A class book of modern geography1859 |
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الصفحة 353 - There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf-stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater.
الصفحة 207 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
الصفحة 197 - Asia is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by Europe, the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
الصفحة 312 - It is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by...
الصفحة 259 - America is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean ; on the south by the Antarctic Ocean ; on the east by the Atlantic ; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
الصفحة 370 - Map of the Trojan War, with Plans 7 — The World, as known to the Ancients, according to D'Anville ! Empire of Persia at the time of Cyrus and Darius...
الصفحة 5 - The space comprehended between the tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle is the North Temperate Zone; and the similar space between the tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle is the South Temperate Zone.
الصفحة 363 - PHILIPS' NEW GENERAL ATLAS OF THE WORLD, comprehending Seventy-four Maps and Charts, delineating the Natural and Political Divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World ; constructed from the best Authorities, and embracing the latest Discoveries down to the date of publication; with a copious Consulting Index.