An epitome of geography, with an atlas - Softcover

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. 1834 Excerpt: ... Antwerp and Rotterdam? Ghent and Liege? 33. What other towns are mentioned, and for what noted? Questions On The Map. Denmark.--1. From what is Denmark separated by the Skager Rack and Cattegat? 2. Where are the islands of Zealand and Funen? 3. How is Copenhagen situated? 4. Elsinore? 5. Kiel? 6. Where is Iceland? 7. What circle crosses the northern part? 8. On what part of it is Mount Hecla? Prussia.--9. What rivers are there in the eastern or main part of Prussia? 10. What river crosses the western part? 11. How is Cologne situated? 12. What towns in Prussia are on or near the Baltic? 13. What in the northeast? 14. How is Berlin situated? 15. Breslau? 16. Stettin? 17 Dantzic? 18. Thorn? 19. Which way from Copenhagen is Berlin? 20. Which way from Amsterdam? Netherlands.--21. What rivers cross the Netherlands? 22. In what part is the Zuyder Zee? 23. What towns are north of the Rhine? 24. What are south? 25. Which way from Paris are Brussels and Amsterdam? 1. The British Isles, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, comprise two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and many small ones. 2. They are advantageously situated in the Atlantic ocean, on the west side of the continent of Europe. 3. Great Britain is styled the mistress of the seas, which are every where covered with her ships; and is distinguished for the extent of her commerce and manufactures, the Questions O.v The Map Of The British Isles. 1. What seas and channels border on England? 2. How is Wales situated? 3. Scotland? 4. Ireland? 5. How are the Hebrides, or Western Islands, situated? 6. The Orkney Islands? 7. What islands are in the Irish sea? 8. Which is the largest of the Shetland Islands? 9. What strait separates England from France? 10. What is the southwest extremi...