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 1-10]

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OF THE CLIMATE, &c. 17 Q. What is produced by the yearly motion of the earth? A. A change of seasons. Q. What is a change of seasons? . A. The change from winter to spring, from spring to summer, from summer to autumn, and from autumn to winter again. In winter the earth is covered with ice and snow. Spring is the time when the flowers are in blossom. Summer is the warm season of the year. In autumn, or fall, the flowers and plants decay, and the leaves drop from the trees. ' LESSON 11. OF CLIMATE, &c. . In some parts of the earth the climate, or weather, 1S very warm; in some it is extremely cold, and the ground is all the time covered with ice and snow. In Other parts the weather is mild and pleasant. The warmest regions of the earth are ! near the Equa- for. "The coldest regions are *near the Poles. "The Most pleasant, or temperate regions, are *within the femperate Zones. Q. 1. Where are the warmest regions of the earth ? Q. 2. Where are the coldest regions of the earth? Q. 3. Where are the most pleasant, or temperate regions? On the Map of the World you will learn where the warm, the cold; and the temperate regions of the earth, are situated. Among the principal nations of the earth, nearly all the people are employed in * ‚Agriculture, Manufachtres, and Commerce, ; % D)

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