A Compendious System of Universal Geography, Designed for Schools: Compiled from the Latest and Most Distinguished European and American Travellers, Voyagers and Geographers
A Compendious System of Universal Geography, Designed for Schools: Compiled from the Latest and Most Distinguished European and American Travellers, Voyagers and Geographers
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 Excerpt: ...Chief Towns.--St. Augustine is the capital of EastFlorida, on the sea coast, lat. 295'. The town is fortified with bastions, inclosed with a ditch, and has a castk. Pensacola is the chief town of West-Florida, lat. 30 22'.' It has a good harbor. Religion.--The established religion is the Roman Catholic. The aboriginals ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 Excerpt: ...Chief Towns.--St. Augustine is the capital of EastFlorida, on the sea coast, lat. 295'. The town is fortified with bastions, inclosed with a ditch, and has a castk. Pensacola is the chief town of West-Florida, lat. 30 22'.' It has a good harbor. Religion.--The established religion is the Roman Catholic. The aboriginals have a tradition that their fathers came from the rising sun, that the voyage was long, and they on the point of perishing, when they discovered America. MEXICO, Or NEW SPAIN/-Situation and Extent, Miles. Length 2100 V, f 9 & 40 N. latitude. Breadth 1600/ Detween i8 & 50 W. long. Boundaries.--BOUNDED north by unexplored forests; east by Louisiana and the Gulf of mexico; south by the Isthmus of Darien; and west by the Pacific Ocean. Divisions.--This country is divided into Old Mexico, which is subdivided into three audiences, Galicia, Mexico, Guatemala; and Ne-'v-Mexico, subdivided into tw(c) 2?- Pratt. audiences, Apachiera and Tonora. California is a pen-insula on the west, yet in the possession of the savages, excepting a small town near the Cape of St. Lucar. Productions.--Twelve hundred-medicinal plants have been described;f pine apples and dates are natives. Olives, almonds and pomegranates flourish. Cotton, pepper, wheat and rice, are cultivated. Rivers.--Many of the rivers a-e large, falling into the Gulf of Mexico or Pacific Ocean. Among which are the Alvarado Gaudalaxara, and Nicaragua. Mountains.--A number of volcanoes are scattered over this country. Popocatepee, 33 miles from Mexi co, has a fiery vent, half a mile in diameter. Jurugo, a small hill, in 1760 burst with flames, and continuing; to pour forth fire and rocks has formed three mountains, 6 miles in circuit. Stones and Minerals.--Of these they have a' rich va
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