Mitchell's Primary Geography: An Easy Introduction to the Study of Geography: Designed for the Instruction of Children in Schools and Families ...Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1845 - Geography |
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Page 12 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 57 - British possessions, east by the Atlantic Ocean, south by the Gulf of Mexico and the States of Mexico, and west by the Pacific Ocean.
Page 29 - The space comprehended between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle is the North Temperate Zone; and the similar space between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle is the South Temperate Zone.
Page 77 - George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison * John Tyler James K.
Page 4 - The introduction of moral and religious sentiments into books designed for the instruction of young persons, is calculated to improve the heart, and elevate and expand the youthful mind ; accordingly...
Page 134 - ... 8. At a later period Jenghis Khan [Jeng'-is Kan'], a Tartar, and afterwards Tamerlane, a Turkish conqueror, commanded armies which contained hundreds of thousands of men. They subdued many nations and countries, and converted some of the finest regions of Asia into barren wastes. 9. The discovery of a passage to India around the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1498, is one of the most remarkable incidents connected with this part of the earth, that has ever occurred.
Page 55 - Union cor prises four States. It is bounded, on the north, by Canada ; east, by New England, and the Atlantic Ocean; south, by Maryland and Virginia; and west, by Ohio and Canada. Point out, on the Map, New York — New Jersey — Pennsylvania — Delaware. These are the Middle States. --^_ New York is the largest of the Middle' States ; Pennsylvania is the second in extent ; New Jersey is the third ; Delaware is the smallest.
Page 81 - It is also smaller in extent. South America is bounded, on the north, by the Caribbean Sea ; east, by the Atlantic Ocean ; and west, by the Pacific Ocean.
Page 31 - If the plane of the equator were extended every way to the starry heavensj' the circle it would make among the stars is called the celestial equator. It is from the equator that latitude on the earth is reckoned. All places between the equator and the north pole are in north latitude, and all places between the equator and the south pole are in south latitude. The latitude is greater, as the place is farther from the equator and nearer the poles. All circles, passing round the earth from west to...
Page 145 - ... several different writers, but some parts of this poem may be Caedmon's own work. The Genesis, like Milton's Paradise Lost, has for its subject matter the fall of man and its consequences. The Exodus, the work of an unknown writer, is a poem of much originality, on the escape of the children of Israel from Egypt, their passage through the Red Sea, and the destruction of Pharaoh's host. The Daniel, an uninteresting poem of 765 lines, paraphrases portions of the book of Daniel relating to Nebuchadnezzar's...