The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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Página 56
... Cape Matapan in the Morea is the most southerly part of Europe , as the North Cape in Lapland is the most northerly . A few islands of Europe yet remain to be noticed . In the Mediterranean Sea are four small islands ; Majorca , Minorca ...
... Cape Matapan in the Morea is the most southerly part of Europe , as the North Cape in Lapland is the most northerly . A few islands of Europe yet remain to be noticed . In the Mediterranean Sea are four small islands ; Majorca , Minorca ...
Página 86
... Cape of Good Hope , is in this country . Near the Cape is Cape town , built by the Dutch , but now belonging to the English . It is a handsome place , in which many English people live . Beautiful flowers grow near Cape town , and Cape ...
... Cape of Good Hope , is in this country . Near the Cape is Cape town , built by the Dutch , but now belonging to the English . It is a handsome place , in which many English people live . Beautiful flowers grow near Cape town , and Cape ...
Página 87
... Cape of Good Hope , is Namaqualand . All these places are very hot , and subject to violent storms of rain and wind : but few Englishmen could live comfortably in them . The people are savage , ignorant , and great idolaters . Their ...
... Cape of Good Hope , is Namaqualand . All these places are very hot , and subject to violent storms of rain and wind : but few Englishmen could live comfortably in them . The people are savage , ignorant , and great idolaters . Their ...
Página 89
... Cape Verd islands , belonging to Portugal . A great deal of salt is procured from them , together with leather and salted turtle . ASCENSION and ST . HELENA , in the Atlantic Ocean , are two small rocky islands , belonging to England ...
... Cape Verd islands , belonging to Portugal . A great deal of salt is procured from them , together with leather and salted turtle . ASCENSION and ST . HELENA , in the Atlantic Ocean , are two small rocky islands , belonging to England ...
Página 90
... Cape Guardafai , is a small and fertile island , producing fine aloes . KERGUELAN'S LAND , or the Isle of Desolation , with two or three near it , are in the Antarctic Ocean ; they are very barren . People catch whales off the coasts of ...
... Cape Guardafai , is a small and fertile island , producing fine aloes . KERGUELAN'S LAND , or the Isle of Desolation , with two or three near it , are in the Antarctic Ocean ; they are very barren . People catch whales off the coasts of ...
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Affghanistan Africa Antarctic Ocean Arabia Arabian Sea Asia Asiatic Turkey Atlantic Ocean Austria Baltic-Sea Bay of Biscay beautiful bounded built called Cape capital celebrated chief rivers chief towns China Christians climate coast cold continent corn cultivated Describe divided earth east Egypt England English Europe famous fertile flowing fond France fruitful Geography Give Gold governed Greece grow Gulf Gulf of Venice high mountains Hindostan Holland Indian inhabited Ireland iron islands belong isles Isthmus Italy kind king lakes land Laplanders large town largest live Mediterranean Sea Mention Mexico miles Name natives nearly Pacific Ocean peninsula Persia Peru planets pleasant poles poor Portugal pretty principal rivers principal towns produce provinces religion remarkable round Russia Scotland sea-port Siberia silver small islands snow South America Spain Spaniards Straits Switzerland Tartary thing Tibet trade trees Turkey Turks warm wild winter zone
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Página 106 - I would not change my native land For rich Peru with all her gold : A nobler prize lies in my hand, Than East or Western Indies hold.
Página 17 - America is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by the Antarctic Ocean ; on the east by the Atlantic ; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Página 30 - PORTUGAL. PORTUGAL is bounded on the north and east by Spain, and on the west and south by the Atlantic.
Página 70 - Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy humiliation. 12. And he will be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and in the presence of all his brethren shall he dwell.
Página 81 - It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the east by the Isthmus of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean; on the south by the Southern Ocean, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Página 42 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Página 57 - It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean ; south, by the Indian Ocean ; east, by the Pacific Ocean...
Página 10 - ... 34. Parallel lines are those which are in every part equally distant from each other. They may be parallel straight lines ( = ), or parallel curved lines ( ^ ). 35.
Página 3 - And a little farther on we are told that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
Página 12 - Circles, so that there is one in each hemisphere ; they are called temperate, because they are not subject to the excessive heat of the . Torrid , Zone, nor to the excessive cold of the Frigid Zones. The two Frigid Zones lie...