| Thomas Keith - 1826 - 400 páginas
...north by the Mediterranean Sea ; on the east by the Isthmus of Suez, which joins it to Asia, and by the Red Sea; on the south by Nubia; and on the west by the deserts of Barca and Libya. Alexandria is situated on the coast of Lower Egypt, on the borders... | |
| James Thomson - 1827 - 1012 páginas
...Boundaries. — Egypt is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the Isthmus of Sue? and the Red Sea, on the south by Nubia, and on the west by the Libyan Desert.* DIVISIONS. CHIEF TOWNS. Lower Egypt, or Bahari _ CAiHO,f Alexandria, Rasc£:... | |
| John White - 1836 - 234 páginas
...the North by the Northern Ocean ; on the West, by Europe, the Black Sea, the Archipelago, the Levant, the Isthmus of Suez, and the Red Sea ; on the South, by the Indian Ocean ; and on the East, by the Pacific Ocean. COUNTRIES in Asia with their CHIEF TOWNS.... | |
| Edward Cresy - 1847 - 912 páginas
...skill, particularly in engineering, had its rise on the hanks of the Nile. '1 his country is bounded on the east by the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea, on the south by Nubia, on the west by Libya, and on the north by the Mediterranean; its length from north to south is about... | |
| Richmal Mangnall - 1848 - 498 páginas
...; hence we call it Egypt. 3. Egypt is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea, on the south by Nubia, and on the west by the Lybian desert. 4. The antiquity of Egypt must be allowed to be very great. The Mosaic writings... | |
| Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 páginas
...disyorriing at seven mouths Into the sea." MILTON. EGYPT, in Africa, comprising the valley of the Nile, is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean ; on...Red Sea ; on the south by Nubia ; and on the west by the Lybian desert. It is a country which, in all periods of civilisation, has been remarkable for... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1855 - 628 páginas
...writers ascribe to him the building of Thebes' also ; but some suppose that Thebes was built many neon, on the east by the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea, on the south by Nubia, and on the wost by the Great Desert and the province of Barca. Tbc cultivated portion of Egypt, embraced moeüy... | |
| William Hughes - 1856 - 744 páginas
...the north-eastern part of Africa : it is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the Red Sea, on the south by Nubia, and on the west by the Libyan desert. The lowest of the cataracts (or the first, in ascending the river) marks the... | |
| MARCUS WILLSON - 1864 - 860 páginas
...writers ascribe to him the building of Thebes4 also; but some suppose that Thebes was built many lean, on the east by the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea, on the south by Nubia, and on the west by the Creat Desert and the province of Barca. The cultivated portion of Egypt, embraced mostly within... | |
| Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 páginas
...Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmora, the Archipelago, the Levant, the Isthmus of Suez, and the Red Sea ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the East by the Pacific Ocean. The population is about 600,000,000. It is... | |
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