A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A General Description of All the Considerable Countries in the World: Compiled from the Latest European and American Geographies, Voyages and Travels : Designed for Schools and AcademiesThomas and Whipple, 1810 - 370 Seiten |
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... water . In latitudes remote from the equator , islands are warm- er in winter than continents , and cooler in summer . † Encyclopedia . * Aikin , Cottineau . They partake of the more equal temperature of the sur- 12 INTRODUCTION .
... water . In latitudes remote from the equator , islands are warm- er in winter than continents , and cooler in summer . † Encyclopedia . * Aikin , Cottineau . They partake of the more equal temperature of the sur- 12 INTRODUCTION .
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... winter warmer than the land . Countries covered with woods , are colder than those which are cultivated . * In every part of the world , the power of climate has a decisive influence on the human character . On each side the equator ...
... winter warmer than the land . Countries covered with woods , are colder than those which are cultivated . * In every part of the world , the power of climate has a decisive influence on the human character . On each side the equator ...
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... zones include that portion of the earth , ly- ing between the polar circles and the poles , each being 23 ° 30 from the pole . There is the empire of terrific winter ; nearly six months of day and night , INTRODUCTION . 15.
... zones include that portion of the earth , ly- ing between the polar circles and the poles , each being 23 ° 30 from the pole . There is the empire of terrific winter ; nearly six months of day and night , INTRODUCTION . 15.
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... winter ; nearly six months of day and night , alternately , are the only change of seasons . Latitude is the distance of any place from the equator . North of the equator is north latitude ; south , is south latitude . Longitude is the ...
... winter ; nearly six months of day and night , alternately , are the only change of seasons . Latitude is the distance of any place from the equator . North of the equator is north latitude ; south , is south latitude . Longitude is the ...
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... winter of a thousand years . " The Alleghany mountains extend from Georgia to Hud- son's river . * Inhabitants . - How the first inhabitants could reach this continent is not , since the late discoveries in geog- raphy , considered a ...
... winter of a thousand years . " The Alleghany mountains extend from Georgia to Hud- son's river . * Inhabitants . - How the first inhabitants could reach this continent is not , since the late discoveries in geog- raphy , considered a ...
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Seite 340 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Seite 329 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 264 - Turks may exercise a shadow of jurisdiction, but his pride is reduced to solicit the friendship of a people, whom it is dangerous to provoke and fruitless to attack.
Seite 5 - The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The...
Seite 28 - In most cases, the estimated areas of these lakes are to be considered as mere approximations to the truth. Even with regard to European lakes, the authorities in some cases differ. * Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world.
Seite 262 - to eat his morsel alone," placing himself upon the highest spot of ground in the neighbourhood, called out thrice, with a loud voice to all his brethren,
Seite 265 - Caaba, and kissed the black stone: seven times they visited and adored the adjacent mountains: seven times they threw stones into the valley of Mina: and the pilgrimage was achieved, as at the present hour, by a sacrifice of sheep and camels, and the burial of their hair and nails in the consecrated ground.
Seite 264 - When they advance to battle, the hope of victory is in the front; in the rear, the assurance of a retreat. Their horses and camels, who in eight or ten days can perform a march of four or five hundred miles, disappear before the conqueror ; the secret waters of the desert elude his search; and his victorious troops are consumed with thirst, hunger, and fatigue, in the pursuit of an invisible foe, who scorns his efforts, and safely reposes in the heart of the burning solitude.
Seite 89 - The legislative power is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives.
Seite 298 - W., five leagues and a half distant from the .east point of La Dominica, which is the largest of all the isles, extending east and west six: leagues.