| Geography - 1820 - 352 pages
...MAP is a representation of the earth, or any part of it, upon paper or any plane surface. In general, the top of a Map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Cities and towns are represented by an ° ; rivers, by black lines, bending... | |
| Hosea Hildreth - Geography - 1829 - 158 pages
...that the words, Vermont, New Hampshire, may be toward the north also ; then the top of the map will be north, the bottom, south, the right hand, east, the left hand, west. With the aid of the map, you wilLeasily learn, that Vermont and New Hampshpk touch, or bound Massachusetts... | |
| Jacob Willetts - Geography - 1831 - 220 pages
...as Long Island Sound. OF MAPS. A Map is the representation of the earth or any part of it on paper. •The top of a map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, the left hanJ west. The equator or equinoctial line is an imaginary circle surrounding the earth from east to... | |
| Hosea Hildreth - Children - 1831 - 164 pages
...that the words, Vermont, New Hampshire, may be toward the north also ; then the top of the map will be north, the bottom, south, the right hand, east, the left hand, west. With the aid of the map, you will easily learn, that Vermont and New Hampshire touch, or bound Massachusetts... | |
| Barnum Field - Geography - 1840 - 168 pages
...countries. DEFINITIONS IN MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY. A Map is the representation of the earth, or any part of it,upon a plain surface. There are four cardinal...part. SW part. Northern, part. Interior part. S. part. N.Ecstern. part. Eastern part. SE part. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through... | |
| Jacob Willetts - Geography - 1841 - 192 pages
...pole, the southern extremity, the south pole. ft. What is the top, bottom, &c., of a map called 1 A. The top of a map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. d. How may we always know which way is east, and which way is west 1 A. The... | |
| Joseph Guy - Geography - 1852 - 150 pages
...Map is an illustrated view of the whole globe, or some parts of its surface, delineated on a plane. The top of a map is north, the bottom south, the right side east, and the left side west. MAP OF THE WORLD. The Map of the World is divided into two Hemispheres.... | |
| James Douglas (Ph.D.) - Geography - 1871 - 194 pages
...in west longitude. A representation of the earth, or of any particular part of it, is called a Map. The top of a map is north; the bottom, south; the right hand side, east; and the left hand side, west. In a map of the world, the longitude is marked on the equator,... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1879 - 248 pages
...compass has a face like that of a clock, and a needle, one end of which always points to the north. 3. The top of a map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. vv cab. oft' en p6u-plo some-times weath'er tow^or bear-ing let-ters look'injj... | |
| National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1888 - 844 pages
...direction, when he permitted them to point to the top of the map, which was hanging on the wall, as north, the bottom, south, the right hand, east, the left hand, west, when the map fell down the little boy would not have failed to point out the north. I never saw a child... | |
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