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Title: Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts. Part I. Geography taught as a science ... Part II. Local and civil geography ..
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Monteith, James
Subjects: Physical geography
Publisher: New York, Chicago (etc.) : A.S. Barnes and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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is St. John, the capital, which, with most ofthe villages, is situated on the south-east coast. 36. The Population of New Brunsvrick, Nova Scotia, New-foimdland, and Prince Edwards Island consists chiefly of emi-gi-ants fi-om the British Isles, or their descendants. 37. Newfoundland Formic a distinct colony, imder a governorappoin.ed Ijy the Biitish Crown, with a local legislature. 38. It was Discovered iu 1497 by John Cabot and his son Se-bastian, who sailed from England. The natives wore wild andunfriendly, clothed with the skins of animals, and painted withreddish clay. Xewfovmdland is said to have been firrt discovered in tlie lltli century, bytlie early colonists of Iceland and Greenland. Iceland \va.s settled in the 9thcentury, by Norwegians. jijtiTisn PRoriycEs. NAMES. P0FUI.ATIO». NAMES. POPUI.ATIOK. 2,136.30S 1,422,546 ■ 38T,800 390,449 Newfoundland Prince Edwards Island. British Columbia Manitoba 150,000 Oiiobec. 95,000 50,000 New Brunswick 12,397 COMPARATIVE TIME OF DAY.
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St.Paul I ..Walrus la QSt.George Is. ALEUTIAN ^W<^^o EXERCISES ON THE MAP. Bound the UNITED STATES. What is the capital of the Republic ? What is the <,encial dueetion of the Atlantic Coa.st ? Wh.at is the direction of the const of Maine ? Massachusetts ? Of that fromLong Island to Cape fiiarlcs ? Cape Charles to Cajie Ilat+eras ? Cai)e Flat-teras to the northern lionndary of Florida ? Of the eastern coast of Florida ? Wliat is the direction of the Pacific coast from Cape Flattery to Cape Men-docino ? Cape Mendocino to Lower California ? What p.rt of the northern boundary is furthest north ? On what parallel oflatitude is ti-.at part! What European city near that parallel ? (Soc Marpin nf M.-,;. i Name the lau.es and rivers on the northern bounilary ? Wliere is the most southem part of the northern boundary ? From what States and Territories can you enter British America witho-crossinff a lake or a river ? Wliat State is in the central part of the Union 1 Which is the most north

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