The first catechism of geography. By rev. T. Wilson1843 |
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Page 26 - PORTUGAL. PORTUGAL is bounded on the north and east by Spain, and on the west and south by the Atlantic. Length, from north to south, 368 miles; breadth, from the Rock of Lisbon to the borders of Spain, 140 miles.
Page 34 - BOUNDARIES.—Germany is bounded on the north by the German Ocean, Denmark, and the Baltic; on the west by France, Belginm, and Holland ; on the south by Switzerland, Italy, the Adriatic, and Istria; and on the east by Prussia, Pusea, Poland, Galicia, Hungary, and Croatia. It extends from 44° 46...
Page 3 - A Gulf, or Bay, is a branch of some large division of water, extending into the laud.
Page 68 - A line supposed to be drawn round the earth at an equal distance from the poles.
Page 2 - What is a Continent ? A continent is a very large tract of land, as the continent of America or the continent of Europe.
Page 28 - Vesuvius, near Naples ; Etna, in Sicily ; and Stromboli, one of the Lipari Islands.