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Title: The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Murray, Hugh, 1779-1846 Wallace, William, 1768-1843 Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel), 1802-1887
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard
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age, are mostly Ciiristians; some arestill idolaters. The principal dialects are those of Beresow, Lwnpokol, Wass-i-gun, andNarym. Under the branch still uncertain are ranked the Hunniac, the Awar, the BulgOHan, and the Chazar. CHAPTER II. ENGL.AND. The British islands, placed nearly in the north-western angle of Europe, command pecu-liar advantages, no less for natural strength in war, than as an emporium of commerce inpeace : on the southern side, they are almost in contact with Franco, Holland, and Germany,for a^es the most enlightened and flourishing countries of the civilized world; on the east,a wide expanse of sea separates them from the bleak region of Scandinavia; on the west,they overlook the Atlantic Ocean, whose limit in another hemisphere is the coast of Ameri-ca; while, in the extreme north they may be almost said to face the unexplored expanse ofthe Polar Sea. Exclusive of the northern insular appendages, they may be considered as Fig. 103. MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 313
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Vol. I. 314 DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Part III. situated between the fiftieth and fifty-ninth degrees of north latitude, and between thesecond degree of east and the tenth of west longitude. They are geographically dividedinto two islands of unequal magnitude, Great Brittiin and Ireland: Britain, again, is dividedinto two unequal parts: England, which, including Wales, contains 57,960 square miles;and Scotland, which contains 30,500. The three, though united into one kingdom, respec-tively exhibit peculiarities which characterise them as distinct countries. It will, therefore,be requisite to describe each separately, commeaicing with England, tlie seat of empire andlegislation. The chapter which treats of England will afford the proper place for manydetails, particularly of a political nature, which are alike applicable to the two sistercountries. References lo the Map of the British Islands. E.VGLAND .Alnwick R .thbury Morpeth Rlytiie Newcastle He.xliaoi Billiiigham Carlisle Cockermouth

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