Identifier: cu31924092515158 (find matches)
Title: New geographies
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912 McMurry, Frank Morton, 1862-1936
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York : The MacMillan Company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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FIG. 225. SOUTH AMEBIC A 179 Their products Like the Hawaiian Islands, the Lesser Antillesare mostly volcanoes rising above the water. In1902, one of these volcanoes, Mt. Pele, on theisland of Martinique, burst forth in a terribleeruption which killed over twenty-five thousandpeople. In a few seconds the beautiful city ofSt. Pierre was completely destroyed, and onlyone person escaped almost instant death. The principal product of the West In-dies is sugar cane; but tobacco, coffee,cocoa, spices, and fruits —especially bananas, oranges,and pineapples — are also grown inabundance. Valuable tropical woodsare supplied by the forests. There isvery little manufacturing, and, with theexception of Havana, in Cuba, there isno very large city. 3. The Bermuda Islands Tar out in the open ocean, east of North Caro-lina, is a group of very small coral islands, calledthe Bermuda Islands, which belong to GreatBritain (Fig. 106). They produce early vege-tables and flowers, such as Easter lilies, m

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