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 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 60
עמוד 10
... thence reflected in every direc- tion ; in this way day - light is produced , even when the whole hemifphere is covered with clouds . Winds . ] Wind is air put in motion ; the fwifter this motion , and the more denfe the air , the ...
... thence reflected in every direc- tion ; in this way day - light is produced , even when the whole hemifphere is covered with clouds . Winds . ] Wind is air put in motion ; the fwifter this motion , and the more denfe the air , the ...
עמוד 15
... thence he went over to the Continent - difcovered the bay of Honduras ; thence failed along the main fhore easterly 200 leagues , to Cape Gracias a Dios , Veragua , Porto Bello and the Gulf of Darien . The jealous and avaricious ...
... thence he went over to the Continent - difcovered the bay of Honduras ; thence failed along the main fhore easterly 200 leagues , to Cape Gracias a Dios , Veragua , Porto Bello and the Gulf of Darien . The jealous and avaricious ...
עמוד 16
... . Gulf Stream . ] The Gulf Stream is a remarkable current in the Ocean , of a circular form , beginning on the coast of Africa , in the climates where the the trade winds blow wefterly , thence running across the 16 DESCRIPTION of AMERICA .
... . Gulf Stream . ] The Gulf Stream is a remarkable current in the Ocean , of a circular form , beginning on the coast of Africa , in the climates where the the trade winds blow wefterly , thence running across the 16 DESCRIPTION of AMERICA .
עמוד 17
... thence running across the Atlantic , and between the Islands of Cuba and South America into the Bay of Mexico , from which it finds a paffage between Cape Florida and the Bahama Islands , and runs north - easterly along the American ...
... thence running across the Atlantic , and between the Islands of Cuba and South America into the Bay of Mexico , from which it finds a paffage between Cape Florida and the Bahama Islands , and runs north - easterly along the American ...
עמוד 22
... thence northward to Cape Razo , in latitude 46 ° north , in fearch of a north - weft paffage to the East Indies . 1534 ] In the fpring of 1534 , by the direction of Francis I. a fleet was fitted out at St. Malo's in France , with defign ...
... thence northward to Cape Razo , in latitude 46 ° north , in fearch of a north - weft paffage to the East Indies . 1534 ] In the fpring of 1534 , by the direction of Francis I. a fleet was fitted out at St. Malo's in France , with defign ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...