Thomas Jefferson. (4) James Madison. (5) James Monroe. (6) John Quincy Adams. (7) Andrew Jackson. (8) Martin Van Buren. (9) William Henry Harrison. (10) John Tyler. (11) James K. Polk. (12) Zachary Taylor. (13) Millard Fillmore. (14) Franklin Pierce. (15) James Buchanan. (16) Abraham Lincoln. (17) Andrew Johnson. (18) Ulysses S. Grant.
Page 163 - Nashville, a handsome and flourishing city, capital of the State and of Davidson County, is situated on the left bank of Cumberland River, 200 miles from its mouth, 230 miles eastnorth-east of Memphis, 206 miles south-west of Lexington, in Kentucky, and 684 miles from Washington. Latitude 36° 9' north, longitude 86° 49' west; elevation above the sea 460 feet.
Page 90 - ... The Thames, flowing into Lake St. Clair, and the Ouse, are the principal rivers of Upper Canada. The St John, which rises in Maine, is navigable 80 miles by sea vessels, but its course is much broken by falls and rapids. The Miramichi is the other principal river of New Brunswick. Lakes, in Canada, are on a greater scale than in any other part of the world ; and the united chain forms a vast inland sea of fresh water. The largest of these, and the largest fresh water lake in the world is Lake...
Page 48 - Who are the Jews ? A. They are those who believe in the Old Testament, but reject the New, and expect a Saviour yet to come.
Page 102 - Let us reduce these general statements to the more tangible form of facts and figures. A short time before the great Reformation in the days of Martin Luther, not four hundred years ago, this western hemisphere was discovered.
Page 24 - By multiplying the degrees by 69|. 12 LATITUDE. 130. What is latitude? A. It is distance from the Equator either north or south. 131. How is latitude divided ? A. Into north and south latitude. All countries situated north of the equator, are in north latitude; and those south of it, are in south latitude. 132. How is latitude represented on maps ? A. By lines drawn across the map from side to side.
Page 186 - Its productions were immense and valuable, and its commerce i» the most flourishing state. In 1791 , an insurrection of the negroes broke out in the French colony. In two months, upwards of 2000 whites perished, and large districts of fertile plantations were devastated. In 1792, the national assembly proclaimed the...