 | Canada - 1814 - 76 pages
...LONDON: PRINTBD AND SOLD BY HISTORY or NORTH AMERICA. -i HIS division of the new continent is bounded on the east by the Atlantic : and on the west by the Great or Pacific Oceun. On the south it is understood to extend to the vicinity of Panama, the province... | |
 | John Talbot - North America - 1820 - 526 pages
...French island of Cayenne, NORTH AMERICA. This division which is by far the most important, is bounded on the east by the Atlantic ; and on the west by the Great, or Pacific Ocean. On the south it is understood to extend to the vicinity of Panama, the province... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Geography - 1826 - 400 pages
...LAND OF MAGELLAN, is bounded on the north by Buenos Ayres ; on the south by the Straits of Magellan; on the east by the Atlantic; and on the west by the south Pacific Ocean. This country is also but little known to Europeans. ISLANDS CONTIGUOUS TO SOUTH... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - Geography - 1841 - 484 pages
...concerning the boundaries of their respective colonies. AMERICA. The continent of America is bounded on the east by the Atlantic and on the west by the Pacific ocean. On the south it comes nearly to a point at Cape Horn, in latitude 56° south. On the north the... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - Geography - 1842 - 500 pages
...concerning the boundaries of their respective colonies. AMERICA. The continent of America is bounded on the east by the Atlantic and on the west by the Pacific ocean. On the south it comes nearly to a point at Cape Horn, in latitude 56° south. On the north the... | |
 | John Guy (schoolmaster.) - 1848 - 150 pages
...immense continent, bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, on the south by the Southern Ocean, on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. 2. The distinguishing features of South America are the magnitude and grandeur of its rivers,... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - 1848 - 494 pages
...cimcerning Ike boundaries oj their respective colonies. AMERICA. The continent of America is bounded on the east by the Atlantic and on the west by the Pacific ocean. On the south it comes nearly to a point at Cape Horn, in latitude 56° south. On the north the... | |
 | Sir Edward Robert Sullivan - History - 1852 - 444 pages
...of Wood Indians on the whole continent of North America, originally possessing a territory bounded on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the " Father of Waters," have now, by the steady encroachment of the Whites on one side, and their enemies... | |
 | Commerce - 1853 - 798 pages
...and art, energy, and industry are making good use of these natural advantages. Our country is washed on the East by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean ; and our great rivers, like giant veins filled with the life-blood of Commerce, empty all the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 1036 pages
...most southern portion of thnt continent. It extends from 38° 50 to 533 35' S. lat. ; and is bounded on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific. According to a rough estimate the area of Patagonia exceeds 276,000 square mile). Patagonia comprehends... | |
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Here's to the United States," said the first speaker, " bounded on the north by British America, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. 
