Easy Introduction to ... Geography

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The author, 1830
 

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Page 4 - 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 etching historical and other prints.
Page 4 - In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, " 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...
Page 16 - The direct rays of the sun will migrate back and forth across the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5° north and south of the equator, respectively.
Page 26 - CAPE or lleadlnnil runs out into the sea; and if elevated or mountainous, it is called a PROMONTORY. An ISTHMUS^ is a narrow neck of land, connecting two larger portions together.
Page 50 - It is bounded north by Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence, and Lower Canada; east by Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut; south by the Atlantic Ocean, New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, and north-west by Pennsylvania and Lake Erie.
Page 177 - This country is bounded north by Scotland, east by the German Ocean, south by the English channel, which separates it from France, and west by St. George's channel, which separates it from Ireland.
Page 48 - States, bounded north by Massachusetts, east by Rhode Island, south by Long Island Sound, and west by New York ; area, 4,674 square miles ; pop.
Page 111 - Bounded north by Lower Canada; east by the Gulf of St. Lawrence; south by the Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia; and west by the United States.
Page 68 - ... exclusive legislation of Congress was to secure the entire independence of the General Government from' undue State influence and to enable it to discharge without danger of interruption or infringement of its authority the high functions for which it was created by the people. For this important purpose it was ceded to the United States by Maryland and Virginia, and it certainly never could have been contemplated as one of the objects to be attained by placing it under the exclusive jurisdiction...
Page 39 - ... state is vested in a Supreme Judicial Court, and such other courts as the Legislature may, from time to time, establish. The Judges are appointed by the Governor and Council, and hold their offices during good behavior, but not beyond the age of 70 years. The state of Maine is bounded northwest and north by Lower Canada, east by New Brunswick, south by the Atlantic ocean, and west by New Hampshire. It is situated between 43° 5', and 48° 3

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