Identifier: cu31924032176749 (find matches)
Title: Harper's school geography
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Publisher: New York, American Book Co
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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AL SOUTH AMERICA. JL. X X I X, DESOEIPTION. 1. South America, like the northern continent, was set-tled and occupied by emigrants from Europe. Almost all of the civilized people are found in a broad band whichsurrounds the continent, and crosses its narrow southern partfrom Santiago to Buenos Ayres. The large cities of the northernand western countries are in the high and cool table-lands;those of the eastern are sea ports of the Atlantic. There are millions of Indians, the greater part of whom are half-civilized, the rest of them being savages. 2. South America has had a comparatively limited com-merce. It is now rapidly increasing, especially in Brazil,the Argentine Republic, and Chili. The tropical climate and frequent civil wars have tended to represscommercial enterprise, and the grandest system of navii^ablenvers on the globe is yet but little used. There are about17,000 miles of railway; chiefly in Brazil, the Aroentine Repub-lic, Chih, and Peru. There are no good common roads.
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so BRAZIL.-THE GUIANAS.-SPANISH SOUTH AMERICA: VENEZUELA.-COLOM lA. The Panama Railroad crosses the isthmus. It is themost important railway in South America, being theshortest trade route between the Atlantic and the Pacific. 3. The countries of South America may be consideredunder three divisions: 1st, Portuguese South America, orthe Republic of Brazil; 2d, the Guianas, or Europeancolonies ; and, 3d, the nine Spanish Republics. 4. Portuguese South America.—Brazil is the largestand most important country of South America. It comprises more than two fifths of the continent, and is about thesize of the United States. It was once a colony of Portugal,and Portuguese is the language of the civilized inhabitants. The population is mostly on or near the southeastern coast. Thepeople are of three races—whites, Indians, and negroes, a largemajority being of mixed races. Nearly all the negroes of SouthAmerica are in Brazil and the Guianas. Brazil has about 6000 miles of railroad. The Amazo

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