Geography and History,C. Law; F. C. and J. Rivington; Scatcherd and Company; J. Walker; Darton, Harvey, and Darton; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Mawman; B. Crosby and Company; and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1813 - 374 páginas |
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... Asia ... 133 . LXIV . Of Asia ... 134 LXV . Of Asia .. 136 LXVI . Of Turkey , in Asia ... 139 LXVII . Of Turkey , in Asia 140 · LXVIII . Of Arabia ... ..143 LXIX . Of Arabia .. LXX . Of Persia LXXI . Of Persia < LXXH . Of India 144 147 ...
... Asia ... 133 . LXIV . Of Asia ... 134 LXV . Of Asia .. 136 LXVI . Of Turkey , in Asia ... 139 LXVII . Of Turkey , in Asia 140 · LXVIII . Of Arabia ... ..143 LXIX . Of Arabia .. LXX . Of Persia LXXI . Of Persia < LXXH . Of India 144 147 ...
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... Asia , Africa , and America . An island , is a tract of land , entirely surrounded by water ; as , Great - Britain and Ireland . A peninsula , is a tract of land almost surrounded with water , and joining to the main land by some narrow ...
... Asia , Africa , and America . An island , is a tract of land , entirely surrounded by water ; as , Great - Britain and Ireland . A peninsula , is a tract of land almost surrounded with water , and joining to the main land by some narrow ...
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... Asia . To these have been added , by the discoveries of modern navigators , the Pacific Ocean , commonly called the Great South Sea , between America and Asia ; and the Antarctic Icy Sea , or Ocean , which surrounds the South Pole . A ...
... Asia . To these have been added , by the discoveries of modern navigators , the Pacific Ocean , commonly called the Great South Sea , between America and Asia ; and the Antarctic Icy Sea , or Ocean , which surrounds the South Pole . A ...
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... Asia , Africa , and America ; each division having several islands belonging to it . The ancients were acquainted only with Europe , Asia , and Africa , which are therefore frequently called the Old World . America , by far the largest ...
... Asia , Africa , and America ; each division having several islands belonging to it . The ancients were acquainted only with Europe , Asia , and Africa , which are therefore frequently called the Old World . America , by far the largest ...
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... Asia ; Ham , over Africa ; and Japhet over Europe . There are various conjectures respecting the peopling of America . SECTION IV . OF EUROPE . EUROPE is bounded on the North , by the Frozen Ocean ; South , by the Mediterranean Sea ...
... Asia ; Ham , over Africa ; and Japhet over Europe . There are various conjectures respecting the peopling of America . SECTION IV . OF EUROPE . EUROPE is bounded on the North , by the Frozen Ocean ; South , by the Mediterranean Sea ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Africa America ancient Arabia Asia Atlantic Ocean Baltic Baltic Sea beautiful belonging bounded brass meridian Britain British broad Cæsar called Cape capital Caspian Sea celebrated chief towns CHRIST Circles coast contains degrees Denmark divided dominions Ducal Prussia Dutch earth East Eastern eclipse Ecliptic Egypt emperor empire England English Equator Europe famous fertile formerly France French fruits Germany globe Greek Gulf Gulf of Venice Hindoostan Holland Hungary India inhabitants Ireland islands Isles Italy Julius Cæsar king kingdom lakes land London longitude lying manufactures Mediterranean Mediterranean Sea miles long moon mountains North latitude northern Ocean painter peninsula Persia poet Poland Pole port Portugal Portuguese possession prince principal Rivers produces provinces Prussia reckoned religion Roman Saracens Scotland SECTION SECTION ships situated South southern sovereign Spain Spaniards Straits Sun's place Sweden Swisserland Tartary tract trade Turkey Turks Wales West Western
Pasajes populares
Página 260 - Only double the time of the sun's rising that day, and it gives the length of the night ; double the time of its setting and it gives the length of the day.
Página 26 - ... temporal , who sit, together with the king, in one house, and the commons, who sit by themselves in another. And the king and these three estates, together, form the great corporation or body politic of the kingdom, of which the king is said to be caput, principium, et finis.
Página 255 - IV. — To find the Sun's place in the Ecliptic at any time. The month and day being given, look for the same on the wooden horizon! and over against the day you will find the particular sign and degree in which the sun is at that time.
Página 8 - Eoro, the Tagus, and the Douro, in Spain ; the Po, in Italy ; the Thames, and the Severn, in England ; and the Shannon, in Ireland. 3. The principal mountains in Europe are the Daarne Fields, between Norway and Sweden ; Mount...
Página 315 - Harold, kmg of Denmark, dethroned by his subjects, for being a Christian. 828 Egbert, king of Wessex, unites the Heptarchy, by the name of England.
Página 261 - To find the Length of the longest and shortest Days and Nights in any Part of the World. Elevate the pole according to the latitude of the given place, and bring the first degree of Cancer to the brass meridian (if the given place be in north latitude,) and set the index to twelve ; then brin...
Página xiv - Chronology : or a Catalogue of Monarchs, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Conquest of William, Duke of Normandy : to which are added Chronological Tables of English History, from the Conquest to the present Reign...
Página 338 - Fontenoy. The rebellion breaks out in Scotland, and the Pretender's army defeated by the duke of Cumberland, at Culloden, April 16, 1746. 1746 British Linen Company erected. 1748 The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, by which a restitution of all places, taken during the war, was to be made on all sides.
Página 259 - ... to the brass meridian, and set the index to 12; then turn the sun's place to the eastern edge of the wooden horizon, and the index will point...
Página 321 - Scotland, dies, and that kingdom is disputed by twelve candidates, who submit their claims to the arbitration of Edward, king of England ; which lays the foundation of a long and desolating war between both nations.