The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - 536 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... land and water , and is therefore called terraqueous . About one fourth of the furface of the globe is land ; the other three - fourths are water . The common divifions of the land and water are as follow : The divifions of land are ...
... land and water , and is therefore called terraqueous . About one fourth of the furface of the globe is land ; the other three - fourths are water . The common divifions of the land and water are as follow : The divifions of land are ...
Pagina 12
... land joining a pe- ninfula to the main land ; as the ifth- mus of Darien , which joins North and South America ; and the ifth- mus of Seuz , which unites Afia and Africa . V. Promontories . ] A promontory is a mountain or hill extending ...
... land joining a pe- ninfula to the main land ; as the ifth- mus of Darien , which joins North and South America ; and the ifth- mus of Seuz , which unites Afia and Africa . V. Promontories . ] A promontory is a mountain or hill extending ...
Pagina 14
... land , feveral times mutinied , threatened once to throw their admiral over- board , and repeatedly infifted on his returning . Columbus , on these try- ing occafions , difplayed all that cool deliberation , prudence , foothing ad ...
... land , feveral times mutinied , threatened once to throw their admiral over- board , and repeatedly infifted on his returning . Columbus , on these try- ing occafions , difplayed all that cool deliberation , prudence , foothing ad ...
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... land ; and that the conftant attrition of the waters of the Gulf Stream , has worn it to its prefent form . The water in the Gulf of Mexico is faid to be many yards higher , than on the weftern fide of the continent in the Pacific Ocean ...
... land ; and that the conftant attrition of the waters of the Gulf Stream , has worn it to its prefent form . The water in the Gulf of Mexico is faid to be many yards higher , than on the weftern fide of the continent in the Pacific Ocean ...
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... land which he made on the coaft was a Cape , which , in honour to the queen , he called Queen Elizabeth's Foreland . In coafting northerly he difcovered the ftraits which bear his name . He profecuted his fearch for a paffage into the ...
... land which he made on the coaft was a Cape , which , in honour to the queen , he called Queen Elizabeth's Foreland . In coafting northerly he difcovered the ftraits which bear his name . He profecuted his fearch for a paffage into the ...
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The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United ... Jedidiah Morse Volledige weergave - 1792 |
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Pagina 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Pagina 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Pagina 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Pagina 35 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Pagina 35 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Pagina 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Pagina 35 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Pagina 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Pagina 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Pagina 366 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from...