A first book of geography: an abridgment of Rudiments of modern geography1849 |
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AFRICA Alps Arabia Atlantic Ocean Australia Baltic Black Sea BOUNDARIES.-North British America Cana'ries Cape CAPES.-Cape CAPITALS.-1 Caspian Caspian Sea cathedral celebrated Chief town Clew Bay Clyde Colombia commercial city comprehending continents Cork COUNTRIES.-1 Darien Dead Sea Donegal Dublin east Eastern Peninsula eastward Elbe Europe falls famous farther flows Foyle France Funen Galilee Galway German Ocean Gulf GULFS.-Gulf Half Tribe Harbour Head Hindostan Indian Ocean Inver Ireland Islands Isle Isthmus Italy junction Kingdom Lake LAKES.-Lake land large seaport Loch Lough manufactures Mediterranean Sea Meuse Mexico MOROC'co Mount Mountains mouth north-east north-west Northern Ocean northward Ouse Pacific Peak Perth Plata principal Provinces Red Sea Rhine river RIVERS.-The Russia Scotland Sea of Galilee second city Siberia South America south-east south-west southward Spain St George's Channel Straits STRAITS.-Straits Tartary Thames TOWNS.-In TOWNS.-Near Tribe of Manasseh tribe of Reuben Turkey in Asia Wales ward west coast Western westward Wigtown Zebulun
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Page 6 - An island is a smaller portion of land altogether surrounded by water. A peninsula is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. An isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two continents, or a peninsula and a continent.
Page 69 - Such is the passage, chap. x. ver. 14 ; where, after giving an account that the sun stood still upon Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Ajalon...
Page 5 - The Axis OF THE EARTH is an imaginary line passing through the centre of it...
Page 6 - The principal divisions of the water are oceans, seas, lakes, gulfs, bays, straits, and rivers. An ocean is a very large portion of salt water. A sea is a smaller portion of salt water. A lake is a body of water altogether surrounded by land.
Page 9 - South, the Mediterranean Sea, the Archipelago, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azof, and Mount Caucasus ; East, the Caspian Sea, the river Ural, and the Ural Mountains.
Page 14 - Durham and York ; the Ouse, in Yorkshire ; the Trent, in the counties of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln ; the Hum'ber, formed by the junction of the Ouse and the Trent ; the With'am, in...
Page 11 - Straits of Do'ver, joining the German Ocean and the English Channel ; Straits of Gibral'tar, joining the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ; Straits of Bonifa'cio, between Corsica and Sardinia ; Straits of Messi'na, between Italy and Sicily ; Dardanelles', joining the Archipelago and the Sea of Marmora; Straits or Channel of Constantino...
Page 11 - Archipelago, between Greece and Turkey in Asia ; Sea of Marmora, between Turkey in Europe and Turkey in Asia; Black Sea, between Russia and Turkey in Asia ; Sea of Azov, in the south of Russia.
Page 11 - Gulf of Riga, and Gulf of Finland, in the west of Russia ; Gulf of Bothnia, between Sweden and Russia ; North Sea or German Ocean, between Great Britain and the Continent ; St George's Channel, and Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland ; English Channel, between England and...
Page 13 - St Al'ban's Head, and Portland Point, in Dorsetshire; Start Point, in Devonshire; Liz'ard Point, and Land's End, in Cornwall ; St Da'vid's Head, in Pembroke ; Hol'yHead, in Anglesea; St Bees Head, in Cumberland.