Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe; Accompanied with Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables, Volume 5

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Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Atlases
 

Contents

United StatesNature of the CountryMountains Rivers Animals
57
MountainsProductionsUnknown Birds
63
General View
74
Interior of the Country
85
Icy Archipelago
86
Pretended VolcanoesDetails concerning the Columbia
91
The Soil and CountryIcy Peak
94
Nootka Island
99
RocksMountainsLavaVolcanoes
100
Provinces and Towns
106
Spermaceti
112
Soil and ClimateAgriculturePlantsForest Trees
118
QUEBEC Montreal 123125
123
French inhabitantsCharacter of the French settlers
129
Different TribesGaspé its ancient inhabitants
135
Newfoundland Dog PopulationTownsThe Bermudas
142
British and Irish Produce and Manufactures
148
Aspect of the CountryHistorical Sketch
149
Lakes and Swamps
156
The Indigenous GreenlandersTheir LanguageTheir
157
Flora of Southern States 163
163
Minerals 169
169
MaineNew Hampshire
172
New JerseyPennsylvania 181
181
86
182
Literature
187
DelawareMaryland 188
188
GeorgiaAlabamaMississippi 195
195
Newspapers
198
IndianaIllinoisMissouri
202
Persons Dress and OrnamentsHouses 214
214
Manners 221
221
Exceptions 15
227
Pay of Public Offices
234
TABLE of the Population of the United States in 1790 1800
253
87
257
TABLE of the Tonnage of each State and of the whole Union
260
90 91
264
Comparison of the Population
273
Singular Shape of the Rocks
279
BarsNavigation and WindsClimate
285
Dryness of the SoilLimits of perpetual Snow
290
AnimalsThe Dumb DogDomestic Animals 296
296
Is Working in the Mines pernicious?
302
Their talent for Painting and SculptureWant of Imagina
309
Tribes of New HanoverSculpture of the Salmon Indians
310
The MadeiraRiver of Para
358
The branch CasiquiareLakes without any outlet
362
Elevation of the Andes of QuitoStructure and Geologi
368
Region of the CinchonaRegion of the Grasses and Oaks
374
BOOK LXXXVII
380
ProductionsImportance of the Oronoko
387
Their resemblance to the Aztecs
391
Climate and TemperaturesRiversTemperature
393
Towns on the IsthmusTowns on the North or Atlantic
400
Pichincha Cotopaxi
406
Muyxan Calendar
412
Vegetable and Animal ProductionsWool
417
Towns of PeruEarthquakesCuzco 424
424
Bridge of RushesTowns of Southern Peru
431
Beard of the Americans 16
433
Decrease of Population
437
Immortality of the SoulMetempsychosis
443
PlantsAnimalsProvinces and Towns 449
449
Paraguay or Buenos AyresAspect of the Country
456
Provinces on the UraguayNative TribesTowns
461
BandittiProductions of Buenos Ayres
467
TradeTuyuThe PuelchesPampas
474
PlantsStraits of Magellan
480
EncomiendasRepartimientosPresent State of the Indians
486
Annual Produce of the Mines in Spanish America at the
493
SlaveryLiberty of the PressPublic Instruction
499
Supreme DirectorIndependence of the Colonists
501
BOOK XCI
507
TorrentsClimateThe Interior
513
Gold Mines 519
519
Aromatic PlantsMedicinal PlantsPoisonsForest Trees
524
Rapidity of their GrowthPlants used in Dyeing
525
Ecclesiastical DivisionsCourt of Justice
529
Town of San PauloPopulation
535
Sergippe
541
The TopinambosTribes in the InteriorThe Guaycoros
547
Ant BearsCancrophagus
559
BOOK XCIII
567
Climate and Season
569
Natives
575
ST DOMINGOMountains
581
VIRGIN ISLANDS
587
PopulationVolcanoesProductionsTowns
590
Towns and Harbours
596
A Hurricane
603
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Page iv - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 220 - ... within bow-shot of those they have destined to destruction. On a signal given by the chief warrior, to which the whole body makes answer by the most hideous yells, they all start up, and, discharging their arrows in the same instant, without giving their adversaries time to recover from the confusion into which they are thrown, pour in upon them with their warclubs or tomahawks. The Indians think there is little glory to be acquired from attacking their enemies openly in the field ; their greatest...
Page 602 - ... changed. by an optical illusion. The spectator observes sometimes a sand-bank rising out of the deep, or distant canoes in the red clouds, floating in an aerial sea, while their shadows, at the same time, are accurately delineated below them. This phenomenon, to which the French have given the name of mirage,* is not uncommon in equatorial climates. Europeans may admire the views in this archipelago! during -the cool temperature of the morning: the lofty mountains are adorned with thick foliage...
Page 222 - If you tell an Indian that his children have greatly signalized themselves against an enemy, have taken many scalps, and brought home many prisoners, he does not appear to feel any strong emotions of pleasure on the occasion ; his answer generally is —
Page 221 - The warriors, for such it is only who commonly suffer this punishment, now perform in a more prolix manner this sad solemnity. They recount with an audible voice all the brave actions they have performed, and pride themselves in the number of enemies they have killed. In this rehearsal they spare not even their tormentors, but strive by every provoking tale they can invent, to irritate and insult them.
Page 308 - During the time it was exposed, he adds, ' 'the court of the University was crowded with people, most of whom expressed the most decided anger and contempt. Not so, however, all the Indians. I attentively marked their countenances; not a smile escaped them, or even a word — all was silence and attention. In reply to a joke of one of the students, an old Indian remarked, 'It is true we have three very good Spanish gods, but we might still have been allowed to keep a few of those of our ancestors.
Page 602 - In order to make our readers better acquainted with this country, we shall attempt to describe a morning in the Antilles. For this purpose, let us watch the moment when the sun, appearing through a cloudless and serene atmosphere, illumines with his rays the summits of the mountains, and gilds the leaves of the plantain and orange trees. The plants are spread over with gossamer of fine and transparent silk, or gemmed with dewdrops, and the vivid hues of industrious insects, reflecting unnumbered...
Page 603 - Frequent changes take place in the thermometer, which rises sometimes from eighty to ninety degrees.* Darkness extends over the earth ; the higher regions gleam with lightning. The impending storm is first observed on the sea, foaming mountains rise suddenly from its clear and motionless surface. The wind rages with unrestrained fury ,• its noise may be compared to the distant thunder.
Page 221 - ... those who have been judged worthy of them. The women are usually distributed to the men, from whom they do not fail of meeting with a favourable reception. The boys and girls are taken into the families of such as have need of them, and are considered as slaves; and it is not uncommon that they are sold in the same capacity to the American traders who come among them. The Indians have no idea of moderating the ravages of war, by sparing their prisoners, and entering into a negotiation with the...
Page 6 - They behold the paramos, or mountain ridges, covered with snow, which continues upon some of the summits almost the whole year, while, at the distance of a few leagues, an intense and often sickly degree of heat suffocates the inhabitants of the ports of Vera Cruz and of Guayaquil. These two climates produce each a different system of vegetation. The flora of the torrid zone forms a border to the fields and groves of Europe. Such a remarkable proximity as this cannot fail of frequently occasioning...

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