An Epitome of Geography: With an AtlasHilliard, Gray & Company, 1837 - 165 pages |
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Page 4 - The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The...
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Page 20 - States now stretch from the Atlantic Ocean, on the east, to the Pacific, on the west, and from the Gulf of Mexico, on the south, to the British Possessions on the north.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Epitome of Geography: With an Atlas |
| Author | Joseph Emerson Worcester |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1837 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 165 pages |
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