The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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Página 60
... Tibet , and China ; east , by the Pacific Ocean ; and west , by Persia and the Caspian Sea . The western part is called Independent Tartary , and the eastern , Chinese Tartary . Independent Tartary has three great divisions ; Turkistan ...
... Tibet , and China ; east , by the Pacific Ocean ; and west , by Persia and the Caspian Sea . The western part is called Independent Tartary , and the eastern , Chinese Tartary . Independent Tartary has three great divisions ; Turkistan ...
Página 62
... Tibet and Assam . China is a beautiful country , and so well cultivated that hardly a foot of ground is suffered to lie waste : the hills are cut into terraces and tilled to their very tops : the whole country looks like a great garden ...
... Tibet and Assam . China is a beautiful country , and so well cultivated that hardly a foot of ground is suffered to lie waste : the hills are cut into terraces and tilled to their very tops : the whole country looks like a great garden ...
Página 64
... TIBET . TIBET is a very mountainous country , partly subject to China , and called the Switzerland of Asia , being much like Switzerland in appearance . It is bounded on the north by Tartary ; south , by Hindostan ; east by China ...
... TIBET . TIBET is a very mountainous country , partly subject to China , and called the Switzerland of Asia , being much like Switzerland in appearance . It is bounded on the north by Tartary ; south , by Hindostan ; east by China ...
Página 65
Thomas Bowring. The people of Tibet are said to be very gentle and kind : they are idolaters , and worship the god Fo , who , they think , lives within a man called the Grand Lama . The priests ... Tibet are said to be very gentle ...
Thomas Bowring. The people of Tibet are said to be very gentle and kind : they are idolaters , and worship the god Fo , who , they think , lives within a man called the Grand Lama . The priests ... Tibet are said to be very gentle ...
Página 73
... Tibet ; south , by the Indian Ocean ; east , by the Bay of Bengal and the Birman Empire ; and west , by the Arabian Sea . The Himmalaya mountains , which are the highest in the world , run along the north , and separate this country ...
... Tibet ; south , by the Indian Ocean ; east , by the Bay of Bengal and the Birman Empire ; and west , by the Arabian Sea . The Himmalaya mountains , which are the highest in the world , run along the north , and separate this country ...
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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...