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Africa Altay Mountains ancient Arabia Arctic Ocean Arracan Asia Atlantic Ocean Austria Ayres Baltic Baltic Sea Bavaria Brazil Britain British Islands British Possessions called canton canton of Switzerland Cape capital Carpathian Mountains Caspian Sea Channel chief towns China coast Colombia continent Cork Danube divided Dnieper Dublin duchy east east-the eastern Elbe Empire England Europe fall finest France French Frith Ganges Germany Guatimala Guiana Guinea Gulf Gulf of Guinea Harbour Head Himmalay Hindoostan Holland Hungary India Indies inlets Inverness Ireland Irish Sea Islands belong Isles Italy kingdom Lake land Lapland largest Levant Loch Lough Mediterranean Mexico Morea Mount Mountains mouth Name Ness northward noted Ouse Pacific Ocean Peninsula Persia Plata population Portugal province Rhine RIVER OR SEA RIVERS VERSIFIED Russia Scotland settlement shores Siberia Sicily South America Southern southward Spain Straits Sweden Switzerland Tartary territory Thames Thibet Turkey United Wales Warwickshire Waterford west-the zone
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Page 23 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Page 79 - Province, bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north and east by Spain (the northern boundary being formed by the Minho River), and on the south by Braga District.
Page 1 - Island is a much smaller portion of land, wholly surrounded by water. A Peninsula is land almost surrounded by water. An Isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two portions of land together.
Page 7 - ... French Republic is situated in Western Europe. It has land borders with Belgium to the north, Luxembourg to the north-east, Germany and Switzerland to the east, Italy and Monaco to the south-east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. It has coasts on the English Channel (La Manche) to the north-west, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Metropolitan France is divided into 95 départements, including the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
Page 7 - Theodosia, the Black Sea, the Straits of Constantinople, the Sea of Marmora, the Straits of the Dardanelles, and the Archipelago.
Page 88 - Maynooth, was founded in 1795, by an act of the Irish Parliament, for the education of the Catholic priesthood.
Page 17 - The Pacific Ocean to the east, and — The Indian Ocean to the south.
Page 48 - The Rio de la Plata is formed by the junction of the rivers Parana and Uruguay.
Page 45 - Fuego ; and the Straits of Le Maire, between Terra del Fuego and Staten Land.
Page 30 - Africa is one great Peninsula, joined to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez.