A Practical System of Modern Geography: Or, a View of the Present State of the World. Simplified and Adapted to the Capacity of Youth ... Accompanied by a New and Improved Atlas
A Practical System of Modern Geography: Or, a View of the Present State of the World. Simplified and Adapted to the Capacity of Youth ... Accompanied by a New and Improved Atlas
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...does Jamaica belong? lis Capital? To whom does Porto Rico belong? What is its Capital? What cluster of Islands lie about midway between Porto Rico and Nova Scotia1? B. GENERAL QUESTIONS ON THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA. What is the length of the Gulf of Mexico? Caribbean Sea? Hudson's Bay? Gulf of California? What is the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...does Jamaica belong? lis Capital? To whom does Porto Rico belong? What is its Capital? What cluster of Islands lie about midway between Porto Rico and Nova Scotia1? B. GENERAL QUESTIONS ON THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA. What is the length of the Gulf of Mexico? Caribbean Sea? Hudson's Bay? Gulf of California? What is the length of the Rocky Mountains? Alleghany Mountains? Cordilleras? How high is Popocatapell? How wido is the Atlantic Ocean? How wide is the Pacific Ocean? South American Indians. Q. What is the extent of South America? A. It extends from the straits of Magellan, to the isthmus of Darien, being 4,600 miles in lenyo, $ and 3,000 miles in its extreme width; containtts about 7,000,000 square miles. f. Q. Between what degrees of latitude and longitude i? s it lie? Vq A. Between 54 S. latitude and 12 N. latitude; and between 35 45' and 81 6'W. longitude. Q. For what is South America distinguished? A. For the fertility of its soil, the size and grandeur of its rivers, and the height and extent of its mountains. Its rich and extensive mines of sold, silver, platina, mercury and diamonds excel those of any other part of the globe. Its soil produces many valuable plants and shrubs which are found in no other country. Q. Which is the principal chain of mountains? A. The Andes, which extend the whole length of South America. The highest peak of the Andes is Chimborazo, 100 miles S. W. of Quito. It is more than 4 miles above the level of the sea. There are numerous volcanoes among the Andes. The most celebrated among them is Cotopaxi, 40 miles S. E. of Quito. It is 3 miles high, being much the loftiest volcano on the globe. Q. What can you say of the inhabitants of S. America? A. They are composed of various races: as Whiles, Civilised and Independent I...
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