Elements of geography, for the use of young children, by the author of 'Stories from the history of England'. |
Términos y frases comunes
Antarctic Ocean Arabian Sea Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Australasia Baltic Bay of Bengal Bay of Fundy Bight or Bay Black Sea Botany Bay bounded British America capital cities Charibbean Sea chief Bays chief Capes chief Countries chief Gulfs chief Islands chief Lakes chief Mountains chief Peninsulas chief Rivers chief Seas chief Straits child China Sea coast Countries and Capitals Diemen's Land division east side England English entrance Europe Geography globe Guinea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Persia Gulf of Siam Gulfs and Bays Hindoostan Indian Ocean Indian Ocean South Ireland Isthmus Italy Kingdom land and water lantic Malacca Mediterranean Morocco Mozambique Naples Netherlands North Sea Northern Atlantic Northern Pacific Pacific Ocean POLYNESIA portion of water Red Sea runs shore of Australia Siberia Sicily side of Africa sometimes called South America South it comes sovereign Spain Sumatra Tartary Terra del Fuego West India Islands west side Zealand
Pasajes populares
Página iv - ... faculty of the learner has acquired some degree of power : — but the second branch, which relates to the names and situations of places, is a mere matter of memory, which a child not only may be, but is best, taught by rote, and without any reference to his reason. Now, all the books of Geography (which I have met with) begin with the more abstruse and difficult, and postpone the more easy and technical parts of the study. This order I have reversed. I endeavour to impress upon the mind, in...
Página 57 - It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and South America, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Página 43 - Straits of Malacca, between Malacca and Suma'tra ; Straits of Sunda, between Sumatra and Java ; Straits of...