An easy introduction to the study of geography

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

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Persistenter Identifier:: PPN1736876759

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

Titel:: An easy introduction to the study of geography

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

Autor*in:: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Erscheinungsort:: Philadelphia, [Pa.]

Verlag:: Thomas, Cowperthwait

Dokumenttyp:: Monografie

Sammlung:: USA

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1848

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

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

Sprache:: Englisch

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

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Titel:: [Lesestücke 61-70]

Dokumenttyp:: Monografie

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146 PRIMARY GEOGRAFHY,. 10. Africa, for more than three hundred years past, Las furnished slaves to the people of various parts of the earth. Millions of these unhappy beings have been carried away from their country and friends, and doomed to laborious servitude in foreign lands. 11. Several of the inland parts of Africa have been visited hy Mungo Park, Captain Clapperton, the brothers Landers, and others. 12. These travellers have given to the world some account of the inhabitants, and productions; still, our knowledge of Africa is im- nerfect, and chiefly confined to the countries on the sea coasts. LESSON 71. OCEANICA,. 1. Ocmanıca is a very extensive region. It comprises the greater part of the Pacific Ocean, with the numer- Ous islands that are scattered over its surface. Malay- sia, Australasia, and Polynesia, are the chief divisions. 92. A few of these islands are large and populous: others are small, and have no inhabitants. Some of them contain lofty mountains and numerous volcanoes: the latter often cause dreadfül ravages, 3. Mau_aysıa includes the islands of Borneo, Suma- tra, Java, the Philippine, and Molucca, or Spice Islands, These produce sugar, coffee, rice, pepper, cloves, and nutmegs. Gold and diamonds abound in Borneo. 10. How long has Africa furnished slaves, &c.1— What have they been doomed to? 11. Who have visited several of the inland parts Of Africa? 12. What have these travellers given some account of! — What is our knowledge chiefly confined to? Qusstions. — 1. What does Oceanica comprise ? — Which are its chief divisions? 2. What are a few of those islands 1 — What do some of them contain? 3, What does Malaysia include ? — What do

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