An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection: Containing an Index to the Various Countries, Cities, Towns, Islands, &c., Represented on the Map ... Also, a General Description of the Five Great Divisions of the Globe, America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, &cR.L. Barnes, 1839 - Počet stran: 572 |
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Strana 129
... interior . The Company which en- joys the exclusive trade of Hudson's Bay , maintains several forts on its western shore ; they have also small forts on the leading lakes and rivers of the interior , called Houses , where they are ...
... interior . The Company which en- joys the exclusive trade of Hudson's Bay , maintains several forts on its western shore ; they have also small forts on the leading lakes and rivers of the interior , called Houses , where they are ...
Strana 130
... interior , are several smaller lakes , of which the principal is the Lake of the Woods , whose winding shores are 300 miles in circumference . Farther to the north - west is Lake Winnipeek . The name signifies muddy , and is descriptive ...
... interior , are several smaller lakes , of which the principal is the Lake of the Woods , whose winding shores are 300 miles in circumference . Farther to the north - west is Lake Winnipeek . The name signifies muddy , and is descriptive ...
Strana 131
... interior lakes . The trees are cut down during the winter by American axemen , who are peculiarly skilful ; and the busi- ness is attended with great hardship , both from the work itself , and the incle- The trees , when felled , are ...
... interior lakes . The trees are cut down during the winter by American axemen , who are peculiarly skilful ; and the busi- ness is attended with great hardship , both from the work itself , and the incle- The trees , when felled , are ...
Strana 132
... interior communications of Canada are almost solely by the river St. Law- rence and the lakes , which open a very extensive navigation into the country . It is seriously obstructed , however , between Montreal and Lake Ontario , where a ...
... interior communications of Canada are almost solely by the river St. Law- rence and the lakes , which open a very extensive navigation into the country . It is seriously obstructed , however , between Montreal and Lake Ontario , where a ...
Strana 133
... interior streams are the Saskatchawan , Winnipeek , and Red River , flowing into Lake Winnipeek ; and the Athabasca and Peace Rivers , emptying into Lake Athabasca : these may properly be considered head branches of the Mackenzie , as ...
... interior streams are the Saskatchawan , Winnipeek , and Red River , flowing into Lake Winnipeek ; and the Athabasca and Peace Rivers , emptying into Lake Athabasca : these may properly be considered head branches of the Mackenzie , as ...
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Strana 165 - State, which are distributed among the school districts in proportion to the number of children in each, between the ages...
Strana 145 - The legislative power is vested in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Strana 189 - Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Founder of the University of Virginia.
Strana 154 - A general diffusion of the advantages of education being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people ; to promote this important object, the legislature are authorized, and it shall be their duty to require, the several towns to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public schools...
Strana 169 - ... is entitled to vote unless he is possessed of a freehold estate of the value of 250 dollars, without any encumbrance.
Strana 145 - I hereby authorize you to draw on the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy of the United States, according as you may find your draughts will be most negotiable...
Strana 222 - The Legislature shall provide for a system of Common Schools, by which a school shall be kept up and supported in each district at least three months in every year : and any school district neglecting to keep up and support such a school, may be deprived of its proportion of the interest of the public fund during such neglect.
Strana 417 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Strana 236 - The amount of nutritive substance yielded by it, is to that of wheat, as 133 to 1, and to that of potatoes, as 44 to 1.
Strana 485 - Hindostan, as it now exists, the power of Britain appears entirely predominant This absolute sway of an island comparatively so small, over an empire of 100,000,000 inhabitants, situated nearly at its antipodes, and accessible only by so vast a circuit of ocean, presents one of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of the world.