Identifier: monteithsphysica00mont (find matches)
Title: Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts. Part I. Geography taught as a science ... Part II. Local and civil geography ..
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Monteith, James
Subjects: Physical geography
Publisher: New York, Chicago (etc.) : A.S. Barnes and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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? ss Zambeze ?Senegal ? TCHADDA ? Orange? Into what do they Jiow f Congo ? COANZA ? LAKES. Jfliftre are thetf situated ? VicTORU Nyanza? Tanganyika? Nyassa? Tchad? ijie-akit zah.) (ta/in-i/tm-i/ckah.) inyahe86) CAPES. (ehad.) Where are they? Into what waters do they prefect? Good Hope? Cokeientes ? Palmas ? Bon? Blanco ? Lopez ? Verd ? Ambro? GUARDAFUI? Agiilhas ? St. Lucia ? Two? i^gwar-dah-fwte^) (ah-gool>yas.) g^ M.ARY ? Ijreeo.) CITIES AND TOWNS. Where are they ? On or near what waters ? CAIRO, l* COOMASSIE. MONROVIA, LOANGO, TUNIS, i« ST. SALVADOR, MOURZOUK, UJIJI, MOROCCO, M TANANARIVOU. TRIPOLI. DERR. ALGIERS, MAGADOXO, CAPE TOWN, SUEZ, ALEXANDRIA. S50 TIMBUCTOO, CONDAR, COBBE. SACCATOO. iu ABOMEY. SIOUTT, GONDOKORO iHahkah-too.) iab-0-tJiat/.) (se-oiiC.) * Numbers in list nf Mountains show heights, in IJiov^dtidi of/eet; in list of Rivers, IcDgibsin hun(ire<i8 o/mil^t; in list of Cities and Towns, population, in thousands. 9S MOKTEITHS PHYSICAL A:SD POLITICAL GEOGRAPST.
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Egyptian Rums at Thebes 1. AFRICA is remarkable for its high siuface, extensivedeserts and hot climate. 2. It is niainlij in the Torrid Zone. In latitude, its northerncape corresponds with Richmond (Yirguiia) and San Francisco ;its southern, with Buenos A^Tes. 3. Its Mountain Chains are almost parallel with the coast lines. 4. The Coasts are low and unhealthy, but the interior consistsof high table lands. 5. Its Great Desert is Sahara ; its princij)al rivers are the Nile,Niger, Zambeze and Congo ; its lakes are in Soudan and C. Africa. 6. T?ie Africans include several distinct races. In the north,are Moors, Berbers, Arabs, Tiuks and Egyptians, all of whombelong to the Caucasian race, having straight hair ; their com-plexion is dark, but not black. The southern half of Africa is thehome of the Negro. 7. The Productions of Africa consist of wheat and othergrains, cotton, sugar, coiiee, tobacco, indigo, ivory, ebony, ostrichfeathers, jsalm oil and tiopical fruits. 8. Inland Trade is carr

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