An easy introduction to the study of geography

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

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Persistent identifier:: PPN1736876759

URN:: urn:nbn:de:0220-gd-20616770

Title:: An easy introduction to the study of geography

Shelfmark:: USA G-23(1,1848)

Author:: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Place of publication:: Philadelphia, [Pa.]

Publisher:: Thomas, Cowperthwait

Document type:: Monograph

Collection:: USA

Publication year:: 1848

Edition title:: Revised edition, ... printed from an entire new set of stereotype plates [Electronic ed.]

Copyright:: Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien | Georg-Eckert-Institut

Language:: English

Subtitle:: designed for the instruction of children in schools and families ; illustrated by one hundred and twenty engravings and fourteen maps

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Title:: [Lesestücke 41-50]

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98 PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY. 6. The Dutch are great smokers, and are honest, industrious, and [rugal. Their orchards and gardens are kept in the neatest manner. The commerce of Holland is very great, and there are many persons engaged in fishing. 7. Amsterdam, the chief city, is a place of great trade: the streets and houses are kept remarkably clean. A town called the Hague is the capital of Holland. Haarlem contains the largest organ in the world. This place is noted for its great trade in flowers, especially tulips. Saardan is a town of wooden houses, which are all painted green, 8. BeLcıum, or FLANDERS, IS one of the most populous and best cultivated countries in Europe. It has long been noted for its various manufactures. 9. The people of this country are called Belgians: they resemble the Dutch, but speak the French language. There are many schools in this country, and almost every 0ne can read and write, Brussels is the capital: Antwerp and Ghent are important cities. 10. A number of famous battles have been fought, at various times, ın Belgium ; the last occurred at Waterloo, in the ycar 1815. In this contest, Napoleon Bonaparte, the emperor of the French, was de- feated, and many thousand soldiers were killed on both sides. LESSON 51. GREAT BRITAIN, ENGLAND WALES. 1. Tuz unıteD Kınenom or Great BRITAIN AND IRE- „AND comprises England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: these countries, with numerous colonies in various quar- ters of the earth, form the British Empire. Dutch? — In what are there many persons engaged? 7. What is Amsterdam ?— What does Haarlem contain? 8. What is Belgium * —_ What are the inhabitants called? 9, What language do the Bel- ıians speak? 10. When was the battle of Waterloo fought? QuzeTtions, — 1. What does the United Kingdom comprise? — What do these countries, &c., form? 2, For what has this kingdom

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