 | Mrs. Roberts (Margaret Wade) - Child rearing - 1812 - 312 pages
...own country, which we must all love. That is the top of the map, the north you know ; the bottom is the south $ the right hand the east ^ and the left hand the west. The cardinal, points are now all placed leady to receive the dear little island and all its counties... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...each other, as well as to the cardinal points, appears by inspection ; the top of the map being always the north, the bottom the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west; unless the compass, usually annexed, show the contrary. MARALDI (JAMES PHILIP), a learned astronomer... | |
 | Margaret Roberts - 1815 - 308 pages
...own country, which we must all love. That is the top of the map, the north you know, the bottom is the south; the right hand the east; and the left hand the west. The cardinal points are now all placed ready to receive the dear little island and all its counties;... | |
 | Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 704 pages
...represent the parallels of latitude. Then the upper part of the chart will represent the north, the lower the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west (which is generally supposed in charts, unless the contrary is expressly mentioned.) If the Chart does... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 710 pages
...represent the parallels of latitude. Then the upper part of the chart will represent the north, the lower the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west (which is generally supposed in charts, unless the contrary is expressly mentioned.) If the Chart does... | |
 | 1836 - 48 pages
...particular portions of the earth, or of particular countries. The top of a map ia the north, the bottom south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west, unless the country is indicated by a. fleur-de-lis, which points to the north. 2. The lines drawn across... | |
 | Atlases - 1843 - 64 pages
...GLOBE. A map is a picture of the whole or of a portion of the earth's surface. The top of the picture is the north, the bottom the south ; the right hand the east, and the left hand the west. The map is crossed from north to south and from east to west by curved lines. On a circular map of... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 864 pages
...the parallels of latitude. Then the upper part of the ••ban will represent the north, the lower the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west (which is generally supposed in charts, unless the contrary is expressly ruf-ntioned). If the chart... | |
 | Great Britain - 1851 - 268 pages
...just where the sun is at noon. So, the top of the map, or that part to which you are looking, will be the north, the bottom the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west. That part between the north and the east is called the north-east ; that between the north and the... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...Maps are pictures of the earth, or parts of its surface. The top of a map is generally the North, and the bottom the South, the right hand the East, and the left the West. 17. In the Map of the World both sides of the earth are presented to view at once ; each... | |
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So, the top of the map, or that part to which you are looking, will be the north, the bottom the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west. 
